Yellowjackets Run to 12th Place Team
Finish (Nov. 6, 2004)
BELLINGHAM, WA – The Montana State
University-Billings women’s cross-country team ran
to a twelfth place finish at the West Region Championships held in Bellingham, Washington Saturday. The
Yellowjacket men placed 17th in the team
competition.
Senior Heidi Robertson (Sr., Great Falls, MT) was the
top finisher for the Yellowjackets placing 25th overall in the 6-kilometer run with a time of 24:18. Placing
26th was teammate Sarah Lord (Jr., Billings, MT), also with a time
of 24:18. Chelsea Lynnes finished 55th at
25:03. Chelsea Smith of BYU-Hawaii won the meet
with a time of 21:43.
Scott Brown (Sr., Billings, MT) placed 105th in the men’s 10-kilometer race with a time of 37:22 and was
the top runner for the Yellowjacket men. Teammate Sam Hartpence (So., Custer, SD) placed 108th with a time of 37:38. The
winner of the men’s race was Mark Batres of Cal
Poly-Pomona with a time of 32:09.
Women team qualifiers to the
national competition are Cal State University-Chico,
University of California San Diego, and University
of Alaska Anchorage. Men team qualifiers include Cal
State University-Chico, Cal Poly University-Pomona
and Seattle Pacific University.
“Cal State Chico was the
pre-meet favorite to sweep the men’s and women’s
team title and they did just that,” said head coach
Dave Coppock. “I was hoping for a top ten finish in
the team for the women and we ended up 12th.
I am proud of both our men and women runners. The
conditions were the toughest I’ve seen. It was
cold, wet and muddy. Everyone just sort of slipped
and fell.”
The NCAA Division II National
meet will be held at Southern Indiana Saturday,
November 20th. |
