Meet Recap

NORTHFIELD, Minn. (9/18/10)-- Cobber senior Tom Sederquist proved that his opening-meet win at the NDSU Bison Open was no fluke as he captured his second straight individual championship of the 2010 season. Sederquist sped to a 25:53 at the St. Olaf Invite and won the meet by almost a full :30 seconds. He was the only runner in the top 5 of the meet that was from a Division III school.

Sederquist helped Concordia finish in eighth place as a team. That is the highest the Cobbers have finished as a team at a multiple-MIAC team meet in over four years. In the process, Concordia beat out rivals Augsburg, Carleton and Macalester.

Sederquist took command of the race early. Just after the one-mile mark he edged away from the leaders and, by 2000 meters, held a 20 meter lead. No one was able to cut into Sederquist's lead and he went unchallenged the remainder of the 8000 meter course - going on to win by 29 seconds.

Sophomore Brad McConn was the second fastest Cobber at the meet. McConn clocked a 27:26 and finished in 36th place. His time was almost a lifetime best.

Sederquist and the rest of the Cobbers will step up in competition when they compete at the prestigious Roy Griak Invite hosted by the University of Minnesota on Saturday, Sept. 25 at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in St. Paul.

Complete St. Olaf Invite Results

Final Team Results

1. UM-Duluth - 52
2. St. Olaf College - 73
3. MSU Mankato - 120
4. Central College - 138
5. MSU Moorhead - 142
6. Simpson College - 176
7. Gustavus Adolphus College - 180
8. Concordia - 229
9. Augsburg College - 248
10. Winona State University - 258
11. Carleton College - 268
12. Macalester College - 270
13. UW-Stout - 314

Final Top 20 Individual Results

1. Tom Sederquist - Concordia College - 25:53
2. Jacob Bastyr - Minnesota State, Mankato - 26:22
3. Nick Nygaard - University of Minnesota Duluth - 26:33
4. Clayton Foster - Minnesota State University Moorhead - 26:36
5. Michael McConnell - Minnesota State University Moorhead - 26:37
6. Chris Massey - St. Olaf College - 26:37
7. Cole Toepfer - University of Minnesota Duluth - 26:39
8. Erik Escher - University of Minnesota Duluth - 26:40
9. Anders Bowman - Gustavus Adolphus College - 26:42
10. John Gonzalez - Central College - 26:44
11. Erik Hanson - Minnesota State University Moorhead - 26:50
12. Austin O'Brien - Central College - 26:51
13. Ryan Eason - University of Minnesota Duluth - 26:53
14. Brian Saksa - St. Olaf College - 26:54
15. Reid Gilbertson - St. Olaf College - 26:54
16. Ben Bayer - St. Olaf College - 26:54
17. Matt Schafer - Augsburg College - 26:55
18. Joe Farrand - Simpson College - 26:58
19. Nicholas Emmans - Minnesota State, Mankato - 26:59
20. Bryan Lindquist - Winona State University - 27:00

Final Concordia Individual Results

1. Tom Sederquist - 25:53
36. Brad McConn - 27:26
61. Tanner Sakrismo - 28:24
63. Paul Lillehaugen - 28:26
68. Luke Olmstead - 28:40
74. Eric Juven - 28:56
78. Spencer McCombs - 29:00