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Rocky Mountain Shootout
Buffs Capture Rocky Mountain Shootout Titles
October 04, 2008 | Cross Country
The men have won the last 18 shootout titles and 19 of the 23. The women have won the previous 10 titles, 16 of the last 17. They have won 17 titles overall.
Adams State's Aaron Brown took the men's title, finishing in 25 minutes, 4 seconds and UC-Colorado Springs' Shannon Payne took the women's title (21:25).
Junior transfer Jordan Kyle led the third-ranked men's team by placing second overall and junior Emily Hanenburg led the women by placing fifth. This was the first time since 1991 that a CU individual, on either side, did not with an individual title.
Kyle, who transferred to CU from
“I've been here since late June training, so I'm pretty happy with the race,” Kyle said. “I thought it went pretty well. Being this was my first race at altitude, I didn't really know what to expect and about three-quarters into the race it got a little tough.”
Since Kyle's arrival, he has been a nice addition to a deep men's team .
“He is a hard working guy and fit in immediately,” head coach Mark Wetmore said. ?He is going to help us a lot.”
Senior Chris Pannone was right on his heels as he placed third (25:22) to earn his highest finish at the meet.
“I'm really excited since this is my senior year,” Pannone said. “Every race has more meaning and this was my last shootout. I was happy to come out and give it my all today.”
Redshirt freshman Christian Thompson was the third Buff to finish, placing sixth overall and crossing the finish in 25:43. Sophomore Matt Tebo took eighth (25:48) and sophomore Nick Miller was the fifth scorer for the Buffs at 11th. He ran a mark of 26:19. Redshirt freshman Andy Wacker just missed scoring for CU by placing 12th (26:21).
The Buffs ran in a pack to start the race and stayed pretty close the entire time. Only six ran in the collegiate race and no one finished lower than 12th overall.
“We got out in the first 100 meters at a pretty solid pace and we eased into the rest of the race,” Kyle said. “A lot of the guys told me not to go up the first hill to fast because it can really take a lot out of you and then after that we tried to work into a solid pace and I like I was a little too aggressive in a couple parts. The last hill was tough to get up.”
Kyle, Brown, Ryan McNiff (
“The first mile was pretty comfortable,” Pannone said. “I felt pretty good. After the first mile I got a little excited when I saw the fans on the side of the road. I wish I would have relaxed a little more, but as far as effort, I was really happy with the effort I put forward today.”
“It was a good race,” Kyle said. “I think I ran a little too hard in the middle and that was my fault. It would have been more intelligent to sit in a pack or run behind someone instead of trying to lead the whole way.”
The women finished in similar fashion to the men; no
“We all went out there and worked really hard together,” Hanenburg said. “We have been training hard and working hard. I couldn't have had as good as a race if I didn't have Laura, Allison, Emma and Morgan pushing me. I just did the best I could and that is all I can do.”
Wetmore was pleasantly surprised by Hanenburg's performance.
“I was a little bit surprised because she was 100-150 meters behind the leaders with a mile to go,” he said. “She has done great work and had her best summer ever. It doesn't surprise me overall that she is running well. She definitely surprised me in the last five-six minutes in the race.”
Sophomore Allison Sawyer was sixth (22:07), senior Morgan Ekemo was seventh (22:10) and freshman Emma Coburn took eighth (22:13).
Coburn, who was running in just her third race as a Buff, was very happy with her performance on the challenging course.
“I was really excited because our goal is to run a minute faster than at the time trial and I did that today,” Coburn explained. “I would have been happy if I hard a stronger finish since I kind of died the last 100 yards, but it was a good race.”
Payne won the race in 21:25 and was out of sight for most of the Buffs almost from the start.
“Our plan was just to try to be up there with the leaders and to try to hang,” Coburn said. “We wanted to run a little conservatively for the first mile or two. We didn't want to burn out, so if that meant letting go of the leaders, then that was okay. We definitely didn't want to go too fast in the first two miles.”
“I was very happy with how they (women) all ran,” Wetmore said. “They were all about 20-30 seconds faster than I planned. We are unranked right now and we have a long road ahead of us to get back to where we would like to be and they took a step in that direction today.”
