Air Force Heads to Prestigious Pre-Nationals Meet
10/9/2007 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Oct. 9, 2007
The Air Force cross country team heads to Terre Haute, Ind., for the prestigious Pre-Nationals Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 13. The meet, which features 79 men's teams and 76 women's programs, will be held at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center. Action begins at 11 a.m., with the men's 8000-meter "blue" race and concludes at 2:10 p.m., with the women's 6000-meter `open' race.
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FALCONS TAKE FOURTH AT FORT HAYS
Highlighted by three top-15 finishes, the "B" team picked up a fourth-place finish at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational on Oct. 6, in Hays, Kan. Junior Daniel Castle posted a team-best 11th-place finish of 26:29, while freshman Zach Nordahl placed 12th with a time of 26:27. Sophomore Austin Fritzke rounded out the Falcons' top-15 finishers (in a field that totaled 133 runners) with a 15th-place time of 26:50.
ON THE HORIZON
Air Force closes out the 2007 regular season by hosting the Air Force Open on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the North Monument Valley Park. The team's championship season begins the following week with the Mountain West Conference championships (Oct. 27).
AIR FORCE YOUNGSTERS SHINE IN BOULDER
All five of the men's scoring runners finished within the top-17, as the "B" team wrapped up competition at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. Following sophomore Arthur Grijalva's 13th-place (28:00) finish, while classmate Ryan Workman clocked a time of 28:17 to finish 14th and fellow sophomore Andy Schweitzer finished 15th in a time of 28:25. Sophomore John Oliphint crossed the finish line in 28:31 to take 16th, while freshman Justin Tyner clocked 28:44 to take 17th.
ROMANKO PACES YOUND SQUAD AT SHOOTOUT
Highlighted by sophomore Ally Romanko Romanko's 16th-place finish, the women's team also accounted for four top-25 finishes at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, while all five scoring runners finished within the top 30. Freshman Rebecca Bodtke made her collegiate debut with a 23rd-place time of 25:25, while classmates Jessie Stimpson and Whitney Beck finished 24th and 25th, respectively with close 26:32 and 26:33 times. Sophomore Sara Juback rounded out the field with a 26th-place time of 27:35 in her season debut.
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