2004 Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week

                  Bold denotes IIAC Female Athlete of the Week
Week Ending
Player, School, Year
Weekly Performance
October 31 Missy Buttry, Wartburg, Sr.
Won her third straight women’s individual title at the Iowa Conference Championship, becoming the fourth three-time Champion in Conference history. Finished the 6,000-meter race in 20:15, 2:46 ahead of runner-up Emily Lynch of Luther.
October 17 Missy Buttry, Wartburg, Sr.
Won the Tori Neubauer Invitational at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Finished the 6,000-meter race in 20:03.9, 2:17 ahead of her closest competitor in the 237-runner race.
October 10 Bethany Schiefelbein, Luther, Sr.
Won the Dan Huston Invitational 6K race in a time of 23:10. Finished five seconds ahead of the runner-up in the 142-runner race. Luther won the 6K team title with by 33 points with a team score of 43.
October 3 Beth Cunningham, Central, Sr.
Finished seventh of 381 runners at the Loyola (Ill.) Lakefront Invitational in a time of 18:43. Finished 33 seconds behind the winner and was third among NCAA Division III runners.
September 26 Beth Cunningham, Central, Sr.
Finished fourth at the Augustana (Ill.) Brissman-Lundeen Invitational, third among collegiate runners. She finished in a 6000-meter career-best time of 21:53, three seconds behind the winner of the 350-runner race.
September 19 Missy Buttry, Wartburg, Sr.
Set a course record en route to a victory in the Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 20:38 and won the 246-runner College Division (NCAA Division II, III, NAIA) race by 64 seconds. Her time bested the 51-runner University Division (NCAA Division I) by 74 seconds.
September 12 Bethany Schiefelbein, Luther, Sr.
Finished fourth in the 127-runner Luther All-American. Ran the 5,000-meter race in 19:10, finishing 43 seconds behind the winner to lead the Norse to a second-place team finish.
September 5 Natalie Retrum, Luther, Sr.
Won the St. Mary’s (Minn.) Invitational running a time of 20:06. Beat teammate Bethany Shiefelbein by six seconds in the 126-runner meet which the Norse won with 27 points.

 

 

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