CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - With Blaine Broderson and
Jenson Starr battling each other down the finish chute and
Ian Schwierjohn posting a new PR, William Woods claimed a second place finish and the top spot among NAIA schools at the Seminole Valley Stampede hosted by Mount Mercy on Saturday. Less than a minute separated WWU's top five runners, all within the top 20 of the 89-runner field.
Despite cool temperatures and a reasonably flat course, the Owls battled 50 percent humidity and 20 MPH winds out of the northwest. Schwierjohn and
Landon Dunlap managed to find a little bit of separation from the main chase pack, with Dunlap finishing 8th and Schwierjohn missing the top-10 overall by five seconds in 11th.
Broderson and Starr battled back and forth throughout the course, with the freshman edging out the senior by 1.6 seconds at the line with a 26:44.0.
Kyle Hagemeyer rounded out the scoring for WWU with a 26:54.8 on the afternoon.
This meet was the final tuneup for the Owls, with the AMC Championships next up on Nov. 3. The race is set for an 11:30 a.m. start.
Meet Results
8 (7) -
Landon Dunlap 26:13.2
11 (10) -
Ian Schwierjohn 26:20.2 (New PR, prev. 26:31.4)
15 (14) -
Blaine Brodersen 26:44.0
16 (15) -
Jenson Starr 26:45.6
18 (17) -
Kyle Hagemeyer 26:54.8
24 (23) -
Dustin Russell 27:16.1
57 (51) -
Frederic Zheng 29:50.8
88
Layne Norris 41:09.8
Team Scores
1 - Iowa Central CC | 31 pts - 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, (33), (38)
Total time: 2:09:25/25:53
2 - William Woods | 63 pts - 7, 10, 14, 15, 17, (23), (51)
Total Time: 2:12:57/26:35 (Spread 1-5 0:41.6) (Spread 1-7 3:37.6)
3 - Mount Mercy | 94 pts - 2, 18, 21, 25, 28, (40), (46)
Total time: 2:14:47/26:57
4 - Park University | 101 pts - 6, 13, 19, 27, 36, (53), (54)
Total time: 2:15:41/27:08
5 - Midland | 133 pts - 8, 9, 22, 42, 52, 65
Total time: 2:18:09/27:37
6 - Southeastern CC | 148 pts - 16, 24, 31, 34, 43, (47), (56)
Total time: 2:19:08/27:49
7 - Judson | 162 pts - 20, 26, 29, 39, 48, (55), (60)
Total time: 2:20:13/28:02
8 - Grand View | 178 pts - 30, 32, 35, 37, 44, (50), (58)
Total time: 2:21:15/28:15
9 - Viterbo | 224 pts - 5, 45, 49, 62, 63
Total time: 2:29:14/29:50
10 - Graceland | 282 pts - 41, 57, 59, 61, 64, (66), (67)
Total time: 2:34:08/30:49
