Scots sweep weekly cross country awards
Oct. 6, 2009
Leading from start-to-finish at last weekend’s Olde English Classic
Invitational in Beloit, Wis., resulted in Monmouth College’s Mary Kate Beyer (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria) and
Geoff Bird (Kenilworth, Ill.) earning this week’s Midwest Conference
Performer of the Week honor in women’s and men’s cross country,
respectively.
The Olde English course layout included jumps over straw bales and three
creek jumps, making for a slower course than the teams were accustomed
to. That didn’t seem to hurt Beyer or Bird who both finished just ahead
of a teammate.
Bird completed the 8,000-meter course in 27:06.0, just ahead of teammate
Jon Welty and nearly 30 seconds ahead of his next competitor. Led by
Bird, Monmouth also won the men’s team title.
