Louisville, KY - The men's Skippers cross country team had a successful weekend in Louisville, Kentucky, competing in the Live in the Lou Cross Country Classic hosted by University of Louisville. The team finished 8th out of 21 teams in the Men's Silver Division. In addition, the team came home with 3 personal records and one season best.
Sophomore Ethan McCombs was the Skippers' lead runner, crossing the line in a season best of 27:10. McCombs finished in 27th place, just two places and 1 second from earning an individual top 25 finisher award. Acer Campbell ran an impressive race as the #2 runner with a personal record of 27:19, knocking 1 minute and 13 seconds off his previous best. Campbell's efforts allowed him a 31st place finish out of 189 runners. Vinny Schweihofer also ran a personal record of 28:55 and placed 60th as the team's #3 runner. Schweihofer shaved 23 seconds off his previous best. Lance Kowalski was merely seconds behind Schweihofer, placing 65th with a time of 29:02. Trent Glass completed the team's scoring as the 5th runner. Glass ran a personal record of 29:33, cutting 30 seconds off his previous best. Dylan Schumann, Gunnar Wessel and Joe Edgemon competed strong finishing with times of 29:51, 30:40 and 35:40, respectively. Schumann's time is a personal record by 50 seconds.
Vinny's Take:
"The whole time I was there, seeing the other runners racing or even just warming up, I kept getting chills with excitement for both my team and myself. When the gun went off and the race started, I just knew it was going be a great and fast race. When it comes to my time, that's all I was thinking about throughout the whole race, motivating me to keep going. I really wanted to go 28:30 and that's what I kept repeating. Although I didn't hit that goal, I still ran hard and I am proud of my time. Seeing how much my time is going down each race and seeing the improvement in my teammates, I'm super excited for Regionals. As much as I don't care for the Goodells course, it will be awesome to see how much my performance has improved on the same course."
The Skippers next competition is Saturday, October 12 at the Jayhawk Invitational hosted by Muskegon Community College.
