BREA, Calif. – Daan Haven and John Reniewicki led the way for the Sun Devil cross country teams in their season-opening races at the Mark Covert Classic Saturday, with Haven taking second overall in the women's 5K and Reniewicki coming in 15th in the 8K.
Haven and the women took third in the team competition scoring 62 points. Her second-place finish came in 17:47.1, just two seconds off the winner. She was joined in the top-five by Alexis Nichols who crossed the line seven seconds later in 17:54.
"Daan was in a good place most of the race, and with 800 meters to go she had a chance to really push the pace and go for the lead," coach Jeremy Rasmussen said.