| September 15, 2012
Hillcat
Cross Country Weathers the Southern Stampede
JOPLIN, Mo. – Despite a muddy course and consistent rain the Rogers
State Hillcat cross country team found the silver lining in the clouds
overhead the 24th Annual Southern Stampede hosted by Missouri Southern
State University Saturday.
Led by defending
Sooner Athletic Conference champion Brenda Felipe the Hillcat women
claimed second in the 23 team field. The RSU men finished 11th out of
the 21 team field with an average time of 27:48.26.
Felipe led the Cats
finishing the 5K race with a time of 18:50.76 to finish fourth individually.
Freshman Haley Taylor built upon last week’s
team leading performance finishing 23rd Staurday in 19:24.15.
Christi Dougherty completed the wet 5K course in 19:31.43 for a 34th
place finish while teammate Maria Apolinar sloshed through ankle high
water to finish 39th in 19:36.01. Freshman
Coree Lenhart finished in 19:59.16 to place 54th and Natalie
Iwamoto was the 141st runner to cross the finish line coming in at the
22:21.28 mark. Demi Mullin finished in 23:18.64 and Breana Harrsion
crossed at 24:45.11 to round out the Hillcat runners.
Running unattached
were Vania Williams and Kim Kochendorfer. Williams completed the course
in 20:37.96 while Kochendorfer wasn’t far behind with a time of
20:55.48.
NCAA Division II
Eastern New Mexico University claimed the team title with an average
of 19:08.95 while Lindenwood senior Tanya Chibanda topped the field
finishing in 18:41.70.
Junior Brandon Payne
led the RSU men finishing in 27:25.50 in the 8K course for 47th place.
Marcus Trevino placed 63rd after posting a time of 27:43:79 while teammate
Oscar Reyes crossed the finish line in 27:49.40 in 66th.
A pair of freshman
finished neck in neck for the Cats as Logan Blackburn and Garrett Dyson
finished 79th and 80th with times of 28:07.87 and 28:08.67 respectively.
DJ Polson was the 99th runner to cross the finish line as he posted
a time of 28:28.57.
Tanner Brantley
finished 126th in 29:06.88 while Ryan Hayes crossed in 29:12.31 in 130th.
Jarrett Sanders, running unattached, finished 109th with a time of 28:38.20.
Ryan Meye of William
Woods University finished in 25:14.63 for first place as Southwestern
College claimed the team championship with an average time of 25:58.28.
Rogers State returns
to competition in two weeks in Stillwater, Okla. at the Cowboy Jamboree
hosted by Oklahoma State University. The women will shotgun at 8 a.m.
while the men will get started at 8:35 a.m.
For more information
on Hillcat Cross Country visit http://www.rsuhillcats.com/
To view video highlights
of the races visit the official RSU Hillcat Athletics
YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/RSUHillcatAthletics
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Steve Braun
Sports Information Director
918.343.7989 Office
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