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SEPT.
3 — Team Opens 2005 With Hokum Karem Title
Leafs
take top two paired positions to win unique opening to
2005 season |
Goshen, IN — It might not be
the most commonplace way to conduct a collegiate cross country
meet, but for the Goshen College women’s cross country team,
it’s a championship all the same.
The Leafs paired up to win the first annual Goshen College Hokum
Karem event Saturday afternoon, defeating three Mid-Central Conference
foes
in the squad’s first collegiate competition of the 2005 season.
Goshen garnered just 14 team points in the unique event that pairs
runners in a relay-style race in one-mile increments, taking down
Bethel College (18 points), Huntington University (20 points) and
Grace College (26 points).
“This type of event is a great way to see what condition
your athletes are in,” said Doug Yoder, Goshen head coach. “Our
women’s
team proved that we have four strong runners in taking first and
second place by large margins. It takes depth to place high in
larger invitationals. We’re well on our way to getting enough
runners the experience and strength to run with the front packs.”
At the event, runners are partnered with a selected teammate and
take turns running in one-mile increments while the other runner
rests. When the first runner completes the first mile, she tags
her partner for a second mile run. The twosome continue in this
fashion until each has ran three miles, for a total six miles as
a group.
Goshen was able to dominate the competition in its first two pairs,
as senior Rachel Yantzi and junior Petrana Petkova cruised home
first in a time of 37:47.00, over a minute and a half quicker than
the next duo. Of course, that also happened to be runners wearing
the Leafs’ purple and white, as junior Laura Herr and freshman
Laura Harnish teamed to take the course in a combined 39:09.00
time, good for second place by nearly 40 seconds.
“Laura Herr and Laura Harnish each proved that they are coming
on strong early in the season today,” Yoder said. “Rachel
Yantzi also ran very well with Petrana, and our third group ran
well. It was a good day for our entire team.”
Goshen’s third — and final — twosome of junior
Rachel Wigginton and sophomore Anna Mast finished as the 12th fastest
pair on the day, finishing the three-legged, one-mile course in
a time of 43:30.00.
“Anytime you can win a team trophy at any event, it is worth
noting,” Yoder
said. “We’ll now go back to training hard for Defiance
next week, and the Indiana Intercollegiates the week following
that.”
Goshen will open its traditional meet regular season next Saturday,
when the team will travel to Defiance College for the Defiance
College Invitational. Women’s race start time is slated for
10 a.m.
Goshen College Hokum Karem Official Results
September 3, 2005
Women’s Results
3 x 1 mile x 2 persons
1 Goshen College 14
2 Bethel College 18
3 Huntington College 20
4 Grace College 26
Place Name School Place Time
1 Petkova/Yantzi Goshen College 1 37:47
2 Harnish/Herr Goshen College 2 39:09
3 Feil/Pearson Bethel College 3 39:48
4 Sealscott/Chaffin Huntington College 4 40:39
5 Keener/Drew Grace College 5 40:52
6 Andrews/Roughia Huntington College 6 40:59
7 Graham/Draper Bethel College 7 41:13
8 Mead/Schuck Bethel College 8 41:26
9 Hawkins/Arthur Grace College 9 41:34
10 Gingrich/Imhoff Bethel College --- 41:48
11 Birkey/Derenzo Huntington College 10 42:47
12 Mast/Wigginton Goshen College 11 43:30
13 Drew/Gill Grace College 12 43:57
14 Goodrich/Elliot Bethel College --- 46:06
15 Fenske/Jane Bethel College --- 46:49
16 Paul/Hardy Grace College --- 52:13
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Rachel Yantzi
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