On the ladies side Torey Fry ran for the first time since indoor season running a time of 28:31.88 for 91st place.
Torey and Sabrina Lee post race
The team will be back together on Oct 9th for the Lakeside Shootout.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tabor
The Bulldogs had a group of athletes compete at the Tabor Invite this past weekend. Leading the way for the men was Josh Nilles at 31:30.68 good for 64th place. Josh was followed by Freshman Derek Kruger (34:49.45, 93rd), Senior Matt Brown (35:57.74, 98th) and Jason Pfoutz (40:37.70, 106th).
On the ladies side Torey Fry ran for the first time since indoor season running a time of 28:31.88 for 91st place.
Torey and Sabrina Lee post race
The team will be back together on Oct 9th for the Lakeside Shootout.
On the ladies side Torey Fry ran for the first time since indoor season running a time of 28:31.88 for 91st place.
Torey and Sabrina Lee post race
The team will be back together on Oct 9th for the Lakeside Shootout.
OSU Jamboree
Women's Results
Men's Results
Stillwater, Okla. – The McPherson College men’s cross country team finished 11th of 23 teams, while the women took 14th of 30 in the College Division of the annual Oklahoma State University Cowboy Jamboree Saturday morning in Stillwater, Okla.
Junior Javier Ceja set a season-best with a time of 26:04.08 and a fifth place finish to lead the Bulldogs. Ceja was the highest finishing NAIA runner. Edward Limo of Colby Community College was the top finisher with a time of 25:15.49.
Sophomore Kyle Smith (28:07.24) and freshman Morgan Peterson (28:09.96) were the next two Bulldogs to cross the finish line. The duo finished 64th and 65th respectively. Junior David Parry (29:06.51 PR), sophomore Mike Baxter (29:12.27), freshman Juan Jimenez (29:45.87) and freshman Preston Mossman (30:57.76) rounded out the scoring for McPherson. The Bulldogs tallied 319 points en route to the 11th place finish.
Javier Ceja
On the women’s side, freshman Kelsi Beam and Payton Hartman lead the Bulldogs for the second straight race. Beam ended the race at 20:09.12, good for 32nd place and the 6th fastest time in McPherson College history, while Hartman took 42nd position with at time of 20:23.17 putting her 7th on the all time list. The duo was followed by Erin Loeffler in 77th place, with a time of 21:06.13 good for 10th all time, Ashley Huizar (103rd, 21:49.68), Sonia Fuentes (132nd, 22:46.19) and Ashley Martinez (158th, 24:24.59).
Florence Ngetich of El Paso Community College won the event with a time of 17:55.43, while Amy Pierson of Southwestern College was the top NAIA finisher at 18:28.72.
I thought that the ladies ran well. We still have to close our gap down and have some people move up if we are looking to contend for top 3 at conference. I am please with how things are going as a whole right now. The men looked a little more rusty than the women. We have a very young team and a lot of them were running their first ever 8k. Add in that OSU is not an easy course it leaves us with some room for improvement. I am still happy with how things are progressing as we need to be running fast in November not the end of September.
Next up is the Lakeside Shoot out at Lakeside Park in McPherson. It is shaping up to be a competitive meet with several KCAC schools and Community Colleges coming. As of right now we are expecting 12 teams.
Men's Results
Stillwater, Okla. – The McPherson College men’s cross country team finished 11th of 23 teams, while the women took 14th of 30 in the College Division of the annual Oklahoma State University Cowboy Jamboree Saturday morning in Stillwater, Okla.
Junior Javier Ceja set a season-best with a time of 26:04.08 and a fifth place finish to lead the Bulldogs. Ceja was the highest finishing NAIA runner. Edward Limo of Colby Community College was the top finisher with a time of 25:15.49.
Sophomore Kyle Smith (28:07.24) and freshman Morgan Peterson (28:09.96) were the next two Bulldogs to cross the finish line. The duo finished 64th and 65th respectively. Junior David Parry (29:06.51 PR), sophomore Mike Baxter (29:12.27), freshman Juan Jimenez (29:45.87) and freshman Preston Mossman (30:57.76) rounded out the scoring for McPherson. The Bulldogs tallied 319 points en route to the 11th place finish.
