Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Drury Results from NCAA Great Lakes Regional XC Meet

Courtesy of Drury Sports Information Office/Pictures by John Schraft

November 4, 2006 at Kenosha, Wisconsin



MEN'S RESULTS

Freshman Geoff Hughes finished 29th to pace the Drury University men's cross country team to a 14th-place finish in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Region meet Saturday.



Hughes completed the 10K course in 33:30.3. Junior Nate Peck of Grand Valley State won the meet in 31:30.0, leading GVSU to the team title as well with 36 points.



Team Results:

Grand Valley State 36, Wayne State 60, Saginaw Valley St. 119, Northern Kentucky 170, Southern Indiana 177, Hillsdale 187, Lewis 188, Ashland 193, Tiffin 290, SIU Edwardsville 294, Lake Superior State 316, Northwood 323, Missouri-Rolla 343, DRURY 411, Bellarmine 426, Indianapolis 447, Michigan Tech 467, Findlay 499, Wisconsin-Parkside 535, Ferris State 542, Mercyhurst 554, St. Joseph's 588, Gannon 687



Drury men's individual results on Saturday:

29. Geoff Hughes Fr 33:30.3

71. Ross MacDonald JR 34:37.9

95. Glen Buttrum Fr 35:07.5

105. Matt Van Arkel So 35:28.7

111. Kevin Zimmerman Sr 35:37.3

117. Chad Jolliff Jr 35:48.7

132. Charles Yeager Fr 36:24.9



This was the last meet for Senior Captain Kevin Zimmerman.



WOMEN'S RESULTS



Elizabeth Hurford finished 43rd and Jessica Zephyrs 46th, pacing the Drury University women's cross country squad to a 13th-place finish in the NCAA-II Great Lakes Region meet Saturday morning.



Hurford, a junior, completed the 6K course in 23:36.3, while the senior Zephrys crossed the finish line in 23:44.1. Sophomore Laura Aderman of Grand Valley State won the meet in 21:13.9, pacing the Lakers to the team title as well with 47 points.



Women's Team Results:

Grand Valley State 47, Wisconsin-Parkside 91, Findlay 136, Southern Indiana 139, Indianapolis 192, Northern Michigan 228, Hillsdale 231, Northern Kentucky 256, Wayne State 270, Ferris State 270, Michigan Tech 271, Ashland 286, DRURY 310, Saginaw Valley 319, Lake Superior State 371, Northwood 391, Bellarmine 392, Lewis 441, St. Joseph's 482, SIU Edwardsville 498, Missouri-Rolla 583, Gannon 630, Mercyhurst 641, Kentucky Wesleyan 752



Drury women's individual results:

43. Elizabeth Hurford Jr 23:36.3

46. Jessica Zephyrs Sr 23:44.1

51. Veronica Bible Sr 23:50.1

70. Stephanie Cowherd Fr 24:14.0

100. Kimberly Shigeno Fr 24:44.1

126. Emily Schmittel Jr 25:20.6

149. Jaimee Hoffman Sr 26:12.2



This was the last meet for Seniors Jessica Zephyrs, Captain Veronica Bible and Captain Jaimee Hoffman, and for early grad Emily Schmittel. Hopefully, they are taking with them great memories(in addition to the little bit of mud clinging to the back of their legs).



Comment:

Coach... I believe it's safe to say that the girls achieved every goal you had set for us in the beginning of this season's blog. It was a great finish to a great career here and I thank you. I'm happy and proud to say I'm a Drury Panther! Thanks again for everything, Veronica

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