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| Buena
Vista Univ. |
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| Central
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| Coe
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| Cornell
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| Univ.
of Dubuque |
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| Loras
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| Luther
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| Simpson
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| Wartburg
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2008
Runners of the Week
| Week
Ending |
Runner
of the Week |
Nov.
2, 2008 |
Mary
Bridget Corken, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert
Corken, a senior, won the women’s individual
title at the 2008 Iowa Conference Cross Country Championships. She
covered the championship course in 20 minutes, 25.72 seconds, outdistancing
Wartburg’s Anna Kraayenbrink by 10 seconds. Corken, who led
Loras to a third-place finish, captured the third individual title
for the Duhawks in league championship history. She also earned
All-Iowa Conference honors for the third time. (IIAC
Female Athlete of the Week)
|
Oct.
19, 2008 |
Anna
Kraayenbrink, Wartburg College, Sioux Center, Iowa/Sioux Center
Kraayenbrink, a junior, won the individual title in a multi-divisional
field of 444 runners at the UW-La Crosse Tori Neubauer Invitational.
She covered the 6-kilometer course in 21:37.1 to win by 6.9 seconds.
Kraayenbrink, who recorded her fifth straight top-6 finish, led
No. 3 Wartburg to a third-place finish out of 25 teams with 146
points, eight points clear of No. 2 UW- Eau Claire.
|
Oct.
12, 2008 |
Anna
Kraayenbrink, Wartburg College, Sioux Center, Iowa/Sioux Center
Kraayenbrink, a junior, finished second in field of 169 runners
at the Dan Huston Invitational. She covered the 6-kilometer Max
Cross Country Course in 22:09, 41 seconds behind the meet champion.
The highest-finishing Iowa Conference runner at the meet, she helped
guide the Knights to the team title with 43 points. Wartburg beat
No. 5-ranked UW-La Crosse by 37 points.
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Oct.
5, 2008 |
Mary
Bridget Corken, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert
Corken, a senior, captured fifth place in a field of 172 runners
at the Division III Pre-National Invitational at Hanover College.
She covered the 6-kilometer course in 21:58.99, 34.72 seconds behind
the meet winner, running the first sub-22:00 time in school history.
Corken led Loras to a fourth-place finish out of 16 teams with 114
points.
|
Sept.
28, 2008 |
Anna
Kraayenbrink, Wartburg College, Sioux Center, Iowa/Sioux Center
Kraayenbrink, a junior, captured third place in a
field of 497 runners in the Maroon (Women’s Division III)
race at the Roy Griak Invitational last weekend. She finished with
a time of 22:16.43, 16.6 seconds behind champion Becca Jordahl of
UW-River Falls. The top IIAC finisher at the meet, Kraayenbrink
led the Knights to a runner-up finish (out of 36 teams) with 151
points, defeating No. 5 UW-La Crosse and trailing only No. 2 UW-Eau
Claire in the final team standings. (IIAC Female Athlete
of the Week) |
Sept.
21, 2008 |
Anna
Kraayenbrink, Wartburg College, Sioux Center, Iowa/Sioux Center
Kraayenbrink, a junior, took sixth in a field of 251
runners at the Woody Greeno Invitational. She covered the 6-kilometer
course in 22:05.2, 1:03.2 behind the winner. She was the top Division
III finisher at the meet. Kraayenbrink guided Wartburg, ranked No.
12 on USTFCCCA Division III poll, to third-place finish overall
with 120 points. The Knights were the highest-placed non-Division
I team at the meet. Defeated Nebraska’s Jennifer Pancoast
and Jen Webers, each of whom ended among top 64 at 2007 Big 12 Championships
and Kansas State’s Liliani Menedez, a 2007 all-Big 12 honoree.
|
Sept.
14, 2008 |
Anna
Kraayenbrink, Wartburg College, Sioux Center, Iowa/Sioux Center
Kraayenbrink, a junior, placed second in a field of
328 runners at the Les Duke Invitational. She completed the 6-kilometer
course in 22:38, 30 seconds behind the race-winner. The top IIAC
finisher at the race, Kraayenbrink led Wartburg to the team title
with 104 points. |
Sept.
7, 2008 |
Angie
Berry, Central College, Norwalk, Iowa/Norwalk
Berry, a junior, finished third in a field of 124
runners at the Central Dutch Invitational. She finished 42 seconds
behind the winner, completing the 5-kilometer course in 18:52. The
top IIAC finisher at the meet, Berry led the Dutch to a third-place
finish in the eight-team field with 79 points. |
Sept.
1, 2008 |
Rachelle
Hawkins, Cornell College, Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly
Hawkins, a senior, finished second out of 86 runners
in the Mount Mercy Mustang Gallop. She completed the 4,000-meter
course in 15:45, 30 seconds behind the winner. She shaved 14 seconds
off last year’s time on the same course and finished 28 seconds
ahead of third place. Hawkins helped the Rams claim the team title
for the second year in a row. |
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