X-Country X-Press, Issue # 6, Oct. 20-NCAA II Conf Results, by Walt Murphy, note by Larry Eder

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Here are the conference results for Division 2, NCAA Cross Country, Div 2, courtesy of Walt Murphy.

Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
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Here are brief reports on most of today’s NCAA Div.II conferences. Additional teams and individuals will be added later.

MEN

ROCKY MOUNTAIN AC
Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, CO, 10-20, 8k
http://tinyurl.com/RMAC-M12
A preview of things to come at the Division II Championships as Adams St., ranked #1, got the better of #2-Colorado Mines (44) and #4-Western State. Host UC-Colorado Springs, ranked #9, finished fourth.
It was the 8th ttitle in the last 10 years(and 34th overall) for the Grizzlies.
Sophomore Tabor Stevens, was sixth at last year’s Div. II Championships.
     1.     Adams State     30     8.     Black Hills St.     200
     2.     Colo.Mines     44     9.     Colo.Christ.     294
     3.     Western St.     67     10.     Colo. Mesa     311
     4.     Colo-Col.Spgs     102     11.     Western NM     330
     5.     NM Highlands     180     12.     Chadron St.     350
          Metro. St.     180     13.     Regis     381
     7.     Fort Lewis     190
1.Tabor Stevens (Adams St) 25:06, 2.Phil Schneider (Colorado Mines) 25:10, 3.Sean Gildea (Co.Mines) 25:14, 4.Kevin Batt (Adams St) 25:21, 5.Ian Butler (Western St) 25:29, 6.Godinez (Adams St) 25:32, 7.Trujillo (UC-Col.Springs) 25:32, 8.Roberts (Adams St) 25:334, 9.Cernoia West.St) 25:54, 10.Olsted (West.St) 25:55,
11.Sanchez (AdamsSt) 25:57, 12.Alcorn (Co.Mines) 25:57, 13.Bodnar (Co.Mines) 26:01, 14.Drummond (Co.Mines) 26:02, 15.Epperson (Co.Mines) 26:02, 16.Harvey (Metropolitan St) 26:03, 17.Daniels (Adams St) 26:04, 18.English (UC-Co. Springs) 26:09, 19.Samano (NM Highlands) 26:11, 20.Sinda (West.St) 26:12.
21.Luterbach (Adams St) 26:13, 22.Socha (Co.Mines) 26:17….24.Thomas (West. St) 26:23….26.Derrick (UC-Co.Springs) 26:31, 27.Feldotto (UC-C.Springs) 26:32….31.Dakin (UC-Co.Springs) 26:45….34.Schmidt (West. St) 27:03….38.Williams (UC-Co.Springs) 27:09 ….40.Winfrey (UC-Co.Springs) 27:15.

CCAA*
LaJolla,Ca, 10-20, 8k
http://tinyurl.com/CCAA-M2012
11th straight CCAA title for #3 Chico State..
     1.     Chico State     23          #3
     2.     Humboldt St.     81          #23
     3.     UC-San Diego     82
     4.     CalPolyPom.     112
(8 teams)
1.Isaac Chavez (Chico) 25:41, 2.Alfonso Cisneros (Chico) 25:43, 3.Bruk Assefa (San Francisco St.) 25:43, 4.Austin Huff (Humboldt) 25:43, 5.Aaron Thomas (Chico) 25:47,

NSIC*
Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Minneapolis,MN, 10-20, 8k, sunny, breezy, high 40s.http://tinyurl.com/NSIC2012
     1.     Augustana     18          #5
     2.     MinnStMankato     51          #16
     3.     Sioux Falls     96
     4.     Minn.-Duluth     107
     5.     Univ. Mary     150
(13 teams)
1.Paul Yak (Augustana) 24:59, 2.Travis Beniak (Aug) 25:26, 3.Adam Braun (Aug) 25:32, 4.Josiah Swanson (Minnesota State-Mankato) 25:35, 5.T.J. Gleason (Aug) 25:36,

GLIAC*
Great Lakes Intercollegiate A.C.
Northwood,MI, 10-20, 8k
http://tinyurl.com/GLIAC-M12
Grand Valley State, ranked #6, got a 1-2 finish from Stephen Fuelling and Alan Peterson as it won its 11th straight GLIAC title.
     1.     GrandValleySt.     29          #6
     2.     Malone     86
          Ashland     86
     4.     Ferris State     112          #19
     5.     Wayne State     175          #21
     6.     Tiffin     182
     7.     Saginaw Vly     196          #27
(15 teams)
1.Stephen Fuelling (Grand Valley) 24:22, 2.Alan Peterson (GV) 24:28, 3.Andrew Trusty (Malone) 24:28, 4.Joshua Mirth (Hillsdale) 24:29, 5.Jimmy Maloney (Wayne) 24:29,

