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| Buena
Vista Univ. |
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| Central
College |
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| Coe
College |
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| Cornell
College |
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| Univ.
of Dubuque |
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| Loras
College |
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| Luther
College |
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| Simpson
College |
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| Wartburg
College |
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2005
Runners of the Week
| Week
Ending |
Runner
of the Week |
| Oct.
30 |
Jen
Wendt, Simpson College, Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
Wendt, a senior, became the first Simpson runner since
Sarah Cross in 1990 to win the Iowa Conference Championship. She
finished the 6,000-meter race in 22:28 to win by four seconds and
was named Conference Most Valuable Runner.
(IIAC Female Athlete of the Week) |
| Oct.
16 |
Jen
Wendt, Simpson, Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
Wendt, a senior, won her third race of the year as
she posted a 12-second victory at Loras College’s Dr. Robert
Tucker Invitational. She finished the 64-runner race in 23:16.40.
|
| Oct.
9 |
Jill
Wagaman, Wartburg, Dysart, Iowa/Union (LaPorte City)
Wagaman, a junior, won the Dan Huston 4,000-meter
race in 14:56, besting the rest of the 151-runner field by three
seconds. |
| Oct.
2 |
Jen
Wendt, Simpson, Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
Wendt, a senior, won the Simpson Buxton Open in a
time of 20:54. She finished seven seconds ahead of the second-place
finisher in the 19-runner race and led the Storm to the team title. |
| Sept.
25 |
Jen
Wendt, Simpson, Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
Wendt, a senior, placed seventh (of 334 runners) at
the Augustana (Ill.) College’s Brissman-Lundeen Invitational
breaking her own 6,000-meter school record with a time of 21:54.
She finished 1:35 behind the winner and led Simpson to a 14th-place
finish in the 27-team race. |
| Sept.
18 |
Jen
Wendt, Simpson, Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
Wendt, a senior, finished fifth (of 264 runners) at
the UMASS-Dartmouth Invitational in a time of 18:49, finishing 23
seconds behind the race’s winner. Her time is the ninth fastest
5,000-meter time in school history.
(IIAC Female Athlete of the Week) |
| Sept.
11 |
Nicole
Calabrese, Wartburg, Spring Valley, Minn./Kingsland
Calabrese, a freshman, finished third of 116-runners
at the St. John’s (Minn.) Invitational in a time of 23:28
to lead the Knights to the team title at the eight team meet. Calabrese
finished 1:21 behind the race’s winner, Leah Wurm of St. Benedict’s,
a 2004 national qualifier. |
| Sept.
4 |
Paige
Gruis, Buena Vista, Des Moines, Iowa/Lincoln
Gruis, a sophomore, won the 40-runner Dordt Invitational
in a school 4K record time of 15:52.9, winning by 5.1 seconds. She
broke the old school mark of 16:07 set last year by Kim Peterson. |
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