LCSC adds third cross country recruit

1-8-08

Lewis-Clark State College cross country coach Mike Collins added his third recruit in a week on Tuesday with Deary High School senior Jonathan Dalton signing a national letter of intent to run for the Frontier Conference champion Warriors next falls. 

Dalton is the second athlete from Deary currently in the cross country program. Kelsie Eggers, a freshman, competed for the Warriors last fall. 

“Jon comes into our program with a very good high school resume and we believe that once he is in an environment with a lot of other similarly talented runners he will blossom out even more,” Collins said. “He has already had some great success in high school.” 

Dalton won the 1,600 title at the Idaho State 1A Track and Field championships last spring. In the same meet, he was also second in the 3,200 and fourth in the 800. 

He also finish fifth at the Idaho State Cross Country championships last fall and was sixth his junior season. 

“He is also an extremely good student and we are very excited to see him become a part of our program,” Collins said.