The College of Lake County Men's Cross Country team traveled north to Winneconne, WI to compete in the KollegeTown Pre-National Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
For the second race in a row the Lancer men edged out another Conference and Region rival, this time it was Nationally Ranked Waubonsee Community College. A strong showing from the Lancers earned them a 3rd place finish and the top Community College in a field of 9 teams. As he has all season, Jeremy Wallace (SO/Lindenhurst, Illinois)an>, led the Lancers on the wet and muddy course for a 4th place finish out 75.
The other scorers for CLC were Michael Harland (SO/Gurnee, Illinois) who finished 25th, Brian Acosta (SO/Vernon Hills, Illinois)28th, Cam Detweiler (SO/Grayslake, Illinois)an> in 33rd Jordan Mendiola (SO/Seattle, Washington)an> in 42nd closing out the scoring. Also with a strong performance was Alexander Garcia (FR/Zion, Illinois)an> finishing in 56th.
"Early in the season we had our sights set on fast times today and yet again the weather had other plans. After 5 races of 100+ runners each, the course was a muddy slip and slide and our focus became safety and position racing," stated Head Coach Jorge Colin, "We have an important race in two weeks and these men have an opportunity to write their names into the school records books. The only other time our men have won back to back Conference championships was 2013-2014, today they proved they are 2018 contenders. A lot of things clicked for them today and as a coach, that is great to see."
The Lancers will take a week off from competition before hosting the Illinois Skyway Conference and NJCAA DI & DIII Region IV Championships on October 27th.
