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Lincoln College runners at national meet
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[NOV. 10, 2003]
LAWRENCE,
Kan. -- Lincoln College sophomores Christien Taitt and Jenine Mills
finished 26th and 35th in the NJCAA Division II national cross
country meet here this past weekend. Clint Wombles, a freshman,
finished in 41st place for the men.
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Taitt ran the course in 20:36 and Mills
finished at 20:58.
"There were 117 runners in the women's
field," said Lincoln coach Erin Verbeck. "While Taitt failed to
defend her second-team all-American status from last year, she still
ran a good race, as did Mills. The competition was much tougher than
last year. It was remarkable how much more competitive the times
were this season for our division on a much tougher course. These
two women gave it everything they had.
"Clint ran exactly the way I asked him
to. Our goal was to finish in the top 40. He beat four runners who
had beaten him last week at the region race, and nobody other than
the athletes from national champion Rend Lake beat him from our
region.
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"In just his third year of cross
country, Clint has shown tremendous improvement over his high school
career and will likely be the number one runner again next season
for the Lynx, as well as one of the top runners in the region. He
has really surpassed my expectations this year, and I am looking
forward to continuing his improvement next season, where we hope to
have him break 26 minutes in the 8K race."
[Bill
Martinie,
Lincoln College
sports information director] |
