CHADRON, Neb. – September 16, 2022 – The Chadron State College cross country teams ran their annual home race on the CSC campus Friday morning. They each ran a dual meet against Black Hills State University, who took both the men's and women's team scores.
The BHSU men, who started at 9 a.m., won 20 to 37, with the lowest score prevailing in a six-kilometer race. The Yellow Jackets also won at five kilometers in the women's race, by a score of 19 to 37. The latter race began at 9:40 a.m.
True freshman
Topi Alahuhta, of Pine, Colorado, who ran the second-fastest season-best in a six-kilometer cross country race in school history last week, came in third in the race to finish as the first Eagles' men's runner in 19:28.70. For the second week in a row, he bested an outdoor track and field All America runner in BHSU's Keith Osowski.
Another true freshman,
Charles Fossey, was next for CSC's men in fifth place with a time of 19:40.17. He claimed the third-best spot for the CSC program at six kilometers, which was only three seconds faster, in last week's race in Spearfish.
Kyle Shirley, a redshirt freshman who is now fourth all-time on the list, was eighth at the home meet as the third-fastest CSC men's runner to cross the finish line.
CSC women were fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth in the women's race.
Josie Diffendaffer, a true freshman from Berthoud, Colorado, was the first CSC woman to finish, in 20:46.48. The fifth scoring runner, true freshman Jacie Lusseto, was 11th.
Black Hills State's Timothy Brown and Xiomara Robinson won the individual races.
The BHSU men were ranked No. 8 in the region, in the latest USTFCCAA rankings this week.
CSC Individual Runners:
Men
3,
Topi Alahuhta, 19:28.70; 5,
Charles Fossey, 19:40.17; 8,
Kyle Shirley, 19:49.33; 10,
Noah Burtis, 20:04.23; 11,
Garrett Avery, 20:07.54; 18,
Nate Mann, 20:51.73; 19,
Blaine Johnson, 21:41.38; 20,
Trevor Eisenbraun, 22:04.64; 22,
Jake Brugger, 22:32.86; 23,
Miles Mitchell, 22:57.02; 24
Chantz Stuhmer, 23:52.37; 25,
Daylon Weekly, 28:30.83.
Women
5,
Josie Diffendaffer, 20:46.48; 6,
Lydia Peters, 20:54.81; 7,
Alissa Wieman, 20:59.17; 8,
Lexi Rule, 21:04.03; 11,
Jacie Lussetto, 22:57.08; 12 BreeAnna Meats, 23:05.58.
Team scores:
Men
1, Black Hills State, 20; 2, Chadron State, 37.
Women
1, Black Hills State 19; 2, Chadron State, 37.
