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Cross Country Archives 2008

11/09/08 DAC Championships - Madison, SD:

DAC Post-Season Awards:

(The coaches vote on the following awards, except Most Valuable Runner is given to the individual champions of the DAC Meet.)

Men’s Most Valuable Runner: Cody Bordewyk, Black Hills State

Women’s Most Valuable Runner: Wendy O'Lexey, Black Hills State

Men’s Senior Athlete of the Year: Cody Bordewyk, Black Hills State

Women’s Senior Athlete of the Year: Alicia Verhulst, Black Hills State

Men’s Freshman of the Year: Jed Morgan, Black Hills State

Women’s Freshman of the Year: Stephanie Warnke, Dakota State

Men’s Coach of the Year: Scott Walkinshaw, Black Hills State

Women’s Coach of the Year: Scott Walkinshaw, Black Hills State

*** Note - The top 15 individuals are All Conference.

                                                                                 
Men's Team Scores
Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   
   1 Black Hills St.              26    1    2    4    9   10   11   12          
   2 Dickinson St.                42    3    5    7   13   14   16   19          
   3 Dakota State                 94    6    8   24   25   31   32   34          
   4 South Dakota Tech           112   17   21   22   23   29   30               
   5 Jamestown College           135   18   26   27   28   36                    
   6 Minot State                 140   15   20   33   35   37   38   39          
Men 8k Run CC
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points          
  1 Bordewyk, Cody            SR Black Hills St.       26:40.51    1             
  2 Fiedler, K.C.             JR Black Hills St.       27:17.85    2             
  3 Puga, Pablo               SR Dickinson St.         27:31.54    3             
  4 Mazza, Mark               JR Black Hills St.       27:36.00    4             
  5 Chavez, Sammy             JR Dickinson St.         27:44.94    5             
  6 Drealan, Anthony          JR Dakota State          27:46.94    6             
  7 Bautista, Salvador        JR Dickinson St.         27:51.28    7             
  8 Van Peursem, Tyler        JR Dakota State          28:01.54    8             
  9 Morgan, Jed               FR Black Hills St.       28:13.66    9             
 10 Haraden, Birch            JR Black Hills St.       28:18.30   10             
 11 Janssen, Charles          JR Black Hills St.       28:24.19   11             
 12 Herrold, Paul             JR Black Hills St.       28:27.06   12             
 13 Wolf, Patrick             FR Dickinson St.         28:30.64   13             
 14 Vrooman, Jesse            SR Black Hills St.       28:32.64                  
 15 Parra, Porfirio           JR Dickinson St.         28:36.67   14             
 16 Velasquez, Brandon        SO Minot State           28:51.40   15             
 17 Molnar, Dan               JR Dickinson St.         29:07.35   16             
 18 Pike, Matt                FR South Dakota Tech     29:07.82   17             
 19 Bierle, Jason             FR Black Hills St.       29:16.18                  
 20 Koerber, Joseph           SO Jamestown College     29:17.30   18             
 21 Lemke, Cole               SO Black Hills St.       29:20.85                  
 22 Tarus, Dominic            SO Dickinson St.         29:31.31   19             
 23 Meza, Cory                SO Minot State           29:35.27   20             
 24 Fried, Lucas              SO South Dakota Tech     29:41.77   21             
 25 Keitany, Solomon          SO Dickinson St.         29:45.98                  
 26 Nordahl, Eben             FR South Dakota Tech     29:48.76   22             
 27 Brelje, Dan               JR Black Hills St.       29:57.34                  
 28 Harvey, Bryant            JR Dickinson St.         30:10.93                  
 29 Moor, Marcus              JR South Dakota Tech     30:13.28   23             
 30 Arzola, Ismael            JR Dickinson St.         30:17.41                  
 31 Manning, Andrew           SO Dakota State          30:21.45   24             
 32 Hernandez, Robert         SR Dickinson St.         30:22.40                  
 33 Bintliff, John            FR Dakota State          30:24.90   25             
 34 Turnbough, Eli            JR Dickinson St.         30:39.98                  
 35 Roemmich, Kelly           JR Jamestown College     30:46.42   26             
 36 Roland, Cody              JR Jamestown College     30:46.68   27             
 37 Rasmussen, Lief           SO Jamestown College     31:09.69   28             
 38 Lein, William             SR South Dakota Tech     31:22.81   29             
 39 James, Blake              FR South Dakota Tech     31:31.42   30             
 40 Foreman, Cody             FR Dakota State          31:41.59   31             
 41 Sawatzky, Jeff            JR Dakota State          32:00.08   32             
 42 Towle, John               SO Minot State           32:15.92   33             
 43 Amezquita, German         SO Dakota State          32:25.08   34             
 44 Sanderson, Kyle           JR Dakota State          32:42.51                  
 45 Huffman, Keith            FR Dakota State          32:51.00                  
 46 Evans, Khaldon            SO Minot State           33:28.87   35             
 47 Johnson, Jarann           SO Jamestown College     33:33.49   36             
 48 Hiller, Devin             JR Minot State           40:42.78   37             
 49 Elizondo, Luis            FR Minot State           41:33.61   38             
 50 Dosch, Anthony            FR Minot State           41:33.86   39             
                                                                                 
