MADISON, Wis. – Addison DeHaven may not have been thrilled with his finish, but the Brookings High School legend continued to make history on Saturday by earning All-American honors for a second time.
Now a Boise State senior, he placed 28th in the NCAA Division I Men’s Cross Country Championship at Zimmer Championship Course.
“It was snowy on the course and kind of rough up there, so I just made sure I got towards the middle of the pack and moved my way up,” DeHaven said. “I didn’t really feel great but I was able to get through it and figure out a way to get home there to the end.
“It definitely was not what I wanted – I was shooting more for the top 15 – but I was just kind of glad to get done, I guess.”
DeHaven, the Broncos’ top finisher, completed the 10K course in 29 minutes, 51.1 seconds.
Badger Morgan McDonald medaled on his home course with a 29:08.3 clocking, winning by five-tenths of a second.
DeHaven originally attended Wisconsin out of high school.
After redshirting in 2014, he decided he needed a change of scenery.
He was the Broncos’ fifth scorer at the 2015 Championships; however, he missed the next cross country season due to an injury.
DeHaven was an All-American as a junior in 2017 after placing 31st at nationals.
“I have had some pretty crappy injuries and it’s been kind of tough luck and it’s pretty special just to get over that kind of stuff and … two All-Americans is not the easiest thing in the world and I’m just proud to be able to do it – not really to prove myself but just to kind of achieve what I was looking for going into college. So, it wasn’t too bad,” he added.
Northern Arizona won the team title with 83 points and BYU (116) was second. Boise State took 10th at 342.
Rounding out the individual top five were Stanford’s Grant Fisher (29:08.8) in second, Iowa State’s Edwin Kurgat (29:09) in third, Oklahoma State’s Isai Rodriguez (29:10.5) in fourth and Furman’s Aaron Templeton (29:11.9) in fifth.
On the women’s side, Colorado’s Dani Jones placed first in the 6K in 19:42.8. The Buffaloes put five runners in the top 24 to claim the team crown with 65 points.
DeHaven won South Dakota Class AA state high school cross country titles as a Bobcat in 2012 and 2013.