GNAC*
Great Northwest
Monmouth,OR, 10-20, 8k.
http://tinyurl.com/GNAC2012
     1.     Alaska-Anch.     23          #7
     2.     Western Wash.     50          #10
     3.     Mont.St.Blngs     103          NR
     .     W.Oregon     112 &nbsp
;        #20
     5.     Seattle Pac.     140
(10 teams)
1.Micah Chelimo (Alaska-Anchorage/ Kenya) 24:49, 2.Alfred Kangogo (AA/Kenya) 24:57, 3.Dak Riek (Western Washington) 25:05, 4.Chip Jackson (WW) 25:10, 5.Dylan Anthony (AA) 25:12,

GLVC*
Great Lakes Valley Conf.
Springfield,Mo, 10-20, 8k
http://tinyurl.com/GLVC12
Michael Jordan and Tyler Pence finished 1-2 to lead #8-Southern Indiana to its 8th straight GLVC title.
     1.     So.Indiana     34          #8
     2.     Lewis     67          #15
     3.     UW-Parkside     86          #24
     4.     Indianapolis     131
     5.     Drury     137
(11 teams)
1.Michael Jordan (Southern Indiana) 24:39, 2.Tyler Pence (SoInd) 24:49, 3.Sean Smith (Lewis) 24:50, 4.Andrew McLain (Lewis) 24:55, 5.Blake DeLong (McKendree) 24:57,

MIAA*
Mid-America
Maryville,Mo, 10-20, 8k
http://tinyurl.com/MIAA-M2012
     1.     Ft.Hays St.     64          #25
     2.     SW Baptist     74          #22
     3.     Missouri Sthrn     78          #11
     4.     Nebr.Kearney     98          #30
     5.     NW Missouri     101          #29
(10 teams)
1.Cory Keehn (FtHays) 25:11, 2.Phillip Miller (Southwest Baptist) 25:21, 3.Eric Schott (Missouri Southern) 25:32, 4.Tyler Stuber (Central Missouri) 25:37, 5.Ryan Darling (NW Missouri) 25:41,

NORTHEAST-10*
Syracuse,NY, 10-20, 8k
http://tinyurl.com/NortheastTenM12
     1.     Stonehill     60          #12
     2.     American Int’l     61
     3.     UMass-Lowell     63          #18
     4.     Bentley     96
     5.     Adelphi     137
(16 teams)
1.Michael Biwott (American International/ Kenya) 24:41, 2.Jeff Veiga (UMass-Lowell) 24:48, 3.Glarius Rop (AmerInt) 25:17, 4.Brian Nill (Southern Connecticut) 25:26, 5.Eric McDonald (UM-Lowell) 25:32,

PSAC*
Pennsylvania State A.C.
Slippery Rock,Pa, 10-20, 8k.
http://tinyurl.com/PSAC-M2012
     1.     Edinboro     34          #17
     2.     E.Stroudsburg     59          #26
     3.     Lock Haven     88          #13
     4.     Slippery Rock     94
     5.     Shippensburg     162
(13 teams)
1.Alex Monroe (Lock Haven) 25:08, 2.Frank Fezza (East Stroudsburg) 25:19, 3.Matt Gillette (Shippensburg) 25:29, 4.Bryan Deibel (Edinboro) 25:40, 5.Dustin Thomas (Edin) 25:54,

GREAT MIDWEST*
Cedarville,OH, 10-20, 8k.
http://tinyurl.com/9s6ahgv
Cedarville is ranked #14.
     1.     Cedarville     15     3.     Central State     80
     2.     Trevecca Naz.     50
1.Matt Brooker (Cedarville) 24:33, 2.Josiah Bragg (Ced) 25:36, 3.Ben Tuttle (Ced) 25:44, 4.Jacob Walter (Ced) 25:53, 5.Joe Niemiec (Ced) 25:59,

