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Beyer is National Qualifier, Scots run well at Regional
Release Date:
Nov. 15, 2008
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
The Monmouth
College women’s cross country team continued to break new ground
Saturday at the Midwest Regional held at Saukie Golf Course in Rock
Island. Record-setting performances placed the Fighting Scots women
15th in the field of 43, and the men were 18th of 39.
Sophomore Mary
Kate Beyer (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria) became the first Fighting
Scot woman to qualify for the NCAA Division III National Meet
running a school-record 6K time of 21:58.4 to finish seventh. She
shaved nearly a minute off her September time on the same course to
advance to next Saturday’s National Meet at Hanover, Ind.
Junior Katie
Staab ran a personal-best of 23:08.9 to place 43rd and classmate
Taryn Tang’s time of 24:45.2 was just 20 seconds off her
season-best. Tang placed 122nd, just one second ahead of teammate,
sophomore Whitney Didier. Amy Aghababian placed 129th in 24:55.5 and
Ashley Szabo rounded out the Scots’ women in 184th position with a
time of 26:14.5.
Clay Staley’s
strong finish to the season led the Scots’ men. The junior placed
47th with a season-best 8K time of 25:57.1. Sophomore Geoff Bird
clocked a season-best 26:56.6, finishing 96th. Brad Begyn toured the
Saukie course in 27:13.5 to finish 177th. Jon Welty placed 155th in
27:56.8. Alan Rosiquez and Tim Bentz completed the Scots’ runners,
placing 177th and 193rd, respectively with times of 28:27.4 and
28:59.8.
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