Bengals Face Big Sky Opponent at Color Classic

Meet Notes

BENGAL OVERVIEW
Idaho State Cross Country travels to Cedar City, Utah to face Big Sky foe Southern Utah at the Color Country Invitational on Friday, Oct. 5. The women's race starts at 4 p.m. and the men's race begins at 4:30 p.m. Both the men and women fell to Southern Utah in the season opener on August 31. This week, the women are coming off of their first win of the season from the Idaho State Invitational against Westminster and College of Idaho. The men finished second to College of Idaho.

Chloe Palakovich
Senior Chloe Palakovich became the third woman to lead the Bengals this season with her second-place finish and time of 15:42 in the women's 4K. Notably, Palakovich won the Big Sky Outdoor Championship in the women's 800m and her time of 2:09.63 ranks second on the Idaho State all-time best performances in that event.

BENGAL WOMEN RECAP
Kylie Hutchison followed Palakovich in fourth-place with a time of 16:02 in the Bengals' 26-29 victory over College of Idaho. Audrey Urlacher finished fifth with a time of 16:07, Katie Nichols was seventh with 16:15.60 and Callie Kettner was 10th with 16:40.

BRYCE JENKINS
Senior Bryce Jenkins led the Bengals for the third straight week with his second-place finish and time of 19:05 in the men's 6K. This is Jenkins' best finish of the season. Previously, he finished sixth versus Southern Utah and 24th at BYU.

BENGAL MEN RECAP
Sophomore KC Hunsicker followed Jenkins in fifth place with a time of 19:30. Ray Miller came in sixth with 19:38 and Nicasio Westlund in seventh with 19:52. Dallin Webb rounded out Idaho State's top-five with 17th place and a time of 20:46.

COACH BRIAN JANSSEN
“We are just trying to get better each week,” said Head Cross Country Coach Brian Janssen after Saturday's race. “We are trying to get the men to pack up a little better. They didn't do a great job of that today. We're a young team and they are trying to learn to train properly and they are doing a good job with that. Things are going okay, and we are getting better slowly.”