Fall 2016 Racing Update

September 13, 2016 |

There has been a lot going on for LRC Racing since we last checked in after the Thunder Run on August 13th.  On September 2nd, a contingent of LRC Racing made the 3 hour drive to Sioux Falls to run the Augustana Twilight 4 mile race against almost 300 other runners.  While non-collegiate teams were scored separately from everyone else, LRC Racing would have finished 11th in the college division and 14th overall (out of 25 teams). The team also had an average age of 27.2 years. Johnny Rutford led the way with a time of 20:07.2, while Ryan Dostal (20:16.85) and Cole Marolf (20:18.47) were not far behind. Andrew Jacob, the team’s elder statesman, finished just a hair over 5:15 pace (21:01.39), while Logan Watley finished out the scoring with a time of 21:48.59.

The following week, on September 11th, LRC Racing was out again in big numbers at the 40th Running of the Buffalo Run 5 mile.  For the men, Nolan Border had his LRC Racing debut as he finished runner up in a time of 26:19. Ivan Marsh was the first masters (and third overall) as he crossed the line in a time of 27:20.  Ryan Regnier (5th OA, 2nd AG), Brian Wandzilak (6th OA, 1st AG) and Andrew Jacob (9th OA, 1st AG) all finished within the top with times of 27:40, 27:59 and 28:59, respectively.  Austin McKillip also ran, finishing in a time of 30:53 (3rd AG).  For the masters men, following Marsh and Regnier, Tom Woods (1st AG, 29:50), Jason Schmaderer (3rd AG, 30:08), Brian Kelley (1st AG, 30:30), Craig Christians (2nd AG, 30:41), Brett Daugherty (2nd AG, 31:38), Darin Schlake (3rd AG, 32:08), Kevin Burke (3rd AG, 33:24) and Kerry McDermott (4th AG, 35:12) all raced as well.

On the women’s side, Hayley Sutter was back in town, finishing first overall in a time of 30:00 even.  Michelle Schmidt enjoyed her first race as a masters runner, finishing as the first masters and third overall with a time of 32:24. Amy McCracken was not far behind as the fourth overall finisher and second in her age group with a time 32:26.  Becca Bevans was back out on the roads as she finished second in her age group and 6th overall (32:42).

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Over this past weekend, LRC Racing was present at the Harvest Moon Hustle 10k, led by Ryan Regnier (2nd OA, 1st Masters) with a time of 34:28 and Ivan Marsh (3rd OA, 2nd Masters) with a time of 36:26.  Derek Sekora (37:45) and Austin McKillip (39:28) both also ran the race, finishing 5th and 7th, respectively.

Then on Saturday, September 17th, LRC Racing again spiked up to run the Woody Greeno/Dirksen cross country race.  Again led by Nolan Border (33rd, 26:55.1), the team finished as the 13th college team and 18th overall team (out of 21 teams). The team made up of Nolan, Brian Wandzilak (125th, 29:22.5), Logan Watley (136th, 29:38.1), Ivan Marsh who doubled back from Harvest Moon Hustle (174th, 30:56.7) and the youthful Brian Kelley (185th, 31:49.8) had an average age of 38 years young. Despite having a significant age difference among the 219 other runners, LRC Racing enjoyed the spirit of competition.

​Next up for the team will be Omaha Corporate Cup, Market to Market Relay and the Capital City Classic 5k/15k.

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