SCAC Conference XC Championships

This past Saturday the Trinity Men and women’s cross country team ran in the annual SCAC (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) conference XC (Cross Country) championship meet in Conyers. GA about 30 miles east of downtown Atlanta. The Men and women were in high spirits with many words of inspiration at the team meeting the night before at the hotel. The weather was well more of the same this whole, rain and more rain. But, this team is like no other. We endured the rain and a tough 5 mile race through a forest with short but steep hills and some soggy spots where our shoes got well very messy and many of us were very muddy all over our bodies after the race. Our main rivals were DePauw and Colorado College, which we knew were going to be tough to beat. The funny thing is that our "conference is actually tougher than our region" says Jennifer Breuer (head coach). Three of our guys and one girl received all-conference honors which were: Bryant Wright (2nd place); Chass Armstrong (7th place); Zach Brush (11th place) and Caitlin Masse (2nd place). There was some controversy at the end of the men's race though. Our number 7 guy was listed as our 4th guy which was not the case at all. So the race officials had to fix that and other runners. Although our men's team ended up not getting 1st, but 3rd second to Colorado College (1st) and DePauw (2nd), our coach said we were actually number 1 in our region!!! So in two weeks Trinity will be in Greensboro, North Carolina, hoping to capture the regional title, and advance to Nationals as a team. This is amazing group of individuals, that I am privileged to be a part of and love every day I get to be together with my team even if we have some differences. Our coaches, Jennifer Breuer and Erica Clausen, are the best any runner could ever ask for, and it would be hard to say if there was anyone better than them, well we can’t forget Brant Lutz, who was known for highly animated cheer at Bry last year at the DIII XC National Championships when he said, "You are the hunter, they are the hunted!"

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