LOGAN, Utah - The No. 6 Cougars won the Steve Reeder Invite Friday afternoon, behind a first overall finish from sophomore Hunter Kitchen.
Top-10 Overall
|
Place |
Name |
Time |
School |
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1 |
21:11 |
BYU |
|
|
2 |
21:19 |
BYU |
|
|
3 |
21:21 |
Unattached |
|
|
4 |
Jefferson Mcmullin |
21:22 |
Unattached |
|
5 |
21:25 |
Unattached |
|
|
6 |
Abbott Valentine |
21:30 |
Unattached |
|
7 |
Caden Timm |
21:35 |
Snow College |
|
8 |
Drew Hogan |
21:38 |
Utah State |
|
9 |
Johnathan Simmons |
21:39 |
Utah State |
|
10 |
21:42 |
BYU |
Kitchen, who led for the majority of the race, crossed the line in 20:11, marking his first career cross country individual win. Just seven seconds later, senior Jackson Henstrom finished in 21:19 to take second.
Carter Cutting finished tenth in 21:42 with Caleb Johnson finishing just miliseconds later. Patrick Cullen rounded out the Cougars top five finishing thirteenth overall in a time of 21:48.
“It was a really good cumulation of hard work and preparation for the season," assistant coach Ryan Waite said. “I’m really happy for Hunter, who won his first-ever cross country race. He kept developing year after year to the point where he could finally come out on top."
The Cougars finished 43 points ahead of second-place Weber State.
Up Next
The Cougars travel to Wisconsin to compete in the Nuttycombe Invitational on October 17th.