Javier Ceja
On the women’s side, freshman Kelsi Beam and Payton Hartman lead the Bulldogs for the second straight race. Beam ended the race at 20:09.12, good for 32nd place and the 6th fastest time in McPherson College history, while Hartman took 42nd position with at time of 20:23.17 putting her 7th on the all time list. The duo was followed by Erin Loeffler in 77th place, with a time of 21:06.13 good for 10th all time, Ashley Huizar (103rd, 21:49.68), Sonia Fuentes (132nd, 22:46.19) and Ashley Martinez (158th, 24:24.59).
Florence Ngetich of El Paso Community College won the event with a time of 17:55.43, while Amy Pierson of Southwestern College was the top NAIA finisher at 18:28.72.
I thought that the ladies ran well. We still have to close our gap down and have some people move up if we are looking to contend for top 3 at conference. I am please with how things are going as a whole right now. The men looked a little more rusty than the women. We have a very young team and a lot of them were running their first ever 8k. Add in that OSU is not an easy course it leaves us with some room for improvement. I am still happy with how things are progressing as we need to be running fast in November not the end of September.
Next up is the Lakeside Shoot out at Lakeside Park in McPherson. It is shaping up to be a competitive meet with several KCAC schools and Community Colleges coming. As of right now we are expecting 12 teams.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Building towards something great
We are currently in a period where we are taking two weeks off of racing. But it is anything but down time for the team. Cross Country has upped their miles (Ceja, Sorenson, Ashley H, Payton on the leader boards) last week and this week. We have progressively been getting better at all of "the little things" which is very exciting to watch their progression. It is amazing the jumps this group has made in a months time. We just need to stay the course and keep working hard. I am very excited to see what the group can do at Oklahoma State and Tabor next Saturday. In the mean time we have some tough workouts and lots of miles to cover. Things are on track for a very exciting November for the Bulldogs.
NAIA posted the new conference polls this morning. The Bulldog women maintained their 4th place ranking which can be found here, http://naia.cstv.com/sports/w-xc/spec-rel/091310aab.html. The men moved up a spot from 3rd to second, their rankings can be found here http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/spec-rel/091310aac.html.
Track has started conditioning. We have 25 track only kids who are working out this fall. They are a great group and have been working very hard. We now have more fall track athletes than we had athletes when I arrived at McPherson. This speaks volumes to the work that Coach Becker put in this past year.
NAIA posted the new conference polls this morning. The Bulldog women maintained their 4th place ranking which can be found here, http://naia.cstv.com/sports/w-xc/spec-rel/091310aab.html. The men moved up a spot from 3rd to second, their rankings can be found here http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/spec-rel/091310aac.html.
Track has started conditioning. We have 25 track only kids who are working out this fall. They are a great group and have been working very hard. We now have more fall track athletes than we had athletes when I arrived at McPherson. This speaks volumes to the work that Coach Becker put in this past year.
Monday, September 6, 2010
JK Gold Recap
This past weekend the Bulldogs race at RAFT golf course in Augusta Kansas, for the JK Gold Cross Country Invitational. The Women ran a 4k and the Men ran a 6k. I really like going to this meet because of the shorter distances. It gives the freshman a chance to ease into college racing with a shorter effort and it also gives the upperclassman a chance to get used to racing on the grass again.
Overall I was very pleased with the meet and how the Bulldogs performed. We had 4 out of 7 women and 8 out of 15 men run as fast as or faster than their projected times from our time trial during camp. With the amount of work they put in the past few weeks I know their legs were heavy. So the fact that we were able to run as well as we did is very exciting and bodes well for the future.
The team continues to impress me. They have been looking better in workouts from the weight room to hills sprints and each week has a small but noticeable improvement in form and efficiency. The team is headed down a very good path
Kelsi Beam once again led the team with her 28th place finish with a time of 15:32. She was followed by Payton Hartman (15:48) 36th, Ashley Huizar (16:14) 49th, Erin Lueffler (16:33) 55th, Ashley Martinez (18:17) 85th, Sonia Fuentes (18:50) 96th and running unattached was Lizette Guzman (19:13) 97th. Both Beam and Hartman ran PRs for 4k. Overall the women placed 4th in the College Division with 114 points. Conference rival Southwestern was 3rd with 88 points.
