Hutchinson CC Sports Information
EL DORADO – Sophomore Teagan Flanagan slashed his career-best 8,000-meter time and helped the No. 4-ranked Hutchinson Community College men's cross country team to a runner-up finish at the 2020 Region VI Championships on Friday.
Flanagan cut 8.2 seconds off his previous best with a time of 24:58.80 to finish third in both the Region VI race and Jayhawk West race. Flanagan posted the third-fastest 8K time by a Blue Dragon in a Region VI Championship. The time was also the ninth-fastest overall in Blue Dragon history.
Division II Cowley won the overall men's title, but Cloud County was the Division I Region VI champion with 59 points. The Blue Dragons had 99 points in the region team standings and 46 in the Jayhawk West standings.
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The Blue Dragons place second in both the region and conference for the second-year in a row.
Sophomore Jacob Mcelhanon was the second Blue Dragon to finish. He was ninth in the region and sixth in the conference at 26:22.70.
Freshman Cameron Delaney was 13th in the region and ninth in the KJCCC West with a time of 27:07.57
Sophomore Matthew Schrag was 20th in the region and 13th in the league with 27:38.06.
Sophomore Andrew Holt was 22nd and 15th, respectively, with a time of 27:48.10.
Freshman Aaron Geissinger was 29th and 21st, respectively, posting a time of 28:25.70
Freshman Jareth Carrasco placed 57th in the region and 35th in the league at 31.31.14.
The Blue Dragons have one meet left, the 2020 NJCAA Division I National Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 14 in Fort Dodge, Iowa.