Sunday, September 30, 2007

Drury XC Results from Cowboy Jamboree

DRURY MEN: Freshman Jaime Villa Zapatero finished 36th overall with a time of 25:53 to lead the Drury Panthers' cross country squad to a ninth-place finish Saturday morning in the seventeen team field of the Oklahoma State University Cowboy Jamboree. Host and highly-ranked Oklahoma State captured the team title with 69 points after placing individuals in third and eighth.
Drury results:
36 Jaime Villa Zapatero 25:53
51 Geoff Hughes 26:30
58 Steven Busch 26:43
64 Charles Yeager 27:01
72 Derek Berry 27:31
78 Brad Lyons 27:42
86 Glen Buttrum 28:03
128 Chris Yates 28:35
152 Matt Van Arkel 29:26
153 Tony Lukas 29:27
155 Andy Chase 29:35
157 Robert Bibens 29:40
163 Daniel Childers 30:17
Ast. Coach Kevin Zimmerman ran 27:53

DRURY WOMEN: Freshman Tia Young finished 33rd and senior Elizabeth Hurford finished 37th as the Drury University women's cross country team finished seventeenth in the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree Saturday morning. Missouri State won the team title with 58 points.
Drury results:
33 Tia Young 19:25
37 Elizabeth Hurford 19:28
95 Kimberly Shigeno 20:47
105 Stephanie Cowherd 21;13
114 Lindsey Bennett 22:13
117 Sara Murzynsky 22:24
118 Sooner Davenport 22:40
123 Stephanie Pickett 23:15

Coach Van Arkel
417-873-7567

XC Training: Week of Sept. 30

Drury Cross Country Training
Week of September 30

Sun(9/30) Off

Mon(10/1) 5:45 am 11-13 miles @ Bread Co.

Tues(10/2) 6:15 am 4-6 miles & Strength Training
4:30 pm 4-6 miles

Wed(10/3) 6:00 am 8-10 miles(Phelps Grove)

Thur(10/4) 6:15 am 4-6 miles & Strength Training

Fri(10/5) OYO/3-5 miles
3:00 pm Leave Drury for SIUE

Sat(10/6) 10:00 am Women's 5K
10:45 am Men's 8K
Noon Lunch & back to Drury @ 5 pm

Sun(10/7) Off

Coach Van Arkel
417-873-7567

Friday, September 28, 2007

Drury Cross Country Captains

Elizabeth Hurford has been selected by her teammates as captain of the Drury Women's Cross Country team for 2007-2008. Liz is a senior. Matt Van Arkel, a junior, has been selected by members of his team to be captain of the Drury Men's Cross Country team.

Congratulations to Liz and Matt!

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Drury XC Results from MSU Classic

DRURY MEN: Sophomore Geoff Hughes finished third overall with a time of 27:10 to lead the Drury Panthers' cross country squad to a second-place finish Saturday morning in the three team field of the Missouri State University Classic. Drake captured the team title with 24 points after placing individuals in first and second place. Drury was second with 43 points and UMKC rounded out the field with 72 points. Drury freshman Jaime Villa Zapatero (27:16) was fifth and classmate Steven Busch (28:14) placed 10th.

1 Barry Hill Sr Drake 19:46 26:52
3 Geoff Hughes So Drury 19:53 27:10
5 Jaime Villa Fr Drury 20:05 27:16
10 Steven Busch Fr Drury 20:40 28:14
12 Chris Yates Fr Drury 21:01 28:37
15 Glen Buttrum So Drury 21:07 28:59
17 Matt Van Arkel Jr Drury 21:40 29:23
18 Kevin Zimmeran Unattached 21:32 29:27
19 Brad Lyons So Drury 21:30 29:39
23 Tony Lukas Fr Drury 22:10 30:18
24 Andy Chase So Drury 22:11 30:26
25 Robert Bibens Fr Drury 22:10 30:30
27 Charles Yeager So Drury 23:21 31:00
30 Derek Berry Fr Drury 23:21 31:00
31 Daniel Childers Fr Drury 23:22 31:07
Men's results: http://www.drury.edu/sports/stats/vb/msuxcmen.htm

DRURY WOMEN: Senior Elizabeth Hurford finished in 12th place and the Drury University women's cross country team was fourth in the annual Missouri State Classic Saturday morning. Host Missouri State won the team title with 20 points while Drake finished second (48) and UMKC third (87). Drury finished with 91 points, with freshman Tia Young second among the Panther efforts with her 13th-place finish.

