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CROSS-COUNTRY SEASON PREVIEW

WOMEN

      The Lancer women will have a more experienced team this year led by junior Jade Steinberg from Yankton, S.D. Jade qualified for the indoor and outdoor race walk and holds school records in the indoor 3000-meter race walk and the 5000-meter outdoor race walk. She also qualified for the marathon at the National track meet and ranks second on the all-time Mount Marty cross country record list with a time of nineteen minutes, 23 seconds.

Last year Becka Jensen, a junior from North Platte, Neb., improved a great deal with a season best time in the low :21:00’s for the 5000-meter race. Alicia Pick, a junior from Sioux City, Iowa, also ran a 5K in the :21:00’s at outdoor conference. Junior Theresa Hendrickson, Flandreau, S.D., also has potential to really help the team.  Brooke Fischer, a sophomore from Sioux Falls, S.D., is eighth on the all-time Lancer cross country list with a time of 20:02. She also holds Mount Marty’s outdoor record in the steeplechase and finished sixteenth in the marathon at Outdoor Nationals. Sophomore Autumn Biermann from Wisner, Neb., ranks tenth on the all-time Lancer cross country list and has shown very nice improvement. Sophomore Brittney Mikkelsen, Lennox, S.D., also looks to have an impact on the team after a very good first year and a good summer of running.

The Lancer women placed ninth out of 13 teams at the GPAC Conference in the 2009 season. Other returners that may surprise are Meghan Nelson, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Kiley Beste, Brookings, S.D.; RaeLynn Coldwell, Rapid City, S.D.; Katie Breuer, Madison, S.D.; and Jodi Johnson, Oxford, Neb.  

The team’s top newcomer is Morgan Millar from Mitchell, SD.  Morgan had a stellar high school career at Mount Vernon High School with a fifth place finish in the 2009 South Dakota High School State B Cross Country Meet and fourth place finish in the 3200-meter run at the 2010 South Dakota High School State Track Meet. She also had a very good summer of running and looks to make an impact on the team right away.

Other first-year runners that could surprise are Danae VanRoekel, Corsica, S.D.; Liz Bowers, Madison, S.D.; and Angela Tieman, Montrose, S.D. This group promises to be one of the best in Mount Marty history. They should improve as the season progresses and put together a respectable finish in the GPAC Conference.

MEN

     Mount Marty’s men’s team led by junior Titus Kosgei has shown much improvement. Titus qualified for the National Cross Country meet in Vancouver, Wash. last season. Originally from Eldoret, Kenya, Titus has made his mark in Mount Marty’s record books with five indoor track and field school records in the following events: 600-meter run, 800-meter run, 1,000-meter run, mile run, and as part of the 4 x 800-meter relay team. During the indoor track season, he was a conference champion in the 800-meter and ranked as an All-American with his sixth place finish in the 800-meter at Nationals.  He also ran the 800-meter at Outdoor Nationals. He currently holds school records in the outdoor 800-meter and 1500-meter.

Another veteran that will bring valuable experience to the team is junior Tyler Smit from Lennox, S.D. Tyler was the second runner on the team last season and he qualified for  outdoor Nationals in the marathon.  Other veterans that look to have an impact on the team are senior Chris Riley, Sioux Falls, S.D. and junior Mitchell Zenk, Lemars, IA, who was part of the record-setting indoor 4 x 800-meter relay team.  Another member of that relay team, sophomore James Jensen from North Platte, Neb. is expected to contribute.

Additional veterans who will make an impact are senior Kalib Heeren, Akron, Iowa, sophomore Jacob Morris, Lakeville, Minn., and sophomore Tanner Venard, Tea, S.D.

We have a very talented freshman class this year led by Samuel Lopez of Brawley, Calif.  Samuel ran a 15:59 5K in high school cross country. He is a versatile runner capable of running the 200-meter in 22.03 seconds, 400-meter 49.74 seconds, 800-meter in 1 minute, 57 seconds, and mile in 4 minutes, 27 seconds. Jordan Pater from Adrian, Minn. will also have an impact. He is a very talented runner that placed 44th in the Minnesota Class B High School State Cross Country meet and excelled at track as well. Mychal Bierwagen, Lemmon, S.D., placed sixth in the South Dakota Class B State High School Cross Country meet and was a good hurdler in outdoor track.  Joshua Monson from Bryant, S.D. ran the 800-meter in 2 minutes, 5 seconds in high school and shows great potential to help the team. Kevin Cosman from Scotland, S.D. ran some nice times in high school and has had a good summer of training. Other good potentials are Tevin Boehrns, Volin, S.D., who ran at Sioux Falls Washington High School last year and  Trevor Richardson from San Antonio, Texas. This year’s team looks to be one of the best in Lancer history and should improve as the season progresses.