The shorthanded ICC Cross Country teams turned in vanilla performances at the Augustana Brissman-Lundeen Cross Country Meet Friday at Credit Island Park in Davenport, Iowa. Everyone turned in a solid, though not spectacular race on a hot, windy evening. The men, missing numbers 5 and 6 runners Maris Mednis and Joe Klumb, finished 23rd in the field of 32 teams. Once again they were led by freshman Billy Miller, who finished 85th in the field of 408. Steady Justin Phillis (pictured) was again the number 2 runner, finishing in 129th place. Scott Perry, Carl Pflederer, and Hank Stickelmaier rounded out the top 5.
Sophomore Kelsey Holsapple was again the top female runner, finishing 128th of 352 runners. Darce Knapp and Sam Conlee were the only other women to compete. On the plus side, Hannah Griffin is again practicing after being ill for 10 days and Marissa Menke is doing likewise, after being out for a month with a leg injury. Liz Koch of Morton has also joined the team and improving every day. So, if all things go according to plan, the women should be able to compete as a team in two weeks at the Benedictine Invitational.
The Cougars, who have a week off from competition, will next compete on Friday, October 5 at the Benedictine University Eagle Cross Country Inviational in Lisle, IL. The women toe the line at 3:30 pm with the men following at 4:15. The ICC women are defending champs of the Junior College division of this meet.
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