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Lady Cougar Cross Country
Recaps
MVNU Cross Country Teams Finish Season at
NCCAA Nationals
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director
Men's
Race Results |
Women's Race Results
CEDARVILLE, Ohio (11-13-2010) - The Mount
Vernon Nazarene University men's and women's
cross country teams closed out their season
at the National Christian College Athletic
Association Championship as the Lady Cougars
finished 13th out of 21 teams and the
Cougars came in 15th out of 28 teams in
races hosted by Cedarville University at the
Elvin R. King Cross Country Course on
Saturday.
"Preparing for a cross country season can
only be understood by the runners who are
involved,” said MVNU coach Chip Wilson. "It
is a time-consuming effort that only allows
for a few opportunities to actually compete
and see what you are made of. Watching my
runners put it all on the line in this final
race made me think about all their hard work
throughout this season and their summer
running. I was very proud of each runner and
the effort that I saw.”
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Nate Winters |
In the women's race, Malone University
(46 points) narrowly edged runner-up Indiana
Wesleyan University (51 points) to capture
the NCCAA national title. Colorado Christian
University (128 points), Palm Beach Atlantic
(Fla.) University (145 points), and Trinity
Christian (Ill.) College (190 points)
rounded out the top five, while MVNU posted
its best finish in its five years at the
event with 303 points to finish 13th.
Meghan Gilmore of Palm Beach Atlantic won
the individual national title as she
finished with a time of 17:33.5 to easily
out-distance runner-up Cassidy Wagner of
Indiana Wesleyan (18:26.0) by nearly a
minute. Sophomore Jessica Brant covered the
five-kilometer course in 20:13.3 to lead the
Lady Cougars as she finished 42nd out of 148
runners. Freshman Abby Spitler (20:26.7,
44th), junior Caitlin Campbell (20:39.6,
54th), Alex Reasoner (21:17.3, 75th),
sophomore Melissa Keiser (22:49.1, 105th),
sophomore Bethany Parks (23:14.6, 112th),
and freshman Katie Worthington (24:08.1,
125th) rounded out the finishers for MVNU.
"The women's team has made great strides
this season, and that is due largely to the
overall effort this team has displayed,”
Wilson said. "I am blessed to have great
leadership on this team, and I know the
girls want to get better. We only had eight
girls this season, but they were all
competitive and we were constantly running
solid team times and finishing well as a
team. I am very excited for the future with
this team!”
In the men's race, Cedarville (60 points)
held off Indiana Wesleyan (72 points) to
claim the NCCAA national title. Trinity
Christian (110 points), defending champion
Malone (124 points), and North Central
(Wis.) University (165 points) rounded out
the top five, while the Cougars were 15th
out of 28 teams with 379 points.
T.J. Badertscher of Cedarville claimed the
individual national title with a time of
26:08.9 to edge runner-up Mitch Williams of
Malone (26:21.8) by almost 13 seconds.
Junior Nate Winters covered the
eight-kilometer course in 27:04.0 to lead
the Cougars as he finished 14th out of 186
runners. Freshman Jace Wolford (28:58.7,
69th), junior Chaz Rice (29:54.1, 100th),
junior Kevin Poast (29:55.8, 102nd),
freshman Sebastian Rue (30:12.8, 110th),
senior David Clark (30:26.9, 115th), and
sophomore Jacob Pessia (30:56.5, 129th)
rounded out the finishers for MVNU.
"The men's race gave us some excitement on
Saturday when I saw Nate blast off the line
and run with the lead pack for most the
first part of the race,” said Wilson. "When
he crossed the line, he earned an NCCAA
Second Team All-American honor that he
deserved. He has worked hard for this honor,
and I am very proud of his efforts. I was
proud of all the guys, but especially David.
He is our only senior this year and watching
him cross the line one final time was a
bittersweet feeling for me. I have greatly
enjoyed his attitude and work ethic, and I
think he will leave behind these traits for
the younger guys.”
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