1k mile 2k 3k 2 mile 4k AVG k avg mile
1 28 Kelsi Beam 03:52.0 06:00.0 07:36.0 11:48.0 12:38.0 15:32.0 03:53.3 06:19.0
2 36 Payton Hartman 03:52.0 06:04.0 07:39.0 11:51.0 12:43.0 15:48.0 03:58.7 06:21.5
3 49 Ashley Huizar 03:53.0 06:08.0 07:50.0 12:07.0 12:58.0 16:14.0 04:07.0 06:29.0
4 55 Erin Lueffler 03:56.0 06:12.0 08:00.0 12:35.0 13:28.0 16:33.0 04:12.3 06:44.0
5 85 Ashely Martinez 04:29.0 07:01.0 08:54.0 13:47.0 14:42.0 18:17.0 04:36.0 07:21.0
6 96 Sonia Fuentes 04:41.0 07:22.0 09:22.0 14:23.0 15:23.0 18:50.0 04:43.0 07:41.5
9 97 Lizette Guzman 04:21.0 06:47.0 14:22.0 15:24.0 19:13.0 04:57.3 07:42.0
On the Men’s side the Bulldogs freshman Morgan Peterson led the way with an impressive 20:24 in which he came through the 5k in 17:06 which is a PR for the 5k. Next in was Sophomore Kyle Smith (20:31), followed by David Parry (20:56) then Juan Jimenez (21:31) and the last scorer for the Bulldogs was Mike Baxter (21:40) who is coming back from a knee injury last year.
team race 1k 2k 3k 4k 5k 6k AVG K
1 1 Javier Ceja 03:06.0 06:06.0 09:10.0 12:20.0 15:23.0 18:24.0 03:03.6
2 11 Daniel Sorenson 03:08.0 06:07.0 09:24.0 12:48.0 16:10.0 19:09.0 03:12.2
3 12 Art Parra 03:08.0 06:14.0 09:25.0 12:45.0 16:01.0 19:10.0 03:12.4
4 36 Ankur Joshi 03:08.0 06:19.0 09:42.0 13:16.0 16:47.0 20:01.0 03:22.6
5 52 Morgan Peterson 03:13.0 06:36.0 10:04.0 13:37.0 17:06.0 20:24.0 03:26.2
6 57 Kyle Smith 03:18.0 06:36.0 10:04.0 13:43.0 17:16.0 20:31.0 03:26.6
7 70 David Parry 03:20.0 06:48.0 10:22.0 14:09.0 17:43.0 20:56.0 03:31.2
8 78 Kyle Bogda 03:13.0 06:25.0 10:11.0 13:43.0 21:22.0 03:37.8
9 84 Juan Jimenez 03:20.0 10:16.0 14:09.0 17:58.0 21:31.0 03:38.2
10 88 Mike Baxter 03:20.0 06:48.0 10:28.0 14:22.0 18:08.0 21:40.0 03:40.0
11 96 Josh Nilles 03:30.0 07:00.0 10:43.0 14:41.0 18:29.0 21:59.0 03:41.8
12 107 Preston Mossman 03:21.0 07:08.0 10:52.0 14:55.0 18:56.0 22:36.0 03:51.0
13 112 Matt Brown 03:40.0 07:22.0 10:16.0 15:27.0 19:37.0 23:26.0 03:57.2
14 121 Derek Kruger 03:50.0 07:50.0 12:01.0 16:33.0 20:55.0 24:58.0 04:13.6
15 126 Jason Pfoutz 04:09.0 08:32.0 13:26.0 18:19.0 23:05.0 27:50.0 04:44.2
All in all it was a good day and a step in the right direction for the Bulldogs. We are ahead of where we were last year, but we still have a long road ahead. I am excited to see where the road leads this team. It could be a very exciting trip.
Overall I was very pleased with the meet and how the Bulldogs performed. We had 4 out of 7 women and 8 out of 15 men run as fast as or faster than their projected times from our time trial during camp. With the amount of work they put in the past few weeks I know their legs were heavy. So the fact that we were able to run as well as we did is very exciting and bodes well for the future.
