The future is bright for
Bronco cross country.
Two freshmen, Kevin
Rosaaen and Shannon Porter, led the
Boise
State
men and women yesterday at
the Western Athletic Conference Championships in
Reno
.
The Bronco men captured third place while the women were sixth.
Rosaaen earned WAC
Freshman of the Year in helping his team garner third place while Porter lead
her teammates across the finish line as well.
Rosaaen finished fifth overall in 26 minutes 25.5 seconds and was named
to the WAC First Team. Junior Sawyer
Bosch was 11th (26:48.0) and another freshman, Jeff Howard, took 14th
(27:4.1). Both Bosch and Howard were
named to the WAC’s Second Team.
Juniors Kevin Higgs and
Scott Foley were 20th and 21st, respectively for
Boise
State
.
Potter ran a superb race
in crossing the finish line in 19 minutes, 38.5 seconds to take sixth.
Porter earned All-WAC. Freshman
Piper Delaney was 33rd while sophomore Katherine Gallagher was 37th.
Utah
State
junior Brian McKenna won
the eight-kilometer race in 26 minutes, 0.1 seconds and was named WAC Athlete of
the Year. The Aggies won the men’s
championship with 25 points while
Fresno
State
had 67 to get second, just
edging out
Boise
State
’s 69.
New Mexico
State
’s Courtney Schultz won
the women’s 5-K in 19 minutes, 11.4 seconds and was honored with WAC Athlete
and Freshman of the Year awards.
New Mexico
State
had 29 points to dominate
the women’s championship.
Utah
State
was second with 70 points.
The cross country title was the first of the school year
and gives
Utah
State
the early lead in the WAC Commissioner’s Cup.
