FERNDALE, WA – The No. 25 LC State Men’s Cross Country team saw multiple personal bests in Ferndale on Saturday at Western Washington’s Bill Roe Invitational. Four seniors and a freshman made up the Warriors’ top five and three runners ran the fastest 8k of their career.

“The men’s race had some ups and downs,” coach Mike Collins said. “We had quite a few PRs, but our team results weren’t exactly what we were looking for today. However, when it came to race strategy and what we’re trying to accomplish, I thought we made some good steps today. We just need to make some improvements.”

LC State placed 10^th overall as a team with Kobe Wessels in 40^th place (25:23.2). Connor Alexander ran a personal best time of 25:31.6 to finish 46^th and freshman Sven Druijff was the third Warrior finisher and crossed the line 59^th (25:52.3).

Senior Alexander Fry was the fourth LC State runner to cross the line and did so in 62^nd place (25:59.2). Tristin O’Brien rounded out the top five for the Warriors in 76^th (26:16.7) and Ben Vernon finished 79^th (26:20.8).

Freshman Malachi Walsh ran a season best time of 26:52.3 to finish 96^th in the field of 146 runners and Manuel Valdez was 112^th (28:07.0). Dawson Welliver placed 120^th with a PR of 28:48.3 and Jace Joslyn finished 127^th (29:14.7).

“Nice step up today from Malachi and good seeing Sven in the mix as well,” Collins said. “It’s great to see Kobe back up front and running well. I think we left a lot in the tank with a lot of our guys today so we were just a little bit too conservative at the start and that is something we are working on.”

UP NEXT

The Warriors host the LC State Invitational at the LC State Cross Country Trail in the Lewiston Orchards on Oct. 11.

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