Friday, June 2, 2006

New Women's XC Recruits

Women's Cross Country To Feature Four Newcomers In Fall

Panthers add pair from Oklahoma, one each from Missouri and Colorado

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(Courtesy of Drury Sports Information Office ... Contact SID Scott Puryear at 417-873-4097 for more details)

May 25, 2006

The Drury University women's cross country squad will feature a class of four newcomers next season, coach Jon Van Arkel announced Thursday.

Joining the Panthers as freshmen in the fall will be Lindsey Bennett from Jenks (Okla.) High School; Stephanie Cowherd from Ozark (Mo.) High School; Sara Murzynsky of Chisholm High School in Enid, Okla.; and Kimberly Shigeno of Mullen High School in Denver, Colo.

Bennett was 13th in the state Classes 3-4-5 3200 meters last fall in 12:23.24; Cowherd finished 58th in the Class 3 state meet in Jefferson City last fall; Murzynsky came in 11th in the Oklahoma Class 2A championships in the 3200 (in 12:45.71); and Shigeno finished 43rd in the Colorado 4A state championships as a senior.

"It's a solid recruiting class and a quality group of student-athletes that I believe is going to have a positive impact on our program at Drury," Van Arkel said.

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