NCAA: Dartmouth's Randall pulls upset in men's 10K freestyle

Mar 05, 2008

BOZEMAN, Mont.—In a huge upset, Glenn Randall won Dartmouth’s first NCAA nordic title since 1967 Wednesday at Bohart Ranch.

BOZEMAN, Mont.—In a huge upset, Glenn Randall won Dartmouth’s first NCAA nordic title since 1967 Wednesday at Bohart Ranch.         Randall, who was also named an Academic All-American on Wednesday, skated the fastest first 5-kilometer lap, then held his lead over the last 5 km to win the race in 30 minutes, 37.3 seconds. He finished ahead of University of Alaska-Fairbanks’ Marius Korthauer, who collected his second NCAA silver and his fourth NCAA medal to date, with a time of 30:48.3. Colorado's Jesper Ostensen overcame a slow first 5 km to finish third in 31:03.2. In another eye-opening result, Bates College’s Sylvan Ellefson took fourth in 31:20.0.

Results
Rank    Bib    Name            School        Time

1.     33    Glenn Randall        DAR        30:37.3
2.    30    Marius Korthauer     UAF        30:48.3
3.    18    Jesper Ostensen      CU        31:03.2
4.    36    Sylvan Ellefson       BAT        31:20.0
5.    35    Rene Reisshauer      DU        31:22.6
6.    25    Even Sletten          UU        31:24.3
7.    28    John Stene            DU        31:26.4
8.    32    Vahur Teppan         UAF        31:27.4
9.    17    Andy Liebner         UAA        31:27.6
10.  38    Snorri Einarsson      UU        31:37.2

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