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McCormick
Leads Jacket Runners at UM
(9/30/06)
MISSOULA, MT – Competing in her
first race of the season, Teri Lea McCormick led the
Montana State-Billings cross-country teams at the
University of Montana Invitational on Saturday.
McCormick, a freshman from Hardin, MT, placed 37th
for the Lady Yellowjackets, completing the
6-kilometer course in 24:54.
The Lady Jackets placed sixth
in the seven-team field, beating out University of
Great Falls. The other five teams in the race were
Division I teams. Washington State took top team
honors with 36 points, outpacing University of
Montana by 16 points. Washington State’s Haley Paul
was the top individual finisher in 21:32.
Rounding out the Yellowjacket
scoring runners were Crystal Roseberry (Fr.,
Chinook, MT) in 46th place with a time of
26:07, Cierra Dornfeld (So., Woodbury, MN) in 47th
place with a time of 26:09, Tiffany Piplica (Sr.,
Riverton, WY) in 48th place with a time
of 26:22, and Erin Mueller (Jr., Billings, MT) in 51st
place with a time of 27:10.
The Yellowjackets had 11 women
competing in the race, with the six non-scoring
runners placing in order from 53rd to 58th.
They included Kym Island (So., Columbia Falls, MT)
in 28:31, Colleen Dalimata (Jr., Columbia Falls, MT)
in 28:37, Kisa Kron (Jr., Livingston, MT) in 29:16,
Kristy Burns (Sr., Livingston, MT) in 29:36, Bridget
Voorhees (Sr., Great Falls, MT) in 30:14, and Erin
Gannon (So, Yankton, SD) in 30:25.
The Yellowjacket men finished
last in the nine-team men’s race. Washington State
easily won the team title with 18 points, and the
Cougars’ Alex Grant took top individual honors with
a time of 25:05 for the 8K course. The Jackets’ top
finisher was Matt Roseberry (So, Chinook, MT) in 51st
place with a time of 28:41. He was followed by
Jarred Rensvold (Jr., Wolf Point, MT) in 53rd
with a time of 28:48, Joe Kragt (Sr., Worden, MT) in
55th with a time of 30:42, Andy Zoeller
(Jr., Billings, MT) in 59th with a time
of 32:03, and Abram Hagstrom (Sr., Billings, MT) in
66th with a time of 35:53.
The Yellowjackets next race is
October 7 at Black Hills State. |