Overall it was a good day for the Buffs. The next big test will be pre-nationals on Oct. 18 in
“I thought we had a good day,” Wetmore said. “I was very happy across the board. We might be a little bit ahead of where I hoped we would be.”
Men's Division I Collegiate Team Results
October 4, 2008
Combined Average Pack
Time Time Time
1. 17 University of Colorado (2:08:30, 25:41.98, 0:59)
1 Jordan Kyle 25:20
2 Chris Pannone 25:22
3 Christian Thompson 25:43
5 Matt Tebo 25:48
6 Nick Miller 26:19
(7) Andy Wacker 26:21 2. 42 Air Force Academy (2:12:26, 26:29.19, 1:05)
4 Matthew Williams 25:44
8 Justin Tyner 26:25
9 Brad Chronister 26:44
10 Zachary Nordahl 26:46
11 Parker Cowles 26:49
(12) Daniel Castle 26:53
(13) Kyle Jones 26:59 3. 80 University of Northern Colorado (2:30:52, 30:10.30, 2:11)
14 Daniel Sojka 28:58
15 Ben Corchado 29:31
16 Dylan Hedges 30:08
17 Matt Belsasco 31:08
18 Matt Pummer 31:09
(19) Matt Heranandez 31:17 Men's Non-Division I Collegiate Team Results Combined Average Pack
Time Time Time
1. 20 Adams State (2:09:26, 25:53.09, 1:25)
1 Aaron Brown 25:04
2 Ryan McNiff 25:28
4 Babey Wagnew 26:12
5 Brandon Birdsong 26:16
8 Drew Sovey 26:29
(10) Drew Graham 26:40
(12) Luke Cragg 26:43 2. 36 Western State College (2:11:34, 26:18.73, 1:02)
3 Tyler Pennel 25:40
6 Loren Ahonen 26:22
7 Sean Brown 26:23
9 Iain Donnan 26:31
11 Jason Graham 26:41
(14) Tyler Rasmussen 26:45
(19) Ryan Wilbur 27:18 3. 83 Metro State College (2:15:09, 27:01.71, 0:37)
13 Brice Young 26:43
15 Anthony Luna 26:48
17 Todd Tolentino 27:05
18 Brandon Johnson 27:14
20 Rick Bogatay 27:20
(23) Jacob Schuman 27:26
(24) Zach Mares 27:34 4. 141 Univ. Colorado at Colorado Springs (2:20:03, 28:00.47, 1:10)
21 Gabe Small 27:22
25 Dan Pinter 27:43
30 Joel Klenitz 28:14
31 Carlos Ruibal 28:15
34 Alex Tiernan 28:31
(35) Casey Weaver 28:31
(36) Michael Johnson 28:35 5. 151 Colorado College (2:20:52, 28:10.35, 1:17)
26 Colin Gazley 27:44
27 Andrew Wagner 27:45
29 Jackson Brainerd 27:58
32 Daniel Kraft 28:26
37 Max Gerken 29:01
(41) Charles Shaw 29:36
(45) Michael Dougan 29:53 6. 153 Garden City Community College (2:21:42, 28:20.31, 2:51)
16 Gabriel Proctor 26:55
22 Cameron Reith 27:24
33 Ter Diu 28:31
39 Zach Faith 29:08
43 Josh Dean 29:46
(44) Eric Creeden 29:52
(47) Adam Staininger 30:03 7. 221 Gillette College (2:31:12, 30:14.34, 3:52)
28 Kip Mutai 27:49
46 Nic Penning 30:00
48 Walter Ngeno 30:28
49 Chase Beattie 31:17
50 Sam Molder 31:40
(51) Justin Megoloff 31:55
(52) Mark Zollinger 33:01 8. 227 Regis University (2:42:17, 32:27.34, 8:48)
38 Matthew Drake 29:03
40 Shawn Van Hoose 29:24
42 Sid White 29:38
53 Andrew Scott 36:24
54 Robert Bohling 37:50
(55) Kyle Harris 40:17 Women's Division I Collegiate Team Results
Combined Average Pack
Time Time Time
1. 15 University of Colorado (1:50:51, 22:10.17, 0:39)
1 Emily Hanenburg 21:52
2 Allison Sawyer 22:07
