University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Men Fifth in Griak
9/25/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Running without 2009 Griak champion Hassan Mead, who is lost of the season with an injury, the Gophers looked to a pair of seniors in Ben Blankenship and Mike Torchia to lead the way. Blankenship finished 10th in a time of 24 minutes, 31.1 seconds, while Torchia was 14th in 24:42.4. Sophomore Pieter Gagnon was the third Gopher in the top 20, placing 15th in a time of 24:42.9.
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Completing the scoring for the Gophers was Kevin Lachowitzer in 46th in a time of 25:20.0, and Andrew Larsen in 56th in a time of 25:26.7.
“I think our top three guys ran well,” said Golden Gopher head coach Steve Plasencia. “We also had some of our young guys step up a bit. We still need to find more depth. Overall it was a decent meet for us.”
2010 Griak Merrill Fischbein Men’s Gold Race
Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010
Les Bolstad Golf Course – Falcon Heights, Minn. – 8K
Top 10 Teams
1 Duke 8-12-17-19-27-(31)-(39) 83
2 North Carolina State 4-7-21-25-35-(46)-(54) 92
3 New Mexico 2-5-6-33-47-(48)-(49) 93
4 BYU 3-23-24-26-40-(41)-(42) 118
5 Minnesota 10-14-15-44-53-(58)-(60) 136
6 Navy 9-29-30-65-66-(82)-(93) 199
7 Iowa State 11-20-52-56-61-(62)-(70) 200
8 Colorado State 32-34-36-45-59-(67)-(99) 206
9 Penn State 13-22-55-63-68-(81)-(104) 221
10 Boise State 16-38-51-72-78-(79)-(83) 255
Top 10 Individuals
1 Stephan Sambu (Arizona) 23:40.7
2 Nicholas Kipruto (New Mexico) 23:59.6
3 Miles Batty (BYU) 24:14.5
4 Ryan Hill (N.C. State) 24:16.9
5 Rory Fraser (New Mexico) 24:19.7
6 Keith Gerrard (New Mexico) 24:24.3
7 Andrew Colley (N.C. State) 24:25.4
8 Bo Waggoner (Duke) 24:26.8
9 Andrew Hanko (Navy) 24:27.0
10 Ben Blankenship (Minnesota) 24:31.1
Other Golden Gophers
14 Mike Torchia 24:42.4
15 Pieter Gagnon 24:42.9
46 Kevin Lachowitzer 25:20.0
56 Andrew Larson 25:26.7
64 Sean Olson 25:31.3
67 John Simons 25:33.7
80 Mike McFarland 25:43.2
89 Erik Truedson 25:49.0
95 Paul Hilsen 25:58.1
124 Steve Sulkin 26:18.1
159 Matt Volz 27:01.7
179 Drew Paradis 27:24.5
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