A change of venue didn’t seem to adversely affect the Monmouth
College cross country team at last Saturday’s Brissman-Lundeen
Invitational hosted by Augustana College.
The damage from the summer’s floods caused the annual meet in the
Quad Cities to be moved to the Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island
where the Fighting Scots men placed eighth out of 28 teams and the
women finished 11th in the field of 27.
Mary Kate Beyer posted the fastest 6K time of the season in the
Midwest Conference, placing sixth in the field of 315 runners with a
time of 22:40.4. Katie Staab was less than two minutes back in 38th
place with a 24:04.0. Bri Flynn led the 3-7 pack with a time of
25:05.5, finishing 82nd. Taryn Tang’s 25:17.4 was five seconds
faster than Jayme Ayers and nine seconds in front of Ashley Szabo.
Amy Aghababian rounded out the Scots scoring runners in 115th
position, clocking a time of 25:46.5.
Brad Begyn led the men, placing 31st with an 8K time of 26:42.7.
Scott Sheller finished 39th while posting a lifetime best by 50
seconds at 26:56.6 and Clay Staley finished 12 seconds back of
Sheller in 50th position. Jon Welty paced the 4-7 pack with a time
of 27:51.5, placing 84th in the field of 343 runners. Geoff Bird was
98th, Matt Peharda placed 116th and Craig Maher’s time of 28:39.1
rounded out the Scots scoring in 143rd place.
The Scots travel to Hanover, Ind., this weekend for a meet to be
held at the site of the NCAA Championships in November.
