Drury University men's cross country coach Jon Van Arkel has announced the addition of seven runners to the Panthers’ squad for the 2007-2008 school year.
Joining the Drury cross country program will be Derek Berry from South Oldham(KY) High School, Steven Busch from Chaparral High School in Parker, Colorado, Jaime Villa Zapatero from Spain by way of Moore(OK) High School, Chris Yates from Ozark(MO) High School, Robert Bibens from Holland Hall(OK) High School, Daniel Childers from Willard(MO) High School and Anthony Lukas from West Allis(WI) High School.
"Some of these guys are extremely talented and will have an immediate impact on our team and our results at meets," Van Arkel said.
Among the recruits, Berry finished fourth at the Kentucky class 3A state cross country meet last fall and was sixth in the 3200m race at the recent Kentucky class 3A state high school track and field meet. Busch has been a top runner at the Colorado Class 5A high school state cross country meet the past two years and finished in the top 20 both seasons. Villa Zapatero, recently a Spanish foreign exchange student in Moore, Oklahoma, was third at the 2006 Oklahoma class 5A state cross country meet and fourth at the 2006 OK/AR All-Star cross country meet. He also finished third this spring in the 3200m race at the Oklahoma class 6A state high school track and field meet. Yates was a Missouri state cross country meet qualifier in 2005 and part of one of the region’s top 4 X 800 relay teams in 2007.
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