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Cross Country Report
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Sep 13, 2008, 22:56
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- The men and women’s cross country teams travelled to the University of Central Missouri for their annual Mule Run. The runners not only had to face some very tough competition, the weather was relentless also. Keith Memorial Golf Course recorded over 3 inches of rain the night before the race. This created a muddy mess that made the runners understand what true cross country was. Even though the conditions where not the best, SBU came out with a third place finish in the women’s 2.5 mile race and a second place finish in the men’s 4 mile race. Coach McElhaney “Overall both teams raced well considering the conditions, we have some work to do but I have a great group of kids that work hard every day and share similar goals for the season. We are looking forward to MSSU next week. We have two high caliber meets these next two weeks with MSSU and The Roy Griak Invitational in Minnesota.”
The SBU women finished behind Pittsburg State and University of Central Missouri in the 14 team field, to claim third place honors. The women were lead by Junior Courtney Ayers 6th place finish. Her time of 15:24 was 37 seconds behind the leader from Missouri Baptist. Coach McElhaney “Courtney ran very well today considering she had been sick the two days prior to the meet, she is a tough runner and is really determined this year to be at the top come conference and regional’s.” Freshman Holly Hackney was the next bearcat to cross the line with a 15:56 in 14th place.
Team Results (14 teams)
1st Pittsburg State University 51 points
2nd University of Central Missouri 84 points
3rd Southwest Baptist University 87 points
SBU Results (129 runners)
6th Courtney Ayers 15:24
14th Holly Hackney 15:56
20th Rebecca Brigance 16:07
21st Erica Whitfield 16:09
35th Camrie Nixon 16:32
37th Chelsea Strahm 16:33
38th Christine Pierce 16:34
44th Andrea Owensby 16:46
46th Kelsi Chowning 16:52
47th Kristen Colon 16:52
82nd Kassidy Porter 18:09
101 Kelley Flowers 19:01
104 Tiffani Mangone 19:09
The SBU Men were edged out by two points to finish 2nd place. The University of Central Missouri won the meet with 68 points to SBU’s 70 points. Junior Shawn Etzenhouser led the way with his first place finish. His time of 20:43 won the race by over 7 seconds. Coach McElhaney “Shawn raced really well today, he set back the first two miles and then just pulled away from there. He has really been stepping up in practice.” Freshman Will Hansen was the next bearcat to finish the four mile race with a time of 21:29 placing him 11th overall and the top freshman finisher in the race.
Team Results (17 teams)
1st University of Central Missouri 68 points
2nd Southwest Baptist University 70 points
3rd Pittsburg State University 111 points
SBU Results (167 runners)
1st Shawn Etzenhouser 20:43
11th Will Hansen 21:29
15th Josh Rollins 21:37
22nd David Hackney 21:49
23rd Michael McCampbell 21:49
27th Jeremy Glassmaker 21:55
30th Nathaniel Rogers 22:07
38th Vince Tichenor 22:16
40th Cameron Ayers 22:20
58th David Shulteis 22:43
65th Caleb Loya 22:51
73rd Josiah Coen 23:07
84th Jeff Weseloh 23:44
86th Andrew Bly 23:49
94th Coty Goodwin 24:24
102 Phillip Peek 24:51
118 Andrew Denbow 25:28
130 Raymond Varner 26:08
137 Brian Price 27:10
Men's Stats
Women's Stats
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