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Cross country stumbles
By Jay Corn
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Monday, September 22, 2003
The SCSU cross country team traveled to Grand Forks N.D. last Friday to compete in the University of North Dakota's Ron Pynn Invitational.
Despite a disappointing finish by both the men and women, there were several bright spots that made the rough finish easier to take.
Sophomore Amy Dombrovski was the first female Husky to cross the finish line with a time of 21:50. Sophomore Becky Anderson was the second SCSU runner to finish, closely followed by junior Sarah Getty. Anderson and Getty placed second and third on the squad with times of 22:10 and 22:19 respectively. The women wound up placing seventh in a field of eight.
The men didn't fare very well either. Racing mostly unattached runners, sophomore Keith Stenzel, was SCSU's fastest male competitor, completed the course in 28:06. He was followed by teammate Anthony Dunkel who finished with a time of 31:17. Although the program is going through some growing pains, the Huskies are choosing to look on the bright side.
"This is without doubt a rebuilding season and we can't let meets like this get us down because better days will be here soon," said third-year runner Nick Hirsh.
Host school North Dakota State came away with winning honors in both male and female competition, and in the men's meet, finished a distant 33 points in front of their nearest runner-up. The Huskies have also circled Oct. 25th on their calendar, the date SCSU will head to South Dakota State University for the SDSU Open. Hirsh made a bold prediction for both himself and Hoover at the annual meet held in Brookings S.D.
"I'm telling you right now that Travis Hoover and I are going to surprise a lot of people at that meet," he said. "I guarantee that we'll both finish in the top five, and both of us are really looking forward to showing some people that SCSU is ready to compete with anyone."
While some attention has shifted to next year, the season is by no means over for the cross country team, and with six meets still left on the schedule, there is plenty of time for improvement and progression. Their next challenge comes Sept. 27th when the team will head to the Twin Cities for the Roy Griak meet.
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