LONE STAR*
Lawton,OK, 10-20,, 8k
http://www.timelineresults.com/?page_id=8
The 2nd Lone Star titles in a row for     Isaiah Samoei and his Eastern New Mexico teammates.
     1.     Eastern NM     37          #21
     2.     West Tx A&M     75
     3.     Tarleton State     81
     4.     TxA&M-Cmrce     102
     5.     Angelo St.     105
(9 teams)
1.Isaiah Samoei (Eastern New Mexico/Kenya) 24:43, 2.Dylan Doss (West Texas A&M) 25:11, 3.Tye Doty (Tarleton State) 25:25, 4.Kaspers Briska (ENM) 25:31, 5.Baptiste Moreu (WTA&M) 25:37,

CIAA
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Wakemed Soccer Park, Carey, NC, 10-18, 8k
http://tinyurl.com/9zcs396
     1.     St.Augustine’s     48     7.     FayettevilleSt.     179
     2.     Virginia St.     83     8.     Chowan     214
     3.     Bowie St.&nbsp
;    106     9.     John.C. Smith     227
     4.     WinstnSalem     107     10.     Livingstone     231
     5.     Shaw     110     11.     Virginia Union     260
     6.     Lincoln-Pa     133     12.     EliabethCity     333
1.Andrew Chebii (Winston-Salem) 25:01, 2.Torion Bailey (St.Augustine’s) 25:32, 3.Marcelis Lynch (St. Aug) 25:50, 4.Franck Charles (Virginia Union) 26:22, 5.Darius Berry (Shaw) 26:30, 6.Kyle Edwards (Lincoln) 26:40, 7.Robinson-McCoy (St.Aug) 27:06, 8.Ndjami (Bowie St) 27:06, 9.Owusu-Mensah (Va.St) 27:07, 10.Hawkins (Fayetteville) 27:13,
11.Jackson (Fayet) 27:34, 12.Foote (Johnson C. Smith) 27:37, 13.Tharpe (Bowie) 27:38, 14.Walcott (St.Aug) 27:56, 15.Newslon (Shaw) 28:03.

SUNSHINE STATE
UCF Complex, Orlando, FL, 10-20, 8k
http://tinyurl.com/9zubyxg
Nova Southeastern edged Florida Southern to win its first SSC title.
     1.     Nova S’en     41     4.     Florida Tech     78
     2.     Florrda Sthrn     47     5.     St.Leo     110
     3.     Tampa     67     6.     Rollins     188
1.Chris Cacciapaglia (Fl.Tech) 25:56, 2.Kevin Meagher (Nova Southeastern) 26:06, 3.David Tomchinsky (Fl.South) 26:13, 4.David Boiywo (Fl.Tech) 26:17. 5.Timo Kilp (Nova) 26:20, 6.Yanichko (Fl.So) 26:23, 7.Brown (Nova) 26:25, 8.Perez (Fl.So) 26:26, 9.Trebilcock ( Fl.So) 26:36, 10.Price (Tampa) 26:38,
11.Toledo (Tampa) 26:42, 12.Webb (Tampa) 26:44, 13.Tran (Nova) 26:46, 14.Hernandez (Nova) 26:56, 15.Dunne (St.Leo) 27:02.

WOMEN

NSIC*
Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Minneapolis,MN, 10-20, 6k, sunny, breezy, high 40s.http://tinyurl.com/NSIC2012
     1.     Augustana     23          #1
     2.     Winona State     70          #17
     3.     Univ. Mary     78          #16
     4.     Minn.-Duluth     127          #28
          Minn.St.Mank.     127          #20
     6.     Sioux Falls     172
(14 teams)
1.Melissa Agnew (University of Mary) 21:48, 2.Leah Black (Augustana) 22:01, 3.Runa Falch (Aug) 22:15, 4.Kristin Brondbo (Aug) 22:16, 5.Annie Pfiefle (Aug) 22:20,

ROCKY MOUNTAIN AC
Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, CO, 10-20, 6k
http://tinyurl.com/RMAC-W12
Adams St. (21) ranked @2 in Div. II, pushed across five in the top nine to defeat #4-ranked Western St. (46) and #15-ranked Colorado-Colorado Springs (94).
Individual winner Alicia Nelson was runner-up to Neely Spence last year at the Div.II Nationals, while junior, Kelly Lamb was fifth.
1.Alicia Nelson (Adams St) 21:57, 2.Kelly Lamb (Adams St) 22:13, 3.Sophie McNeely (Western St) 22:14, 4.Lauren Martin (Adams St) 22:31, 5.Alyssa Selve (Adams St) 22:37, 6.Richardson (West. St) 22:44, 7.Mullen (Colo.Christian) 22:49, 8.Pack (West.St) 22:53, 9.Van der Wyk (Adams St) 22:57, 10.Schuster (Co.Mines) 22:59,
11.Brunett (Adams St) 23:09, 12.Neher (UC-Co.Springs) 23:10, 13.Lincks (Metropolitan St) 23:15, 14.Marshall (West.St) 23:23, 15.Weprin (West.St) 23:24, 16.Burrell (UC-Co.Springs) 23:25, 17.Martell (UC-Co.Springs) 23:33, 18.Cooling (Co.Mines) 23:42, 19. Sandoval (UC-Co.Springs) 23:49, 20.Ortiz (West.St) 23:54….23.Warren (Adams St) 23:58….31.Bauer (UC-Co.Springs) 24:29, 32.Benfield (UC-Co.Springs) 24:31….35. Antolini (West.St) 24:36, 36.Andrews (UC-Co.Springs) 24:37.