Women’s Team Scores                                   
Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7  
   1 Black Hills St.              19    1    2    3    6    7   10   17          
   2 Dakota State                 54    4    9   12   14   15   26   29          
   3 Jamestown College            67    5    8   13   20   21   22   23          
   4 Minot State                 102   11   18   19   24   30                    
   5 Dickinson St.               127   16   25   27   28   31   32   33          
Women 5k Run CC
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points          
  1 O'Lexey, Wendy            JR Black Hills St.       19:48.87    1             
  2 Verhulst, Alicia          SR Black Hills St.       19:58.57    2             
  3 Scheffler, Schelli        JR Black Hills St.       20:02.02    3             
  4 Warnke, Stephanie         FR Dakota State          20:41.00    4             
  5 Bossler, Alyssa           JR Jamestown College     20:43.80    5             
  6 Cook, Katie               JR Black Hills St.       20:58.21    6             
  7 Whiteside, Leigh Anne     FR Black Hills St.       21:12.04    7             
  8 Conlon, Katie             FR Jamestown College     21:13.70    8             
  9 Schaefer, Kari            SR Dakota State          21:22.59    9             
 10 Ivers, Kaila              SO Black Hills St.       21:24.97   10             
 11 Sayler, Cassandra         SO Minot State           21:25.49   11             
 12 Hovdenes, Brittney        SO South Dakota Tech     21:33.55                  
 13 Bauer, Clarice            JR Dakota State          21:37.28   12             
 14 Anderson, Ashleigh        SO Jamestown College     21:49.67   13             
 15 Warnke, Samantha          SO Dakota State          21:52.04   14             
 16 Swett, Suzanne            JR Dakota State          22:01.49   15             
 17 McPeters, Rayel           JR Dickinson St.         22:09.07   16             
 18 Adams, Jamie              SR Black Hills St.       22:17.39   17             
 19 Ferguson, Kayla           JR Black Hills St.       22:25.32                  
 20 Towle, Amanda             SR Minot State           22:28.52   18             
 21 Crisman, Kendra           SO South Dakota Tech     22:37.07                  
 22 Dietrich, Lauren          JR Minot State           22:41.50   19             
 23 Rosechandler, Robyn       SO Black Hills St.       22:47.42                  
 24 Wahl, Valerie             SR Jamestown College     22:55.73   20             
 25 Bickford, Rachel          JR Jamestown College     23:12.58   21             
 26 Belter, Cambrya           FR Jamestown College     23:24.18   22             
 27 Woodruff, Alex            JR Jamestown College     23:38.98   23             
 28 Skipper, Sarah            SO Jamestown College     23:47.23                  
 29 Merrill, Kallie           SO Jamestown College     23:47.49                  
 30 Souder, Mallory           FR Jamestown College     24:01.26                  
 31 Wiebe, Kristen            SR Minot State           24:06.70   24             
 32 Perez, Melissa            JR Dickinson St.         24:12.80   25             
 33 Callahan, Abby            SO Jamestown College     24:13.47                  
 34 VanRegenmorter, Loni      SO Dakota State          24:24.61   26             
 35 Curry, Marissa            SO Black Hills St.       24:28.01                  
 36 Doughton, Elise           SO Dickinson St.         24:45.09   27             
 37 Lopez, Debbie             JR Dickinson St.         24:45.32   28             
 38 Avey, Suzy                SO Jamestown College     24:48.75                  
 39 Donegan, Kendall          JR South Dakota Tech     25:06.86                  
 40 Kappenman, Paula          FR Dakota State          25:17.13   29             
 41 Rettig, Heidi             JR Minot State           25:31.83   30             
 42 Ellis, Kalie              SR Dickinson St.         25:57.77   31             
 43 Whicker, Monica           JR Dickinson St.         28:25.98   32             
 44 Quiett, Christina         FR South Dakota Tech     28:50.79                  
 45 Escalante, Amie           JR Dickinson St.         31:52.85   33             

