The Early Short One

• PREVIEW
• RECAP/RESULTS

The Northwestern College cross country teams made their 2008 season debut this afternoon at the Dordt College Early One Invite and the women's team placed first while the men finished second for the team title. The event was run at the Sandy Hollow Golf Course in Sioux Center with the women running 4000m while the men completed a four mile run.

The women's team took the team championship with just 26 points, 10 points ahead of Dordt College with 36. Morningside was a distant third  with 91 followed by College of St. Mary (111) and Briar Cliff (118). A total of eight teams and 73 runners took part in the women's race. Sophomore Charity Miles led Northwestern with a second place finish with an impressive time of 15:07. Five other Red Raider runners placed in the top 10, led by Stephanie Powell (4-16:06), Jenna Sorenson (5-16:07), Ingrid Carlson (7-16:17),Teresa Scholten (8-16:17) and Sara Hess (9-16:20). Three other NWC runners finished in the top 20: Akacia Wentworth (17), Angela Wiggins (19) and Rebecca Wiggins (20). Jen Kempers (Dordt) was the overall winner with a time of 14:43.

The Red Raider men placed second for the team championship with 36 points and had six runners finish in the top 20. Dordt took the team title with 34 while Morningside (69) and Dakota Wesleyan (92) placed third and fourth, respectively. A total of six teams and 53 runners competed in the men's race. Individually, Jack Peterson was the top NWC finisher as he placed second in the four miler with a time of 22:19. Tyler Peekenschneider placed fifth with a time of 22:34 while Andy Norris (8-22:47) and Kyle Gerhard (9-22:48) also placed in the top 10. Lee Stover and Andrew Johnson placed 12th and 18th, respectively, with times of 22:57 and 23:41. Eric Posthuma, making his Red Raider debut, finished 21st with a time of 24:16. Eric Tudor (Dordt) won the men's race with a time of 21:58.

Both teams will next compete in the Dakota State Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 27 in Madison, S.D.