GLIAC*
Great Lakes Intercollegiate A.C.
Northwood,MI, 10-20, 6k
http://tinyurl.com/GLIAC-W12
Grand Valley State, ranked #3, placed 4 runners in the top 6 as it won its 13th straight GLIAC title.
     1.     Grand Valley     25          #3
     2.     Ferris State     84          #7
     3.     Wayne St.-MI     124          #21
     4.     No. Michigan     139
     5.     Saginaw Vly     157
(16 teams)
1.Allyson Winchester (Grand Valley State) 20:48, 2.Jessica Janecke (GV) 20:50, 3.Manda Brewer (Wayne State) 21:07, 4.Samantha Johnson (Ferris) 21:15, 5.Hannah Osborn 9GV) 21:19, 6.Brewis (GV) 21:24,

GNAC*
Great Northwest
Monmouth,OR, 10-20, 6k.
http://tinyurl.com/GNAC2012
     1.     Alaska-Anch.     16          #5
     2.     Simon Fraser     61          #9
     3.     Seattle Pac.     104          #24
     4.     West. Wash.     115
     5.     Central Wash.     151
(10 teams)
1.Susan Tanui (Alaska Anchorage/Kenya) 20:37, 2.Miriam Kipng’eno (AA/Kenya) 20:55, 3.Ivy O’Guinn (AA) 21:04, 4.Sarah Freistone (AA) 21:13, 5.Linsey Butterworth (Simon Fraser) 21:19,

CCAA*
LaJolla,Ca, 10-20, 6k
http://tinyurl.com/CC
AA-W2012
     1.     Chico State     35          #6
     2.     CS-Stanislaus     82          NR
     3.     Humboldt St.     95          #25
     4.     UC-San Diego     115          #30
     5.     CalPolyPom.     128
(11 teams)
1.     Bridget Berg (Humboldt State) 21:48, 2.Tiffany Dinh (Cal Poly Pomona) 21:53, 4.Ayla Granados (Chico) 21:59, 4.Sara Mikesell (Chico) 22:06, 5.Lisa Ohberg (Cal.St.L.A.) 22:12,

PSAC*
Pennsylvania State A.C.
Slippery Rock,Pa, 10-20, 6k.
http://tinyurl.com/PSAC-W2012
     1.     Shippensburg     62          #8
     2.     Edinboro     73          #11
     3.     Indiana     89          #18
     4.     Bloomsburg     139          #19
     5.     Kutztown     142
     6.     Slippery Rock     149
(15 teams)
1.Katie Spratford (Shippensburg) 21:32, 2.Victoria Davis (Bloomsburg) 21:42, 3.Corinne Fitzgerald (East Stroudsburg) 22:23, 4.Sarah Krolick (Edinboro) 22:27, 5.Amanda Eisman (West Chester) 22:31,

NORTHEAST-10*
Syracuse,NY, 10-20, 5k
http://tinyurl.com/8uasrht
     1.     Stonehill     65          #12
     2.     Adelphi     80
     3.     So.Conn.     124
     4.     St.Rose     136
     5.     AmericanInt’l     156
(16 teams)
1.Jeptui Cherutich (American Int’l/Kenya) 18:23, 2.Tara Dooley (Bentley) 18:38, 3.Courtney Dinnan (Southern Connecticut) 18:44, 4.Chloe Boutelle (St.Michael’s) 18:46, 5.Caroline McBride (Stonehill) 18:49,

