Yellowjacket Runners Finish Second, Third at South Dakota Tech (Sept. 13, 2003)

RAPID CITY, SD – The MSU Billings women’s and men’s cross-country teams finished second and third respectively at the South Dakota Tech Invitational on Saturday.  Chelsea Lynnes (Jr., Miles City, MT) and Anjel Hoff (Sr., Billings, MT) each posted top ten finishes to lead the women.  Scott Brown (So., Billings, MT) finished 16^th to pace the men.

Lynnes finished the 3700 meter course in 15:17 to take third place overall, while Hoff took ninth place in 15:56.  Lynnes averaged 6:39 per mile and finished in the middle of five Black Hills State runners.  BHSU won the women’s meet with 18 total points, outpacing the Jackets who had 57.  Rounding out the Yellowjackets’ top six runners were Tiffany Piplica (Fr., Riverton, WY) in 13^th place with a time of 16:15; Tracie Overberg (So., Dodson, MT) in 19^th place with a time of 17:01; Raquel McCarthy (Jr., Butte, MT) in 20^th place with a time of 17:22; and Kendra Bebee (So., Dillon, MT) in 24^th place with a time of 18:10.

Brown averaged 6:05 per mile over the men’s 6600 meter course to finish in 24:58.  Black Hills captured the top eight spots in the race and finished with 15 points.  Dickinson State finished second with 67 points, just ahead of the Yellowjackets who totaled 77 points.  Joe Kragt (Fr., Worden, MT) came in 18^th place with a time of 25:17, followed by Sam Hartpence (So., Custer, SD) in 21^st place with time of 25:46; Ryan Archibald (Jr., Missoula, MT) in 23^rd place with a time of 26:04; Sean Hannifin (Fr., Billings, MT) in 29^th place with a time of 27:54; and Brendan Murray (Jr., Billings, MT) in 30^th place with a time of 30:13.

The Yellowjackets travel to Bozeman next Saturday for the MSU-Bozeman Invitational.

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