Notes
the homecoming race! great to see alot of the friends and family (graduates, chaska xc, chan xc). Lovin it!
As for the race, this was really the big time today, ran against alot of great teams that are legit D1 (duke, baylor, iowa state, boise state, etc).
Pretty much tried to maintain wherever i was within the pack and go from there. Took it out reluctatnly, i think i could of gone out a little better, just stayed by stainiger the whole time. Eventually mrod caught up to me, and we kept it pretty even the whole race. really muddy out there too, think i could of been about 10 seconds faster on a dry course. I seemed to pass alot of people on the hills despite how much i would die when i crested, need to work on stuff like that somehow. Anyways,stainiger passed me up with about 800 to go, me and mike pretty much duked it out up till the finish, i tried to drop it on him and he left me right there!
Great learning experience in this race though...
Race Grade: B
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--North Dakota senior Josh LaBlanc ran a strong race in leading the Fighting Sioux today at the 25th annual Roy Griak Invitational, hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Les Bolstad Golf Course. LaBlanc, a native of International Falls, Minn., ran the 8K course in 26:12 and placed 96th among 213 runners. The Sioux finished 22nd in the team standings.Duke won the event with 83 points, nine better than runner-up North Carolina State. Arizona junior Stephen Sambu took medalist honors with a time of 23:40.7, defeating his next-closest competitor by 19 seconds.UND juniors Tyler Rose and Adam Stainiger and freshman Kyle Economy each finished within six spots of each other, placing 126th, 132nd and 133rd, respectively.The Sioux return to action Oct. 2 at South Dakota State.