ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — No. 1 men's cross country and No. 2 women's cross country had 13 combined All-Region finishers today, highlighted by Isaiah Hammerand winning his second career individual title on the men's side and a top-five finish for Lydia Maas on the women's side, respectively.
 
Wartburg placed second in the men's 8k with 82 points and third in the women's 6k with 88 points.
 
Isaiah Hammerand placed first in the men's 8k with a time of 23:53.7 and a 4:48.4 average mile. Lydia Maas finished fifth in the women's 6k in 21:31.1 with a 5:46.3 average mile. Leah McDonald added a ninth-place finish in the women's 6k at 21:53.4. Andrew Smith placed 11th in the men's 8k with a time of 24:33.6.
 
Knights Men's Results (8K)
1. Hammerand - 23:53.7, 1 points
11. Smith - 24:33.6, 11 points
19. Ayden Buchanan - 24:44.1, 19 points
25. Evan Cook - 24:51.0, 25 points
26. Cooper Cook - 24:51.3, 26 points
28. Solomon Zaugg - 24:55.6, 28 points
33. Ethan Boston - 25:01.1, 33 points
 
Knights Women's Results (6K)
5. Maas - 21:31.1, 5 points
9. McDonald - 21:53.4, 9 points
23. Madison Popelar - 22:18.4, 23 points
24. Ava Vance - 22:20.0, 24 points
27. Julia Burney - 22:24.7, 27 points
28. Sydney Bochmann - 22:28.0, 28 points
43. Anna Quillin - 22:48.6, 43 points
 
Meet Notes

• Wartburg's All-Region Honors (must place in the top 35 individually)
  • Fourth All-Region finish: Isaiah Hammerand
  • Third All-Region finish: Lydia Maas
  • Second All-Region finish: Ava Vance, Solomon Zaugg
  • First All-Region finish: Sydney Bochmann, Ayden Buchanan, Julia Burney, Ethan Boston, Cooper Cook, Evan Cook, Leah McDonald, Madison Popelar, Andrew Smith,
• PR's today: Burney, Maas, McDonald, Popelar
• Hammerand won the individual race in 2024 and now joins Christopher Collet as the only Knights with multiple regional MVP's on the men's side
• Hammerand is now the seventh Knight in program history to earn four All-Region honors

 
 
Up Next
Both the men's and women's team will await tomorrow's at-large announcements for the NCAA Championships in Northfield, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 21, beginning at 12 p.m.