DII Weeked Review September 18-20
DII Weeked Review September 18-20
Conference meets are drawing nearer and before we know it November will be here. Till then most teams are racing across the nation, testing themselves against competitors and eagerly waiting for the weekly poll results. The Pre National DII meet is set for next Saturday in Evansville, Ind. and should be a good look at the course. As usual, I urge my readers to chime in with opinions and anything I have missed.
Colorado State Invitational-Adams State’s Kristen McGlynn led her team to a first place finish with 26 points and covering the 5k course in 18:21.8. She also took the individual title. Metro State was third with 98 points. Adams State’s men perfect scored the meet with 15 points. Reuben Mwei took first with a time of 19:07.9 over the 4 mile course. Metro State came in third with 107 points.
Missouri Southern Stampede-Missouri Southern’s Kimi Shank was third overall behind two University of Arkansas runners. She covered the 5k course in 17:36.65. Her teammates, Ashley Siler( 17:42.14) and Ashley Bunch (17:49.94) were the next two DII finishers coming in fifth and eighth. Missouri Southern was second overall with 45 points. Finishing third was Dallas Baptist with 136 points. Pittsburg State was the next DII finisher in fourth with 154 points, followed by Harding with 159 points.
On the men’s side, Harding’s Daniel Kirwa ran away from the field finishing the 8k course in 23:11.07. The next DII finisher was his teammate, Philip Biwott in ninth (24:21.49). Drury's Jamie Villa Zapetero was ninth in 24:05. 35. Pittsburg State’s Tim Testa (24:31.14) and Mujahid Hassaballa (24:34.43) were twelfth and thirteen overall. Pittsburg State was second overall with 131 points. Missouri Southern was fourth in 146 points, Drury was sixth with 181 points and Harding was seventh with 240 points.
Mountaineer Open-Queens’ Holly Annas led her team to a fifth place finish over Lees-McRae. Lees –McRae was ranked first in the Southeast region. Annas ran a 19:09.00 over the 5k course. In the men’s race, Queens’ Michael Crouch (interview below) won the race over Ohio State’s Jeff See. Crouch covered the course in 19:41.29. This helped place his team in second with 41 points. (Crouch Interview included)
Sundodger-In the women’s invitational race, Seattle Pacific’s Jessica Pixler came in third behind Washington Duo of Kendra Schaaf and Marie Lawrence. Pixler was the first DII finisher covering the 6k course in 20:26.07. Western Washington’s Sarah Porter was fourth in 20:37.13. Western Washington was third overall behind DI schools, Washington and Oregon State, with 83 points. Seattle Pacific finished fifth with 111 points. In the open race, Alaska Anchorage’s Ruth Keino was second over the 6k course in a time of 21:41.16. Alaska Anchorage won the team title with 22 points.
In the men’s invitational race, Alaska Anchorage’s Micah Chelimo took second over the 8k course in 24:03.33. His teammate, Marko Cheseto was fifth in the time of 24:14.92. Western Washington’s Jordan Welling was twelfth in 24:38.20. He led his team to a second place finish with 82 points as the first DII School. Alaska Anchorage was fourth with 97 points.
Woody Greeno/Nebraska Cross Country Invitational- Colorado School of the Mine’s Sydney Laws was the first DII finisher over the 3.58 mile course finishing 8th overall in a time of 21:16.1. CSM finished seventh in the team competition with 216 points. Central Missouri was ninth with 259 points.
On the men’s side, CSM’s Aaron Swift took second and was first DII finisher overall covering the 8k course in 24:48.7. His teammate, Ben Zywicki was 5th with a 25:05.9. These two strong finishes led the team to win with meet with 42 points. Central Missouri was second with 97 points.