3 Morgan Ekemo 22:10
4 Emma Coburn 22:13
5 Laura Thweatt 22:31
(6) Katie Cumming 22:33
(7) Kaylen Slack 22:41
2. 63 Air Force Academy (1:59:33, 23:54.55, 1:22)
8 Auriele Fain 22:59
11 Elyse Willard 23:47
13 Katherine Carroll 24:09
15 Phaelen French 24:20
16 Meghan Prinkey 24:20
(17) Danielle Snider 25:14
(19) Alexa Ramsier 25:25
3. 63 University of Northern Colorado (1:59:31, 23:54.16, 2:19)
9 Colleen Sanderlin 23:00
10 Kellie Callahan 23:03
12 Brianna Spleststoser 23:54
14 Erin Apsey 24:17
18 Megan Horsch 25:19
(20) Rachel Forrest 25:39
(23) Adrianne Larson 26:43
Women's Non-Division I Collegiate Team Results
Combined Average Pack
Time Time Time
1. 53 Adams State (1:53:31, 22:42.09, 2:18)
2 Lavenna Mullenbach 21:33
4 Sofia Monroe 21:51
6 J J Lende 22:35
20 Christa Baird 23:44
21 Trisha Evenson 23:50
(51) Meagan Hasty 26:14
2. 56 Western State College (1:55:26, 23:05.08, 0:45)
8 Hillory Davis 22:47
9 Lisa Thomas 22:57
10 Sarah Lyle 23:02
12 Julianne Payton 23:11
17 Annika Haughwout 23:32
(18) Alexandra Tayrien 23:35
(27) Stephanie Petsch 24:19
3. 66 Mesa State College (1:55:41, 23:08.01, 2:25)
3 Alexis Skarda 21:49
5 Esmeralda Martinez-Ramos 22:28
15 Paula Bruzewski 23:28
19 Brooke Bosman 23:44
24 Sam Hentosh 24:13
(37) Alison Poppe 25:09
(41) Cecilia Garcia 25:22
4. 92 Univ. Colorado at Colorado Springs (1:57:30, 23:29.83, 3:04)
1 Shannon Payne 21:25
14 Kaitlin Frier 23:23
22 Lauren Bowers 23:57
26 Christy Severy 24:18
29 Melissa McKinley 24:28
(31) Alicia Del Pardo 24:38
(34) Tavia Hammond 24:46
5. 105 Metro State College (1:59:25, 23:52.86, 1:38)
11 Danielle Kehoe 23:08
13 Chelsea Rutter 23:19
16 Taebrooke Rutter 23:31
32 Xenia Flores 24:44
33 Veronica Albo 24:46
(39) Shanise Hamilton 25:12
(48) Morgan Thomas 25:54
6. 142 Regis University (2:02:07, 24:25.22, 2:44)
7 Amy Smith 22:43
25 Samantha Comerci 24:16
30 Sonja Nelso 24:33
38 Karoline Garren 25:10
42 Deanna Richert 25:27
(50) Whitney Unterreiner 26:08
(56) Megan Vestal 26:58
7. 198 Colorado College (2:06:23, 25:16.48, 1:39)
28 Margot Cutter 24:19
36 Claire Daniel 25:05
40 Kate Aitchison 25:21
45 Emily McCarthy 25:42
49 Louisa Tur 25:57
(53) Molly McGee 26:25
(54) Tiffany Calabaza 26:38
8. 236 Garden City Community College (2:12:54, 26:34.74, 5:16)
35 Stefannie Erdmann 25:03
43 Gipsy Serrano 25:38
44 Margo McNutt 25:42
52 Heidi Hines 26:16
62 Tiara Martin 30:18
(64) Lindsey Nevola 32:11
9. 252 Colorado Christian University (2:22:42, 28:32.25, 9:35)
23 Bethany Hogan 24:06
46 Nicole Wachendorf 25:49
58 Jenny Coates 29:01
60 Kara Hadley 30:09
65 Christine Elsas 33:40
10. 279 Colorado State University Pueblo (2:20:38, 28:07.48, 4:29)
47 Tara Lindsey Chavez 25:49
55 Michelle Herrera 26:41
57 Lindsey Herrera 28:03
59 Aubree Alley 29:48
61 Stephanie Rossoll 30:18
(63) Cassidy Ferguson 30:19
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