1 Carrie Vestal Sr MSU 10:32 18:29
12 Elizabeth Hurford Sr Drury 11:24 19:55
13 Tia Young Fr Drury 11:29 20:11
22 Stephanie Cowherd So Drury 11:56 21:24
26 Kimberly Shigeno So Drury 12:20 21:42
31 Sooner Davenport Fr Drury 12:59 22:49
33 Lindsey Bennett So Drury 12:59 23:35
34 Sara Murzynsky So Drury 13:02 23:37
36 Stephanie Pickett Sr Drury 13:35 23:53
Women's results: http://www.drury.edu/sports/stats/vb/msuxcwomen.htm

Friday, September 21, 2007

XC Training: Week of Sept. 23

Drury Cross Country Training
Week of September 23

Sun(9/23) Off

Mon(9/24) 5:45 am 11-13 miles @ Bread Co.

Tues(9/25) 6:15 am 4-6 miles & Strength Training
4:30 pm 4 miles

Wed(9/26) 6:00 am 8-10 miles(Silver Springs)

Thur(9/27) 6:15 am 4-6 miles & Strength Training
4:30 pm 4 miles

Fri(9/28) 7:00 am 4-6 miles
3:00 pm Leave Drury for OSU

Sat(9/29) 9:10 am Women's 5K
9:40 am Men's 8K
Noon Lunch & back to Drury @ 6 pm

Sun(9/30) Off

Coach Van Arkel
417-873-7567

Monday, September 17, 2007

Drury to Sponsor Track & Field in 2007-2008

Starting this school year(2007-2008), Drury will sponsor Track & Field as an NCAA sport. Drury cross country runners previously were able to run open outdoor track and field meets as part of their spring cross country season, but, because the sport was not sponsored as an NCAA sport by Drury, were unable to participate in post-season competition(GLVC outdoor T&F meet). Starting this spring(2008) Drury runners will be able to participate in the GLVC outdoor T&F championships.

Although this decision will allow our runners to more fully experience outdoor track and field, Drury has not yet decided to fund an outdoor track and field team with athletes in other disciplines(sprints, hurdles, field events, throws, etc.). Drury will not be competing in indoor track and field meets and the focus will remain on middle distance and distance running during the outdoor track and field season.

Coach Van Arkel
417-873-7567

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Drury XC & Track Record Board(9/16)

Drury Cross Country & Track
Record Board/Top Runners with Times Per Event

Men’s 10K XC:
1. 32:51 Ross MacDonald NCAA Reg. 2003
2. 32:53 Chad Limberg NCAA Reg. 2003
3. 33:09 Ryan Mee NCAA Reg. 2004
4. 33:09 Chad Jolliff NCAA Reg. 2004
5. 33:13 Isaac Battaglia NCAA Reg. 2003
6. 33:30 Geoff Hughes NCAA Reg. 2006

Men’s 8K XC:
1. 25:28 Geoff Hughes MSSU 2007
2. 25:29 Jaime Villa Zapatero MSSU 2007
3. 25:39 Chad Limberg GLVC 2005
4. 25:47 Steven Busch MSSU 2007
5. 25:54 Ryan Mee GLVC 2005
6. 26:15 Chad Jolliff GLVC 2005
7. 26:16 Derek Berry MSSU 2007
8. 26:16 Chris Yates MSSU 2007
9. 26:20 Ross MacDonald UMR 2003
10. 26:23 Brad Lyons MSSU 2007

Women’s 6K XC:
1. 22:16 Veronica Bible GLVC 2005
2. 22:28 Jaimee Hoffman NCAA Reg. 2003
3. 23:07 Elizabeth Hurford GLVC 2005
4. 23:09 Emily Grindeland GLVC 2005
5. 23:34 Jessica Stong Zephyrs XC Only Nat. 2005
6. 23:39 Stephanie Cowherd GLVC 2006

Women’s 5K XC:
1. 18:27 Elizabeth Hurford MSSU 2007
2. 18:38 Tia Young MSSU 2007
3. 18:43 Jessica Stong Zephyrs MSSU 2005
4. 18:47 Jaimee Hoffman MSSU 2003
5. 19:00 Stephanie Cowherd Border Wars 2006
6. 19:14 Veronica Bible MSSU 2005
7. 19:27 Kimberly Shigeno MSSU 2006