The team continues to impress me. They have been looking better in workouts from the weight room to hills sprints and each week has a small but noticeable improvement in form and efficiency. The team is headed down a very good path
Kelsi Beam once again led the team with her 28th place finish with a time of 15:32. She was followed by Payton Hartman (15:48) 36th, Ashley Huizar (16:14) 49th, Erin Lueffler (16:33) 55th, Ashley Martinez (18:17) 85th, Sonia Fuentes (18:50) 96th and running unattached was Lizette Guzman (19:13) 97th. Both Beam and Hartman ran PRs for 4k. Overall the women placed 4th in the College Division with 114 points. Conference rival Southwestern was 3rd with 88 points.
1k mile 2k 3k 2 mile 4k AVG k avg mile
1 28 Kelsi Beam 03:52.0 06:00.0 07:36.0 11:48.0 12:38.0 15:32.0 03:53.3 06:19.0
2 36 Payton Hartman 03:52.0 06:04.0 07:39.0 11:51.0 12:43.0 15:48.0 03:58.7 06:21.5
3 49 Ashley Huizar 03:53.0 06:08.0 07:50.0 12:07.0 12:58.0 16:14.0 04:07.0 06:29.0
4 55 Erin Lueffler 03:56.0 06:12.0 08:00.0 12:35.0 13:28.0 16:33.0 04:12.3 06:44.0
5 85 Ashely Martinez 04:29.0 07:01.0 08:54.0 13:47.0 14:42.0 18:17.0 04:36.0 07:21.0
6 96 Sonia Fuentes 04:41.0 07:22.0 09:22.0 14:23.0 15:23.0 18:50.0 04:43.0 07:41.5
9 97 Lizette Guzman 04:21.0 06:47.0 14:22.0 15:24.0 19:13.0 04:57.3 07:42.0
On the Men’s side the Bulldogs freshman Morgan Peterson led the way with an impressive 20:24 in which he came through the 5k in 17:06 which is a PR for the 5k. Next in was Sophomore Kyle Smith (20:31), followed by David Parry (20:56) then Juan Jimenez (21:31) and the last scorer for the Bulldogs was Mike Baxter (21:40) who is coming back from a knee injury last year.
team race 1k 2k 3k 4k 5k 6k AVG K
1 1 Javier Ceja 03:06.0 06:06.0 09:10.0 12:20.0 15:23.0 18:24.0 03:03.6
2 11 Daniel Sorenson 03:08.0 06:07.0 09:24.0 12:48.0 16:10.0 19:09.0 03:12.2
3 12 Art Parra 03:08.0 06:14.0 09:25.0 12:45.0 16:01.0 19:10.0 03:12.4
4 36 Ankur Joshi 03:08.0 06:19.0 09:42.0 13:16.0 16:47.0 20:01.0 03:22.6
5 52 Morgan Peterson 03:13.0 06:36.0 10:04.0 13:37.0 17:06.0 20:24.0 03:26.2
6 57 Kyle Smith 03:18.0 06:36.0 10:04.0 13:43.0 17:16.0 20:31.0 03:26.6
7 70 David Parry 03:20.0 06:48.0 10:22.0 14:09.0 17:43.0 20:56.0 03:31.2
8 78 Kyle Bogda 03:13.0 06:25.0 10:11.0 13:43.0 21:22.0 03:37.8
9 84 Juan Jimenez 03:20.0 10:16.0 14:09.0 17:58.0 21:31.0 03:38.2
10 88 Mike Baxter 03:20.0 06:48.0 10:28.0 14:22.0 18:08.0 21:40.0 03:40.0
11 96 Josh Nilles 03:30.0 07:00.0 10:43.0 14:41.0 18:29.0 21:59.0 03:41.8
12 107 Preston Mossman 03:21.0 07:08.0 10:52.0 14:55.0 18:56.0 22:36.0 03:51.0
13 112 Matt Brown 03:40.0 07:22.0 10:16.0 15:27.0 19:37.0 23:26.0 03:57.2
14 121 Derek Kruger 03:50.0 07:50.0 12:01.0 16:33.0 20:55.0 24:58.0 04:13.6
15 126 Jason Pfoutz 04:09.0 08:32.0 13:26.0 18:19.0 23:05.0 27:50.0 04:44.2
All in all it was a good day and a step in the right direction for the Bulldogs. We are ahead of where we were last year, but we still have a long road ahead. I am excited to see where the road leads this team. It could be a very exciting trip.
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