MSU Billings Harriers Run against Top Competition at UNC (Oct. 11, 2003)

GREELEY, CO – The MSU Billings cross-country teams faced their toughest competition before the regional meet, running at the Northern Colorado Invitational Saturday.  Running against top competition from outside of the region, the Yellowjacket women finished eighth in the ten-team race while the Yellowjacket men finished eighth in an eight-team race.

Chelsea Lynnes (Jr., Miles City, MT) was Jackets’ top finisher for the fifth-straight week, placing 27^th in a time of 20:14 over the 5K course.  She was 1:48 behind race winner Brianna Lippoldt of Fort Lewis College.  Eight runners ahead of Lynnes were from Division I schools.  Lynnes was followed by Anjel Hoff (Sr., Billings, MT) in 54^th place in 21:02, Tracie Overberg (So., Dodson, MT) in 65^th place in 21:46, Tiffany Piplica (Fr., Riverton, WY) in 69^th place in 21:52, Kendra Bebee (So., Dillon, MT) in 80^th place in 23:03, and Raquel McCarthy (Jr., Butte, MT) in 82^nd place in 23:38.

The Yellowjacket men were led by Scott Brown (So., Billings, MT) for the second week in a row.  Brown finished the 8K course in 29:25, good for 47^th place.  Dennis Newell from Black Hills State won the race in 25:00.  A trio of Yellowjackets finished within 16 seconds of each other for 56^th, 58^th and 59^th places.  Sam Hartpence (So., Custer, SD) completed the course in 30:15, followed by Joe Kragt (Fr., Billings, MT) in 30:27 and Ryan Archibald (Jr., Missoula, MT) in 30:31.  Sean Hannifin (Fr., Billings, MT) finished 68^th with a time of 33:08 and Brendan Murray (Jr., Billings, MT) placed 70^th in 34:05.

The Yellowjackets will host Dickinson State and South Dakota Tech next Saturday in the Yellowjacket Invitational at Riverfront Park.  There will be a fundraiser 5K fun run at 9:00 a.m. followed by the college race.  For information to enter the “Riverfront Ramble” sponsored by ExxonMobile, call 657-2369.

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