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 8^th 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 5^th 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.

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#16	Miaadude   September 24 at 8:13am the missouri southern course is short. always has been. the times are irrelevant but the team places are interesting. still, Mo Central is going to be hard to beat. reply
#15	Xcid   September 23 at 1:55pm maybe we could just forget about rankings and just see who wins at nats. rankings have never been accurate and its not new. reply
#14	Chick's Friend   September 23 at 10:15am I think this girl "xc runna" has some serious issues. Do you not understand that theses are just GUESSES to how team will place? Duh! reply
#13	The Chick   September 23 at 10:06am add to that the fact that queens' #1 and #5 runners did not run last week, and yet they still beat lees-mcrae...i'm pretty sure the new rankings are accurate. reply
#12	Xc Runna   September 23 at 7:22am Southeast said: “Well they most likely will not face columbus state or augusta before regionals. When lee's mccrae is ranked first and they get beat. Its a pretty good assumption to say that queens should be ranked first. duh!!!” So if Southern Cal beats Florida (in football), but Texas is number 2, does that mean they move USC up to #1 and Texas drops or stays the same?? I mean if Texas doesn't lose, how does that compute. That doesn't make sense and neither does your argument. You don't move someone up if those previously in front of them either didn't compete or haven't lost to another regional team. reply
#11	Southeast   September 22 at 9:42pm Well they most likely will not face columbus state or augusta before regionals. When lee's mccrae is ranked first and they get beat. Its a pretty good assumption to say that queens should be ranked first. duh!!! reply
#10	Xc Runna   September 22 at 7:36pm explain to me how queens women got ranked ahead of everyone when they only beat Lee's McCrae? Did they beat Columbus State or Augusta? No. The guy who does the polls for the southeast is crazy. I mean don't get me wrong, mad props to queen's women, they are running VERY well, but just like any other team, don't they need to earn the number one ranking in their region like anyone else? Shouldn't they beat more than just one team in the top 5? Just my thoughts. reply
#9	Anonymous Coward   September 22 at 6:46pm 1st - Arkansas 2nd - MSSU 3rd - Dallas Baptist University 4th - Pitt State 5th - Harding reply
#8	Shallow Hal   September 22 at 6:00pm so what teams got 3rd and 5th at missouri southern? reply
#7	Anonymous Coward   September 22 at 10:40am At MSSU, Dallas Baptist was the next DII finisher, finishing 3rd behind MSSU. (Women's race) reply
#6	Me   September 22 at 10:21am "i wouldn't say conferences are close. 5 weeks? hardly." dont be a d.ick. we all know that 5 weeks training wise is VERY CLOSE. this is a great review, dont ruin it with your opinion. reply
#5	Brett Harvey   September 22 at 9:45am In the Northeast region the Delaware Invitational featured 2 regionally ranked teams in #5 Philadelphia University and #10 Georgian Court University. Philadelphia looked very good putting 5 in front of Georgian Court's 2 and 6 in front of their 3. Both very young teams, it looks like only 1 senior in the top 7 of either team. Top 3 DII finishers were Philly's Sarah Simonetti (12th in the region last year) at 19:35, Georgian Court Freshman Justine Berger at 19:55 and defendingg CACC Conference Champion and 11th in the region last year Wilmington's Danielle Burcham at 19:56 reply
#4	Roy Griak   September 22 at 8:34am Is there going to anyone camcording the Roy Griak meet this weekend from flotrack? Didnt see it on the coverages but they were there last year. Thanks reply
#3	WTF   September 22 at 8:10am Way to competely overlook a certain school that was 6th in front of Harding at MOSO and another runner who was 16 seconds ahead of hardings second runner..who did the review for this meet..damn reply
#2	Cara Hawkins   September 22 at 6:32am They are drawing nearer, which means they were closer then last week... reply
#1	Anonymous Coward   September 21 at 10:36pm i wouldn't say conferences are close. 5 weeks? hardly. reply