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Scots on their game at large meet
Release Date: October 19, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
The men’s and women’s cross country teams ran in a field of
nearly 1,000 runners in their last race prior to the Midwest
Conference Championships in November.
The Fighting Scots’ women placed 18th in the field of 34 teams
and the men were 19th of 35 at the Brooks Invitational hosted by
UW-Oshkosh. Nearly 470 women competed on the 6K course at the Lake
Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne, Wis., and over 550 men ran the 8K
course.
Mary Kate Beyer and Katie Staab finished
back-to-back for the second consecutive race. Beyer ran a
junior-class school record in touring the course in 22:21.37 to
place 32nd. Staab set the Scots’ senior record at 22:24.55. The pair
is now ranked third and fourth in the Midwest Conference.
Rachel Bowden and Amy Aghababian were less than a
minute back with times of 24:01.62 and 24:13.80, respectively, while
bettering their conference standings. Brittney Frazier
(24:58.07), Whitney Didier (25:05.04) and Tori Beaty
(25:30.27) rounded out the top seven. Bri Flynn kept her time
under 26 minutes (25:59.78) and Marlee Lane was just outside
that mark (26:03.76) as all the women ran improved times.
As they have most of the year, Geoff Bird and Jon Welty
set the pace for the men. Bird’s time of 25:44.40 placed him 88th
and Welty finished 122nd in 26:03.04. Their times rank them fifth
and sixth in the MWC.
Jake Barr, Damon Bautista and Connor Shields
also moved up the league rankings. Barr clocked a 26:24.33, Bautista
checked in with a 26:30.85 and Shields recorded a 26:43.97. Paul
Davies (26:49.62) and Alan Rosiquez (26:56.60) rounded
out the top seven while bettering their conference marks. Tim
Bentz (27:32.43), Craig Maher (27:33.68), Matt Gatlin
(27:50.01) and Brian Daly (29:25.11) joined their teammates
in moving up the conference standings with improved 8K times.
The Scots have no meets scheduled this weekend while prepping for
the MWC Championships on Oct. 31.
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