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Palos Hills 10-27-07
The Chargers ran Saturday at the Region IV meet at Moraine Valley Community College. Zach Yeager was the individual champion in the men's 8K race with a time of 27:34.8. Shane Curry placed fourth overall in 28:15 and qualified for the national meet for the second straight year. The Chargers placed third and narrowly missed qualifying the entire team for the nationals. In the women's 5K race, Jessica Hanson and Kari Findley qualified for the national meet, placing second and fourth respectively. Their times were 20:50 and 21:07. The Chargers team placed fourth. The four qualifiers will run on November 10 at Rend Lake College in the NJCAA Championship meet.
Jacksonville-10-13-07
The Sandburg Chargers cross country teams competed Saturday at the Illinois College Invitational held at Nichol's Park in Jacksonville. Jessica Hanson's 11th place finish in 20:33 led the Chargers to 4th place in the 5K women's race.
Kari Findley was 14th in 21:25, Megan Ollman 32nd in 23:24, Alex Diehl 41st in 24:23,Kenni Fitzpatrick 42nd in 24:23, Bobbie Cutcher 44th in 24:39, and Kelsey Cameron 45th in 24:39. Grinnell won the team competition, followed by Greenville, Knox, Sandburg, and Principia.
The Chargers men also placed fourth in the 8K meet and were led by Zach Yeager's 27:33 for 11th place. Shane Curry was 26th in 28:52, Jake Monzo 28th in 29:08, Matt Spath 33rd in 29:19, Corey Vanskike 44th in 31:27, and Jeremy Randolph 55th in 33:10. Grinnell won the meet , followed by Greenville, Principia, Sandburg, Knox,Illinois College, and Blackburn.
The next meet for Sandburg is the Region IV Championship which is the Northern Illinois qualifying event for the NJCAA national meet. The region meet is set for Oct. 27 hosted by Moraine Valley. The Chargers have the fastest times recorded in our region for both men and women so far this season- by Jessica Hanson and Zach Yeager.
Decatur, IL 10-5-07
Yeager Leads Chargers Cross Country
Forsyth- 10-5-07 Zach Yeager was the top Sandburg finisher in the Milliken University Fast Times Classic held Friday. Yeager ran a time of 28:39 for the 8K course to place 21st out of 74 finishers. Shane Curry was the next Charger to finish in 29:21 for 30th place, Matt Spath was 31:49, Jake Monzo 32:16, and Corey Vanskike 33:28. Southern Indiana University won the men's team title led by Paul Jellema's first place finish in 25:21. Sandburg was 6th out of 8 teams.
The Chargers women's team was led by Jessica Hanson in19th place in 25:59 on the 6K course. Kari Findley ran 28:28, Bobbie Cutcher 31:07, and Megan Ollman 32:17. The Chargers did not record a team score with only four finishers due to the unseasonably warm temperatures. Southern Indiana also won the women's team title with first place finisher Mary Ballinger running a 22:39.
Davenport, IA 9-21-07
Chargers run Augustana´s Brissman Lundeen Invite
The Sandburg Chargers women's cross country team were led by Jessica Hanson's school record for a 6K race on Friday, as they placed 24th in the race hosted by Augustana College. Hanson's time of 25:23 placed 107th out of 352 runners in the 39 team field. Kari Findley was the next finisher for the Chargers in 26:35, Megan Ollman 29:44, Kenni Fitzpatrick 29:47, Alex Diehl 31:31, Kelsey Cameron 34:22, and Bobbie Cutcher 34:51. University of Wisconsin-Parkside won the team title, led by overall winner Jessica Lamp in 21:50.
Sandburg's men finished in 29th place and were led by Zach Yeager's 125th place in 28:52 for the 8K race. Shane Curry ran 29:27 for the Chargers, followed by Jake Monzo 31:03, Matt Spath 31:39, and Corey Vanskike 34:51. Host Augustana topped the team results and the individual winner was Joshua Sawe of Iowa Central Community College in 25:08.
Sugar Grove, IL 9-8-07
The cross country teams from Carl Sandburg College ran Saturday at the Chief's Invitational hosted by Waubonsee College. The Charger's women placed 4th of 8 teams in the 3 mile race. Northern Iowa CC won with 59 points, Lincoln College was 2nd with 69, Waubonsee 78, and Sandburg 98. The Chargers first finisher,Jessica Hanson, almost caught the 2nd finisher at the finish as she placed third in 20:26. Kari Findley was 12th in 22:30, Megan Ollman 24th in 24:18, Alex Diehl 25th in 24:33, Bobbie Cutcher 34th in 27:22, and Kelsey Cameron 35th in 27:26. Kacy Nehowig of Northern Iowa CC won in 19:28.
In the men's 5 mile race, Zach Yeager led the Chargers with a 6th place finish in 29:19. Shane Curry was 10th in 29:39, Jake Monzo 37th in 32:01, Matt Spath 51st in 32:55, Jeremy Randolph 52nd in 33:11, and Corey Vanskike 61st in 34:41. Northern Iowa CC won the men's team competition with 60 points, while the Chargers were 5th of 10 teams with 156 points. Dan Mayar of Northern Iowa CC won individual honors with a time of 27:42.
Macomb, IL 8-31-07
Friday evening the Sandburg Chargers started their cross country season at the WIU Early Bird Meet. No team scores were kept in the meet hosted by Western Illinois University. Teams represented were University of Iowa, IUPUI,IUFW, South Dakota State, and Indian Hills.
On the 3.9 mile women's course, Jessica Hanson led the Chargers in 27th place with a time of 26:13. She was followed by Kari Findley in 27:36, Alex Diehl in 32:23, Megan Ollman in 32:44, and Bobbi Cutcher in 35:58.
In the men's 8K race, Shane Curry was the first Sandburg finisher in 32nd place with a time of 28:33. Zach Yeager finished in 29:08, Jake Monzo 31:40, Matt Spath 32:08, Jeremy Randolph 33:06, Robbie Walters 35:08, and Corey Vanskike 37:07.
The 2007 cross country season will start with optimism for both the men's and women's teams. Despite losing valuable athletes through graduation, there are three runners returning for each team and the recruiting year brings depth to the teams.
The Chargers' women will return Kelsey Cameron, Bobbi Cutcher, and Kari Findley, and the strength they bring with the experience of their first year. Off-season was very good for the program when Megan Ollman and Kenni Fitzpatrick from GHS enrolled at Sandburg as well as Jessica Hanson from Kewanee High School. All three have been solid cross country performers at their schools. Also signing to help the women's team was track athlete Alex Diehl from West Central in Biggsville.
Shane Curry leads the returning men's credits from the 2006 season with his experience at the NJCAA nationals in El Paso, Texas last November. Matt Spath and Jeremy Randolph return as key scorers from last year. Both are eager for this season.
GHS cross country standout Zach Yeager leads the incoming freshman signings. Zach is likely to adapt quickly to the 8K distance. Robbie Walters also comes from the GHS cross country program that has had great success recently. Former GHS soccer player Jake Monzo joins the team with great speed and energy from his soccer career.
Several new meets are on this year's schedule for the Chargers, including the Illinois Intercollegiate Meet at Illinois State University. This should be a highly competitive race which hosts all levels of college runners from across the state. Also new on this season's slate are the Milliken Invitational and the Illinois College Meet where we should match up well with many of the teams. We always anticipate the opportunity to perform well at the Region IV meet and the chance it brings to advance to the Nationals at the end of the season. |
