LC swimming and cross country

[November 15, 2010]  Reports on Lincoln College weekend sports action:

Cross country

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Lincoln College women's cross country team and two male individuals competed at this year's national meet in Spartanburg, S.C. More than 60 teams were represented from all across the United States.

The LC women's team placed 31st. They were led by sophomore Megan Herrman, who ran the 5K course in a time of 20:23, placing her 96th overall. This time also places her eighth on Lincoln's top 10 list. Larissa Mooberry's time of 20:40 placed her 105th, and that time also places her 10th on Lincoln's top 10 list.

Jeff Wooldridge's time of 26:26 for the 8K placed him 48th overall, a near miss for all-American honors. His time moves him to second on Lincoln's top 10 times.

Coach Herron said: "I think we did a solid job today. Many of our runners finished with personal records and that's what you are looking for at a national meet. It was great to see Megan Herrman and Jeff Wooldridge end their Lincoln College cross country careers with their best races. It will be hard to replace them and our other sophomores such as Keara Allen-Wilson, Shanna Tharp, Kata Williams and Jordan Johanson. They were a great group to work with. Now we have to change our focus on the upcoming track season."

The track team will begin competition on Jan. 29 at the IWU Open.

Swimming

ELSAH -- Lincoln College swimming and diving (2-1) drowned Principia College (1-1) in the home pool this weekend. The Lynx won 24 of 26 events on their way to victory. To put it simply, the depth of LC was too much for Principia.

Coach Sexton commented:  "I was extremely pleased with how we performed this afternoon. It was a true test of having to compete against ourselves. This was the hardest week of training we have had this semester, and we (were) thrilled to put up some fast swims. We were wanting to use the swims from this weekend to use for our biggest meet of the semester this upcoming weekend at the University of Chicago."

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[Text from file received from Kirk Whiteman, Lincoln College]