Beamish and Grijalva Earn Second Team All-American Honors in NCAA 5k Final; Hasty Secures Spot on Honorable Mentions List

RESULTS

AUSTIN, Texas (June 7, 2019) - Geordie Beamish and Luis Grijalva each earned Second Team All-American honors after competing in the Men's 5k Final at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Mike A. Myers in Austin, Texas on Friday evening. The pair was joined by true freshman Brodey Hasty who would secure a spot on the Honorable Mentions list for his performance. 

Beamish was the first 'Jack to finish the 5k coming in at 14:13.18 to take 10th-place. Grijalva was not far behind as he ended the race in 14:20.86, with Hasty at just about five seconds behind at 14:25.54. 

Much like they have all season the Lumberjacks stayed patient and made strategical moves that allowed all three runners to be put in competitive positions and keep pace with some of the country's best distance runners. With three laps left it was anyone's race as all three NAU men were within less than a second of the lead. Before the bell rang for the final lap Beamish was NAU's lead runner, posting a final lap time at 58.16 seconds.

NAU ended the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships with three team points which were earned off of Tyler Day's sixth-place finish in the 10k Final race on Wednesday.

The 'Jacks will be leaving Austin with three All-Americans (Day - 10k, Grijalva & Beamish -5k) and now a sophomore in Hasty who has experience at the national level early in his collegiate career. The 5k trio will each be returning to NAU next season, with Day as well minus the XC season.

1		Morgan MCDONALD	SR	Wisconsin	14:06.01
2		Grant FISHER	SR	Stanford	14:06.63
3		Thomas RATCLIFFE	SO	Stanford	14:07.92
4		Gilbert KIGEN	SR	Alabama	14:08.12
5		Edwin KURGAT	JR	Iowa State	14:08.26
6		Clayton YOUNG	SR	BYU	14:09.00
7		Conner MANTZ	SO	BYU	14:09.20
8		Kyle MAU	JR	Indiana	14:09.62
9		Robert BRANDT	JR	UCLA	14:10.19
10		Geordie BEAMISH	JR	Northern Arizona	14:13.18
11		Ian SHANKLIN	FR	NC State	14:13.57
12		Peter SEUFER	JR	Virginia Tech	14:13.91
13		Morgan BEADLESCOMB	SO	Michigan State	14:17.59
14		John DRESSEL	JR	Colorado	14:18.03
15		Luis GRIJALVA	SO	Northern Arizona	14:20.86
16		Kigen CHEMADI	JR	Mid. Tenn. State	14:22.92
17		Aaron TEMPLETON	SR	Furman	14:24.41
18		Brodey HASTY	FR	Northern Arizona	14:25.54
19		Azaria KIRWA	SR	Liberty	14:27.38
20		Brian ZABILSKI	SR	Columbia	14:29.13
21		Zach LONG	SR	Tennessee	14:52.83
22		Cooper TEARE	SO	Oregon	15:04.51
23		Luke LANDIS	JR	Ohio State	15:16.00
DNF		Noah PERKINS	JR	North Florida

With the conclusion of the 5k Final on Friday night the Northern Arizona track & field and cross country program ends its historic 2018-19 campaign which saw a third consecutive national title in XC, an indoor team conference championship and a national champion in the Men's Indoor Mile. NAU will return to action this fall for the 2019 cross country season in search of its fourth straight championship. 

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