Men's Cross Country Places 14th at 2016 NJCAA DIII National Championships
The FLCC Men's Cross Country team competed at the NJCAA DIII Cross Country National Championships this past Saturday, November 12 held at the Bruce Bridgman course on the campus of Finger Lakes Community College.
The Lakers took 14th place overall out of 38 teams represented. Jacob Blanchard completed this season as the number one runner on the team finishing in 48th place overall in a time of 31:32.3, over a minute improvement on this course. Jake Bailey was the second Laker in at 31:45.1 finishing in 53rd place and an improvement of over three minutes and 30 seconds.
Austin Batson finished in 89th place in 33:19.1 improving his time by over two minutes. Sam Voak finished his season as the 4th man on the team completing the course in 34:05 an improvement of six minutes! Dakota Cox was the 5th Laker to cross the line in 119th place, in a time of 35:14.6 running more than 11 minutes faster than his time during the Bruce Bridgman Invitational in September. Jesse Smith was the 6th place runner finishing his race in 36:42.9 in 136th place overall, improving by more than nine minutes on his time from earlier this season.
"The team did an outstanding job as each runner improved dramatically from the start of the season," said Head Coach Scott Williams. "I knew if we could get some consistent running in each week, they would improve steadily. Cross country running is a tough game and it takes daily running and training, seven days a week. These men did that without hesitation and I really enjoyed watching them grow together as a team of student athletes. I Hope to see as many as possible out for the track team this spring!"