Men’s 5000m Track:
1. 15:21 Ryan Mee Mizzou 2005
2. 15:35 Ross MacDonald MSSU 2004
3. 15:36 Geoff Hughes Mizzou 2007
4. 15:37 Chad Limberg MSSU 2004
5. 15:37 Chad Jolliff Mizzou 2005
6. 15:44 Nathan Poindexter Mizzou 2005
7. 15:58 Glen Buttrum Mizzou 2007

Men’s 3000m Track:
1. 9:00 Ryan Mee MSU 2005
2. 9:16 Nathan Poindexter MSU 2005
3. 9:20 Charles Yeager Mizzou 2007
4. 9:21 Matt Van Arkel PSU 2006
5. 9:22 Andy Chase Mizzou 2007
6. 9:24 Chad Limberg MSU 2005
7. 9:26 Chad Jolliff MSU 2005
8. 9:26 Ross MacDonald MSU 2005

Men’s 1500m Track:
1. 4:00 Geoff Hughes MSSU 2007
2. 4:08 Ryan Mee UMR 2005
3. 4:10 Chad Limberg USA 2005
4. 4:11 Nathan Poindexter USA 2005
5. 4:12 Matt Van Arkel MSSU 2005
6. 4:16 A.J. Million USA 2005

Men's 3000m Steeplechase:
1. 10:42 Kevin Zimmerman UMR 2007

Men's 10000m Track:
1. 34:13 Kevin Zimmerman WashU 2007
2. 34:36 Glen Buttrum WashU 2007

Women’s 5000m Track:
1. 18:18 Jaimee Hoffman Mizzou 2004
2. 18:48 Jessica Stong Zephyrs UMR 2005
3. 19:12 Stephanie Cowherd WashU 2007
4. 19:14 Veronica Bible Mizzou 2004
5. 19:35 Elizabeth Hurford FSU 2006
6. 19:36 Emily Schmittel FSU 2006

Women’s 3000m Track:
1. 10:47 Jaimee Hoffman MSSU 2004
2. 10:47 Jessica Stong Zephyrs MSSU 2007
3. 10:49 Elizabeth Hurford MSSU 2007
4. 10:52 Stephqanie Cowherd MSSU 2007
5. 11:22 Emily Schmittel Mizzou 2006
6. 11:23 Veronica Bible USA 2004
7. 11:34 Lindsey Bennett Mizzou 2007

Women’s 1500m Track:
1. 5:02 Elizabeth Hurford UMR 2007
2. 5:19 Veronica Bible UMR 2006

Please forward any corrections or additions to Coach Van Arkel

Drury XC Results from Southern Stampede

DRURY WOMEN: Senior Elizabeth Hurford finished in 27th place and the Drury University women's cross country team was 16th out of 37 teams in the annual Missouri Southern Stampede Saturday morning. D-I Tulsa captured the team title. Freshman Tia Young second among the Panther efforts with her 37th place finish out of a total of 295 collegiate runners in the women's 5K.

27. Elizabeth Hurford 18:27
37. Tia Young 18:38
92. Stephanie Cowherd 19:27
136. Kimberly Shigeno 20:01
182. Sara Murzynsky 20:59
188. Lindsey Bennett 21:07
199. Sooner Davenport 21:28
245. Stephanie Pickett 22:13

DRURY MEN: Sophomore Geoff Hughes finished 29th overall to lead the Drury Panthers' cross country squad to a 9th place finish out of 36 teams Saturday morning in the Missouri Southern Stampede. D-I Arkansas captured the team title. Drury freshman Jaime Villa Zapatero was 32nd and classmate Steven Busch was 46th out of a total of 313 collegiate runners in the men's 8K.

29. Geoff Hughes 25:28
32. Jaime Villa Zapatero 25:29
46. Steven Busch 25:47
80. Derek Berry 26:16
82. Chris Yates 26:16
93. Brad Lyons 26:23
104. Charles Yeager 26:30
125. Glen Buttrum 26:42
176. Robert Bibens 27:35
182. Andy Chase 27:39
199. Matt Van Arkel 27:54
216. Tony Lukas 28:13
225. Daniel Childers 28:24
Assistant Coach Kevin Zimmerman ran 27:05 in the race.

