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Season ends, stupid week begins

Teams struggle at Warburg Regionals

by Andy Chon

Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams had a disappointing performance last Saturday at the NCAA DIII Central Regional Cross Country Championships.

Although both teams had raced at Wartburg before, there was a lot of pressure during the regionals, which changed the atmosphere of the race and made it more difficult for the runners to perform at their full potential.

The men placed 10th overall, with a team total of 263 points in the 8k race. The women took ninth place with a total score of 268 in the 5k.

Charlie Knuth ’08 led the way for Grinnell, finishing the 8k in 26:43 minutes, which was good enough for 35th place.

Although Knuth had a relatively good race, it was not fast enough to qualify for nationals.

The top three men’s runners were rounded out by Dave Honig ’06 and David Krist ’08.

Honig took 47th place with a time of 27:12 minutes after falling back several places due to a cramp during the third mile. Krist ’08 finished in 54th place with a time of 27:18 minutes.

The women were led by Sara Brady ’07, who finished in 44th place with a 5k time of 24:19.35 minutes. This was Brady’s first top finish for the Grinnell cross country team.

Erin Booth ’07 was right on her heels with a time of 24:19.90 minutes, which put her in 46th place. Katie Ryan ’07 followed closely behind with a 47th place finish time of 24:21 minutes.

No runners from Grinnell’s cross country teams qualified for nationals this year, which is unusual because of Grinnell’s dominating presence in the MWC.

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