MSUB Cross-Country Schedule Changed (9/15/05)

BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings cross-country teams will travel west instead of east this weekend due to a last-minute schedule change.  Originally scheduled to run at the Dickinson State Invitational in North Dakota on Friday, the Yellowjackets will now run at the Montana State-Bozeman Invitational in Bozeman on Saturday.  The Dickinson State meet was cancelled this week when officials at the school learned that a wedding had reserved the same park at which the cross-country meets are run.

The Yellowjackets competed at the Black Hills State Invitational last weekend.  The women were led by Susan Kocab, a freshman from Billings.  She finished the 5K course in 21:38 to place sixth.  Rounding out the Lady Jackets’ scoring runners were Tracie Overberg (Sr., Dodson, MT) in 12th place in 23:50, Cierra Dornfeld (Fr., Woodbury, MN) in 13th place in 23:56, Tiffany Piplica (Jr., Riverton, WY) in 14th place in 24:11, and Diana Davis (Sr., Kalispell, MT) in 15th place in 24:19. 

Sam Hartpence, a junior from Custer, SD, placed eighth in the men’s 8K in a time of 30:22.  Matt Roseberry (So., Chinook, MT) finished 13th in 31:22, Joe Kragt (Jr., Worden, MT) placed 20th in 32:53, Jared Rensvold (So., Wolf Point, MT) placed 21st in 34:03, and Andy Zoeller (So., Billings, MT) finished 23rd in 35:16.

Following Saturday’s race in Bozeman, the Yellowjackets will be off until October 1 when they go to the Rocky Mountain Shootout hosted by University of Colorado in Boulder.