Yellowjackets Run at Black Hills State Invitational (Sept. 25, 2004)

SPEARFISH, SD – The Montana State University-Billings cross-country team landed fifth place in women’s team competition. Heidi Robertson led the Lady Jackets with an eleventh place finish.  The Yellowjacket men’s team was led by Sam Hartpence with a 34^th place finish.

Robertson (Sr., Great Falls, MT) was edged out of making the top ten by one second, finishing the 4k run with a time of 16:34.  Following her was teammate Sarah Lord (Jr., Billings, MT) who finished in 16:55 and fourteenth place.  The Yellowjackets’ Chelsea Lynnes (Sr., Miles City, MT) finished 26^th in 17:29, followed by Tiffany Piplica (So., Riverton, WY) in 29^th place in 17:35.

The other women runners finishing the race for the Lady Jackets were Tracie Overberg (Jr., Dodson, MT) in 41^st place in 18:23, Mandy Brown (Sr., Wolf Point, MT) in 43^rd place in 18:35, Diana Davis (Jr., Kalispell, MT) in 44^th place in 18:41, Kisa Kron (Fr., Livingston, MT) in 47^th place in 19:26, and Kristy Burns (So., Livingston, MT) in 49the place in 20:14.

The Yellowjacket men’s team found Sam Hartpence (So., Custer, SD) in 34^th place in 24:31.  Following close behind were teammates Scott Brown (Sr., Billings, MT) 38^th in 25:12, and Ryan Archibald (Sr., Missoula, MT) 39^th in 25:18.  Other finishers for MSUB were Jarred Rensvold (Fr., Wolf Point, MT) in 43^rd in 25:46, and Joe Kragt (So., Worden, MT) in 46^th in 26:11.

“The teams were tough today, and I thought it was good for them to run a meet like this,” said Dave Coppock, head coach of the Yellowjackets.  “It was a very hilly, difficult course so we did the best we could today.”

The Yellowjackets will compete at the Rocky Mountain Shootout in Colorado next weekend.