DII Weekend review Sept.19-21

            While the first day of fall officially arrived on September 22^nd, in many locations across the country fall weather arrived a week early.  With the crisper air came some fast times and exciting races. The results of last weekend’s meets will change the national and regional rankings. As usual, I urge readers to comment for there are many meets every weekend and I sometimes miss results.  Help me out for Flotrack is a community!

Coyotes Cross Country Invitational- UC San Diego runners captured the team titles in the women’s 6k and the men’s 8k.  The women took the title with 30 points followed by Cal Poly Pomona with 63 points. UC San Diego’s Bre Schofield won the race in 22:09 over Cal Poly Pomona’s Tiffany Turner (22:23) and  UC San Diego’s Amanda Kuehn (23:17).

            In the men’s team title, UC San Diego scored 29 points over Cal Poly Pomona’s 43 points and Cal State Stanislaus’s 94 points.  Cal Poly Pomona’s Jersain Torres won the race in 25:25 followed by UC San Diego’s Jake Levieux (25:32) and Point Loma Nazarene’s Landon Bright (25:49).

Limestone College Invitational- Limestone’s women scored 62 points to capture their home meet title, barely besting Catawba’s 63 points. St. Andrews was third with 71 points.  Catawba’s Olivia Jacobs won the women’s 5k in a time of 18:22 and was followed by St. Andrews’s Alyson Trovato (18:27) and Francis Marion’s Kelly May (18:53).

            In the men’s team title, St. Andrews took the win with a low score of 25 points followed by Truett-McConnell College (56) and Francis Marion University (71). Francis Marion University runner, Hillary Kiprop, won the 5 mile run in a time of 25:55. He was followed by three St. Andrews runners: Mitch Cooper (25:57), Pedro Tapia Jr. (26:45), and Doug Holt (27:23).

Ferris State Bulldog Invitational- In the women’s team title, Findlay’s women took top honors with 35 points, followed by Hillsdale (73) and Ferris State (87). Findlay’s Hilary Esselstein covered the 5k course in 17:49.28, over thirty seconds ahead of the next two finishers, Northwood’s Kylen Cieslak (18:24) and Ferris’s Tina Muir (18:38).

            In the men’s team title race, Hillsdale College took top honors with 51 points. Tiffin University (71) barely edged out Lansing Community College (72) for second place. Lewis University’s Andy Lepkowski won the men’s college race covering the 8k course in 25:49. He was followed by Lansing Community College’s Addisalem Habtewold (26:15) and Hilldale’s Timothy Howse (26:19).

Asics/Winthrop Invitational- Queens’ men and women took home the team titles in the Garnett or non-DI division of the Asics Invitational.  Queens’ women finished first with 27 points followed closely by Lander’s women with 30 points. Benedict was third with 69 points. Queen’s sophomore, Jessica Neville, won the 5k race in 18:48. Lander’s Olga Nunez- Lopez was second in 19:58 and Queen’s Katie Carman was third in 20:14.

            The Queens’ men won the team title with a stellar 18 points, followed by Benedict (38) and Claflin (78).  Queens took the top three spots in the men’s race: Michael Crouch was the overall winner in a time of 24:16, followed by his teammates Oscar Ogwaro (24:26), and Futsum Mebrahtu (25:07).

*photo by Robert Whitehead/CSUSB

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#13	Fan Man   September 25, 2008 at 1:36pm how about tarleton state's performance at the texas a&m meet? no love in the polls as they moved up to 7th in the region? what's up with that? reply
#12	Marty Monahan   September 24, 2008 at 12:47pm Queens is fast...the course is probably legit. The womens time wasn't even fast so i wouldn't be too skeptical about that. Queens men are just in a league of their own. reply
#11	Underdog   September 24, 2008 at 11:21am how bout CSULA this saturday @ the UC Riverside Invite??? reply
#10	Jordan Welling   September 24, 2008 at 10:11am How about Sundodger and Alaska Anchorage's performance? That seemed to be pretty much the highlight of the weekend in D2. reply
#9	dcsolorunner   September 23, 2008 at 11:53pm LOL east coast d2 teams, dont' make me laugh. RMAC is the greatest conference in the history of d2. reply
#8	Joe Jacobs   September 23, 2008 at 10:54pm Don't doubt the Scott Simmons formula... the guy has worked magic before and is apparently doing it again. Winthrop is a legit course, heck simmons #2 guy is a 14:10 guy. Not that outrageous of a time for a guy of that caliber. reply
#7	Joshua Neyhart   September 23, 2008 at 3:37pm tired of reading about the west coast. how about the big DII performances at Iona or Neely Spence running 13:32 for 4k? reply
#6	Jim Boyer   September 23, 2008 at 7:14am it wont let me write D I C K I N S O N! reply
#5	Jim Boyer   September 23, 2008 at 7:14am *inson reply
#4	Jim Boyer   September 23, 2008 at 7:06am West Chester, Shipensburg, and Millersville all represented the PSAC well at inson this weekend! reply
#3	Tony Casey   September 23, 2008 at 6:57am Ahhh...AUTUMN! My favorite season! Good work, my friend! reply
#2	IONA MOC   September 23, 2008 at 4:40am Don't forget Lowell and Stonehill at the Iona Meet of Champions. Lowell placed 4 guys under 26 at VCP, including one at 12th overall (2505) and a second somewhere around 24th (25:20). Also Stonehill had 5 guys run 26:36 or better at VCP. Both teams looked strong, Lowell looked very impressive! reply
#1	Skeptical   September 23, 2008 at 2:13am Those DII times from winthrop and limestone look fishy to me. I seriously doubt those men or women ran that fast when their previous bests this season are SEVERAL seconds, if not minutes off of what they ran. I prefer they just say the race was short instead of calling it a 5 or 8K. OR just reclassify the race distance. Either that or the race is down hill. Much like the Auburn invitational. Guys and girls run PRs there and never tough those times again until track season. go figure. reply