All Results:
http://www.mssu.edu/athletics/menscrosscountry/stampederesults.htm

Coach Van Arkel
417-873-7567

Friday, September 14, 2007

XC Training: Week of Sept. 16

Drury Cross Country Training
Week of September 16

Sun(9/16) Off

Mon(9/17) 5:45 am 11-13 miles @ Bread Co.

Tues(9/18) 6:15 am 6-8 miles or Noon Pool
4:30 pm Strength Training

Wed(9/19) 6:00 am 8-10 miles(Phelps Grove)
4:00 pm MSU XC Course

Thur(9/20) 6:00 am 6-8 miles & Strength Training
Noon Pool

Fri(9/21) 7:00 am 4-6 miles

Sat(9/22) 8:00 am MSU XC Meet
9:00 am Women's 5K
9:30 am Men's 8K

Sun(9/23) Off

Coach Van Arkel
417-873-7567

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Drury XC Results from UM-Rolla


DRURY MEN FIRST OVERALL:
Led by freshman Jaime Villa Zapatero's second-place finish, Drury placed four runners in the top six to claim the championship of the UMR Miner Invitational on Saturday. Drury amassed 32 points to edge host Missouri-Rolla by five points in the seven-team event.

Joffroi Holcombe of UMR was the individual winner in the 6K event with a time of 15:19.2, while Villa Zapatero finished in 15:28.1. In addition to Zapatero's runner-up finish, sophomore Geoff Hughes finished third, freshman Steven Busch was fifth and sophomore Charles Yeager came in sixth to spark the Panthers.

1. Joffroi Holcombe Missouri-Rolla 15:19.2
2. Jaime Villa Zapatero Drury 15:28.1
3. Geoff Hughes Drury 15:36.3
5. Steven Busch Drury 15:41.5
6. Charles Yeager Drury 15:47.1
16. Chris Yates Drury 16:06.2
19. Derek Berry Drury 16:12.6
26. Brad Lyons Drury 16:25.7
31. Glen Buttrum Drury 16:32.5
37. Matt Van Arkel Drury 16:46.2
40. Andy Chase Drury 16:55.8
42. Tony Lukas Drury 16:59.6
43. Robert Bibens Drury 17:01.6
47. Daniel Childers Drury 17:21.8
Men's results: http://sports.umr.edu/men/track/gamestats/menminer07.html

DRURY WOMEN SECOND OVERALL:

The Drury University women's cross country team opened its season Saturday with a second-place finish in the UMR Miner Invitational.

Senior Elizabeth Hurford finished in third place and freshman Tia Young came in fourth to lead the Panthers who finished with 46 points - 14 points behind winner Truman State. Truman State's Danna Kelly won the event with a time of 18:20.2. Hurford finished in 19:06.0 and Young in 19:12.6. Stephanie Cowherd was seventh and Kim Shigano 10th to give the Panthers four runners in the top 10, with Lindsey Bennett the fifth Panther runner in 20th in the 5K meet.

1. Danna Kelly Truman State 18:20.2
3. Elizabeth Hurford Drury 19:06.0
4. Tia Young Drury 19:12.6
7. Stephanie Cowherd Drury 20:07.5
13. Kim Shigeno Drury 20:34.5
20. Lindsey Bennett Drury 21:42.6
29. Sara Murzynsky Drury 22:21.7
31. Sooner Davenport Drury 22:26.0
37. Stephanie Pickett Drury 22:56.9
Women's results: http://sports.umr.edu/women/track/gamestats/womenminer07.html

Thanks to Jo Van Arkel for the great pictures.
Coach Van Arkel
417-873-7567

Jessica said...
Yay team! Keep it up. And good luck at Joplin!

Friday, September 7, 2007

XC Training: Week of Sept. 9

Drury Cross Country Training
Week of September 9

Sun(9/9) Off

Mon(9/10) 6:00 am 11-13 miles @ Bread Co.

Tues(9/11) 6:15 am 4-6 miles & Strength Training
Noon Pool or 4:30 pm OYO/4 miles

Wed(9/12) 6:15 am 8-10 miles(Silver Springs)

Thur(9/13) 6:15 am 4-6 miles & Strength Training
4:30 pm 4 miles(Silver Springs)

Fri(9/14) 4:00 pm 4-6 miles

Sat(9/15) 6:30 am Leave Drury for Missouri Southern
9:00 am Women's 5K
9:45 am Men's 8K
Noon Lunch & back to Drury @ 3 pm

Sun(9/16) Off


Coach Van Arkel
417-844-7220