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Lady Cougar Cross Country
Recaps
MVNU Cross Country Teams Both Finish 33rd
at All-Ohio
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director
Men's
Race Results |
Women's Race Results
CEDARVILLE, Ohio (10-1-2010) - The Mount
Vernon Nazarene University men's and women's
cross country teams both finished 33rd in
their respective races at the All-Ohio
Invitational hosted by Cedarville University
on Friday afternoon.
"It doesn't get much better in the sport of
cross country than when you have the
opportunity to run against some of the best
competition in the nation on a beautiful
afternoon,” said MVNU coach Chip Wilson.
"These were the conditions we saw before us
when we stepped off the bus at Cedarville
for the All-Ohio championship. This is a
special race because almost every university
in the state is represented. Sometimes for a
school our size, it can be intimidating to
run against this type of competition, but I
repeatedly reminded our runners this week
that we belong in this race and that we
needed to focus on our race and not those
around us. Based on how we performed this
afternoon, I think we did stay focused on
our own goals.”
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| Abby Spitler |
Sebastian Rue |
In the women's race, Miami University of
Ohio won the 39-team event by finishing with
43 points to easily outdistance runner up
University of Dayton (92 points) and
third-place Ohio University (103 points).
Malone University was the top non-NCAA
Division I school with a seventh-place
finish with 214 points, and the Lady Cougars
finished 33rd with 991 points.
Individually, Rachel Patterson of Miami of
Ohio won the women's five-kilometer race in
a time of 17:12.3 to edge Dayton's Maura
Bulgrin (17:19.0) by more than six seconds.
Freshman Abby Spitler led MVNU by finishing
124th out of 277 runners in 19:39.8 to broke
her own school record of 19:48.9 set two
races ago at the Walsh University
Invitational. Freshman Alex Reasoner posted
a new personal best by finishing 193rd in
20:46.8, while sophomore Jessica Brant was
right behind her (20:58.1, 206th). Junior
Caitlin Campbell (21:50.5, 229th), sophomore
Melissa Keiser (22:53.2, 251st), sophomore
Amy Chappell (23:12.8, 256th), and sophomore
Bethany Parks (23:19.6, 259th) rounded out
the scoring for the Lady Cougars with Parks
also setting a new personal best.
"I was impressed once again by the
improvements I saw today for many of the
women's runners,” said Wilson. "Abby is
continuing to lower the school record mark
she set a few weeks ago with her time today,
and Alex is continuing to become a stronger
runner with her performance. The girls are
starting to develop a great pack with our
No. 2-4 runners and No. 5-7 runners, and it
is encouraging to see them run
competitively.”
In the men's race, Miami of Ohio made it a
clean sweep as the RedHawks won the 37-team
event with 82 points to beat out runner-up
Xavier University (119 points), Ohio (123
points), Dayton (126 points), and the
University of Cincinnati (134 points).
Shawnee State University was the top non-NCAA
Division I school with a sixth-place finish
with 151 points, and the Cougars finished
33rd with 1008 points.
Individually, Chris Lemon of Dayton covered
the eight-kilometer course in 24:11.8 to win
the title as he nipped runner-up Eric Finan
of Cincinnati (24:20.6) by almost nine
seconds. Junior Nate Winters was the top
finisher for MVNU as he came in 152nd out of
263 runners in 27:23.6. Freshman Jace
Wolford was next in 28:02.5 as he finished
176th, and freshman Sebastian Rue posted a
new personal best time of 29:57.5 as he
finished 230th. Junior Kevin Poast (29:58.7,
231st), senior David Clark (30:03.5, 234th),
sophomore Jacob Pessia (30:27.5, 238th), and
sophomore Mark Rednour (32:34.5, 249th)
rounded out the scoring with Pessia knocking
43 seconds of his previous personal best.
"The men's team performed well this
afternoon with a few of the guys breaking
their own personal record,” said Wilson.
"Sebastian and Jacob both ran solid races
today and they were rewarded with a personal
best time. Nate and Jace are continuing to
run strong in the lead pack for us, and we
look to rest a little on this off-week as we
prepare for our next meet.”
The MVNU teams will be back in action on
October 15 when they travel to the
Wilmington College Invitational. The women's
race will start at 4:30 p.m. with the men's
race to follow at 5 p.m.
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