LONE STAR*
Lawton,OK, 10-20,, 6k
http://www.timelineresults.com/?page_id=8
Unranked West Texas A&M upset a “flat” Midwestern State team that is ranked #10.
     1.     West TxA&M     30
     2.     Midwestern St.     64          #10
     3.     IncarnateWord     71
     4.     Angelo St.     91
     5.     Eastern NM     120
(9 teams)
1.Brenda Sindet (West Texas A&M) 22:12, 2.Mireia Guarner (WTA&M) 22:23, 3.Amber Moore (WTA&M) 22:29, 4.Stephanie Glatt (Incarnate Word) 22:36, 5.Annifer Flores (Angelo St) 22:39

MIAA*
Mid-America
Maryville,Mo, 10-20, 6k
http://tinyurl.com/MIAA-W2012
     1.     Missouri Sthrn     78          #26
     2.     SW Baptist     84          #22
     3.     Pittsburg St.     89          #29
     4.     CentralMissouri     92
     5.     NW Missouri     120
(12 teams)
1.Karen Grauel (Truman State) 22:11, 2.Twishana Williams (Lincoln) 22:28, 3.Ashley Wolkomir (SW Baptist) 22:36, 4.Tanya Chibanda (Lindenwood) 22:40, 5.Kaitlyn Belisle (Missouri Southern) 22:42,

GLVC
Great Lakes Valley Conf.
Springfield,Mo, 10-20, 6k
http://tinyurl.com/GLVC12
Southern Indiana, ranked #23, won its 2nd straight GLVC title.
     1.     So. Indiana     42          #23
     2.     Bellarmine     65
     3.     Indianapolis     119
     4.     Maryville     125
     5.     UW-Parkside     131
(13 teams)

GREAT MIDWEST*
Cedarville,OH, 10-20, 6k.
http://tinyurl.com/9s6ahgv
1. Cedarville 15 3. Ursuline 76
2. Trevecca Naz. 55
1.Alex Archambault (Cedarville) 18:54, 2.

SUNSHINE STATE
UCF Complex, Orlando, FL, 10-20, 6k
http://tinyurl.com/8ehbja6
     1.     Tampa     27     5.     Florida Sthrn     118
     2.     Nova S’en     68     6.     Florida Tech     129
     3.     Rollins     108     7.     Lynn     186
     4.     St.Leo     109
Tampa won its sixth straight SSC title (and 10th in the last
11 years.
TEAMS: 1.Tampa 27, 2.Nova Southeastern 68, 3.Rollins 108, 4.St. Leo 109, 5.Florida Southern 118, Florida Tech 129, 7.Lynn 186.
1.Alexandria Palm (Nova Southeastern) 21:51, 2.Laura Yarrow (Tampa) 22:11, 3.Lauren Falcone (Rollins) 22:16, 4.Kelly Hagen (Tampa) 22:23, 5.Kaia Hampton (Tampa_ 22:30, 6.Wuyke (Lynn) 22:54, 7.Kissel (Tampa) 23:01, 8.Justine Falcone (Rollins) 23:02, 9.Ragan (Tampa) 23:25, 10.Scanlan (Tampa) 23:28, 11.LaBarbara (Fllorida Southern) 23:37, 12.Maxwell (St. Leo) 23:49, 13.Bowman (Nova) 23:52, 14.Browne (St.Leo) 23:52, 15.McLeod (Tampa) 23:55.

CIAA*
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Wakemed Soccer Park, Carey, NC, 10-18, 5k. http://tinyurl.com/9zcs396
St.Augustin’es University edged defending champion Winston-Salem by 4 points(44-48).
     1.     St.Augustine’s     44     7.     Livingstone     195
     2.     WinstonSalem     48     8.     Shaw     225
     3.     Virginia St.     68     9.     FayettevilleSt     247
     4.     Lincoln-Pa     113     10.     John. C.Smith     257
     5.     Chowan     157     11.     Virg. Union     260
     6.     Bowie St.     183     12.     Elizabeth City     338
1.Taylor-Ashley Bean (Virginia St) 19:27, 2.Zikeena Parker (St.Augustine’s) 19:41, 3.Skyler Wallin (St.Aug) 19:58, 4.Samantha Edwarda (VA.St) 20:00, 5.Kristi-Baptiste (Winston-Salem) 20:03, 6.Lewis (Va.St) 20:14, 7.Brown (Lincoln) 20:28, 8.Lynch (St.Aug) 20:39, 9.Jones (W-S) 20:45, 10.Winfrey (W-S) 20:51,
11.Wiggins (W-S) 20:52, 12.Robinson (St.Aug) 20:59, 13.Riquard (W-S) 21:00, 14.Louramore (Chowan) 21:08, 15.Edwards (Livingstone) 21:19.

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