CSC Cross Country Teams Finish 13th

The Chadron State men’s and women’s cross-country teams both finished in 13^th place in the field of 15 teams at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships at Washington Park in Denver, Colorado, Saturday.
 
Adams State won the women’s team title with 32 points, while Colorado School of Mines won the men’s, also with 32.
 
Topi Alahuhta led all Eagles with a finish in 44^th place finish for the men. Alahuhta, a sophomore from Pueblo, Colorado, ran the 8k race in 25:52.6.
 
Finishing in 61^st place was Charles Fossey, a sophomore from Rock Springs, Wyoming. Fossey was 34 seconds behind Alahuhta, finishing in 26:18.3.
 
Nate Mann, Cale Schafer and Kyle Shirley were the final three that counted towards the men’s team score, finishing in 80^th, 83^rd and 88^th place, respectively.
 
Mann, a junior from Queen Creek, Arizona crossed the finish line in 27:08.6. Schafer, a junior from LaSalle, Colorado and Shirley, a senior form Queen Creek, Arizona, ran 27:25.7 and 27:50.7, respectively.
 
Josie Diffendaffer, a sophomore from Berthoud, Colorado, paced the CSC women in the 6k race, finishing in 24:02.4 and receiving 61^st place.
 
The next to cross the finish line for the lady Eagles was Lydia Peters in 25:02.7. Peters, a sophomore from Sidney, crossed the finish line in 74^th place.
 
Three Eagles crossed the finish line in a row, placing them 76^th – 78^th. Samantha Rodewald, a freshman from McCook, Nebraska was the first of the trio in 25:05.3.
 
Katelyn Beshara, a freshman from Rapid City, South Dakota, and Alissa Wieman, a junior from Box Elde,r South Dakota, ran their races in 25:15.5 and 25:25.9, respectively.
 
Andrew Amor from New Mexico Highlands won the men’s competition while Brianna Robles of Adams State was the women’s winner.
 
The Eagles will run at South Dakota Mines next week before competing in the Regional Championships at the beginning of November.