2008 Runners of the Week:

For the Week of October 20-26, 2008:

Men: Cody Bordewyk; Black Hills State; Senior; Livermore, CO

Bordewyk was the individual champion at the Graphic Edge Invitational in Vermillion, SD.  He covered the 8K course in 25:29.12 in leading the Yellow Jackets to a second place finish in the 15 team field.

Women: Katie Conlon; Jamestown College; Freshman; Jamestown, ND

Conlon placed sixth and her team finished eighth out of 14 teams at the Graphic Edge Invitational in Vermillion, SD.  She completed the 5K run in 18:42.60.

For the Week of October 13-19, 2008:

Men: Birch Haraden; Black Hills State; Junior; Billings, MT

Haraden captured the individual race title as the Yellow Jackets defeated South Dakota Mines in a dual in Rapid City, SD.  He ran the 8070 meter course in 28:05, 14 seconds faster than the second place finisher.

Women: Shelli Scheffler; Black Hills State; Senior; Lovell, WY

Scheffler won the individual competition in leading the Yellow Jackets to the victory over South Dakota Mines in a dual in Rapid City.  She finished the 5060 meter race in 20:36 for the first win of her college cross country career.

For the Week of October 06-12, 2008:

Men: Tyler Van Peursem; Dakota State; Junior; Sioux Falls, SD

Peursem finished second overall at the Briar Cliff, IA Invitational to help the Trojans to a fourth place finish.  He covered the 8K race in 26:22, which was a one minute, 20 second improvement from his time at the race last season.

Women: Wendey O’Lexey; Black Hills State; Junior; Rock Springs, WY

In snowy, wet and cold conditions, O’Lexey was the individual champion in leading the Yellow Jackets to the team title at the MSU-Billings Invitational.  She covered the wet and muddy 5K course in 19:19.

For the Week of September 29-October 05, 2008:

Men: Salvador Bautista; Dickinson State; Senior; Los Angeles, CA

Bautista place second at the Jimmie Invitation in Jamestown in helping the Blue Hawks to the team title.  He completed the 8K course in 26:23.

Women: Alyssa Bossler; Jamestown College; Junior; Helena, MT

Bossler finished third at the Jimmie Invitational in Jamestown and helped her team to the first place finish.  She finished the 5K run in 19:31, her personal best time on her home course.

 

For the Week of September 22-28, 2009:

Men: Anthony Drealan; Dakota State; Junior; Fulda, MN

Drealan finished fifth out of 111 runners at the Herb Blakely/Dakota State Invitational in Madison, SD.  He finished the 8K course in 26:20.22.

Women: Kendra Crisman; South Dakota Mines; Sophomore; Rapid City, SD

Crisman placed 11th out of 113 competitors at the Herb Blakely/Dakota State Invitational in Madison, SD.  She completed the 5K race in 19:41.

For the Week of September 15-21, 2008:

Men: Brandon Valasquez; Minot State; Freshman; Chula Vista, CA

Valasquez placed fifth out of 55 runners in his first race of the season at the University of North Dakota/Ron Pynn Invitational.  He finished the 8K run in 26:42.

Women: Katie Conlon; Jamestown College; Freshman; Jamestown, ND

Conlon finished third out of 73 competitors in leading the Jimmies to a second place finish at the University of North Dakota/Ron Pynn Invitational.  She covered the 5K course in 19:10.

For the Week of September 08-14, 2008:

Men: Cody Bordewyk; Black Hills State; Senior; Livermore, CO

Bordewyk won the Yellow Jacket Invitational in Spearfish, SD in leading his team to the team title.  He covered the 6K course in 20:19, which was just three seconds shy of the course record.

Women: Wendy O’Lexey; Black Hills State; Junior; Rock Springs, WY

O’Lexey captured the individual title at the Yellow Jacket Invitational in Spearfish, SD in leading her team to the championship.  She ran the 4K course in 16:05.