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CROSS COUNTRY GOES SECOND AND FOURTH AT TIGER INVITE
October 09, 2004 | Cross Country
HAYS, Kan. ? In his first collegiate cross country race, junior transfer Erik Heinonen ran to a runner-up finish while senior Kendall Grgas-Wheeler finished third to pace the University of Colorado men's and women's cross country teams to second and fourth-place finishes, respectively, here at Saturday morning's Tiger Invitational.
Barton County Community College's Jake Raines won the men's 8k race in 25 minutes, 30 seconds while Air Force's Lindsay Grose won the women's 5k in 18:41 to pace the Falcons to the women's team title with 43 points. The Air Force men completed the team sweep taking the men's race with all five scorers among the top 10 finishers fro 31 points.
A University of Oregon transfer, Heinonen covered the Hays, Kan. 8k loop in 25:59, 29 ticks off the winning pace. Unlike a 12th place finish in this race a year ago, junior Will Campbell ran to a fifth place finish, and like last year, scored as the Buffs' No. 2 runner. Matt McCue ran to a career-best finish in this race when he finished ninth in a course pr 26:42. Daniel Kenney (27:29) finished 19th overall and as CU's fourth scorer while Anthony Chiulli completed CU's scoring with a 20th place effort in 27:31. In his second race as a Buff, Micah Moseley (27:56) finished 26th.
Grgas-Wheeler's third-place finish on the women's 5k course is a career-best for the senior who ran this race for the first time in her career in 18:45, as was Erin Marston's fifth place effort in a course pr 19:19 after finishing 10th in this race in '03 in 20:16. Kelly Shuma scored as the Buffs' third runner when she finished 25th in 20:32 while Allie Bruce came in at 36th in 21:05. Sophomore Marcy Cameron rounded the CU scoring in 22:35 to finish 56th.
A week from today the Colorado varsity will head to Terre Haute, Ind., site of this year's NCAA Championships, for the largest race of the season, the Pre-National Invitational where an expected 1,500 athletes are expected to compete in six races.
TIGER INVITATIONAL (Hays, Kan.)
MEN'S TEAM SCORES
1. Air Force, 31; 2. COLORADO, 55; 3. Fort Hays State, 68; 4. Colorado College, 120; 5. Hutchinson Community College, 137; 6. Barton County, 158; 7. Colby CC, 167; 8. Garden City CC, 263; 9. Oklahoma Panhandle State, 270.
MEN'S FINISHERS
1. Jake Raines, Barton County CC, 25:30; 2. Erik Heinonen, CU, 25:59; 3. Richard Elmore, Air Force, 26:08; 4. Kyle Davidson, Air Force, 26:18; 5. Will Campbell, CU, 26:28; 6. Jason Beck, Air Force, 26:33; 7. Jared Fox, Fort Hays State, 26:34; 8. Derek Storbeck, Air Force, 26:36; 9. Matt McCue, CU, 26:42; 10. Dan Derusha, Air Force, 26:43. Other CU Finishers: 19. Daniel Kenney, 27:29; 20. Anthony Chiulli, 27:31; 26. Micah Moseley, 27:56.
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES
1. Air Force, 43; 2. Northern Colorado, 52; 3. Colorado College, 70; 4. COLORADO, 100; 5. Fort Hays State, 106; 6. Hutchinson CC, 134; 7. Oklahoma Panhandle State, 211.
WOMEN'S FINSHERS
1. Lindsay Grose, Air Force, 18:41; 2. Lauren Dunsmoor, Northern Colorado, 18:43; 3. Kendall Grgas-Wheeler, 18:45; 4. Vivien Aspden, Air Force, 19:11; 5. Erin Marston, CU, 19:19; 6. Lacey Darien, Northern Colorado, 19:23; 7. Kimberly Smith, NW CC, 19:24; 8. Kristin Trichler, Air Force, 19:26; 9. Jenny Jorgensen, Colorado College, 19:31; 10. Kristi Parry, Fort Hays State, 19:37. Other CU Finishers: 25. Kelly Shuma, 20:32; 36. Allie Bruce, 21:05; 56. Marcy Cameron, 22:35.
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