Posted by - Sat, Oct 25, 2008 - [ Cross Country ] - Viewed 702 times

CLINTON, Miss. - Spring Hill College cross country runners Patrick Aucoin and Kate Imwalle took home both the men's and women's individual titles at the Mobile Rampage hosted by the University of Mobile on Saturday morning.

Aucoin, a senior from River Ridge, La., completed the 5,000-meter course in a time of 16:26.15.  The time places him in third position on Spring Hill College's Top 10 men's 5k times list.

Other SHC finishers were freshman Will Kirkikis (4th, 17:08.08) of Kenner, La., his brother junior Mark Kirkikis (10th, 18:27.14), freshman Brian Otero (11th, 18:34.50) of Miami, Fla., freshman Christian Boyer (22nd, 19:26.43) and senior Ben Lauber (30th, 20:39.00) of St. Louis, Mo.  A total of 34 runners competed from five colleges.

Imwalle, a freshman from McGill-Toolen who has now placed in Spring Hill's All Time Top 10 Finishing Times list in each of her first four collegiate races, finished the 5,000-meter course in 19:00.62.  Her time placed her third on the Spring Hill College 5k list.  This marks her second consecutive week to win an event.

Following Imwalle for the Lady Badgers were sophomore Maggie Meier (11th, 22:40.04) of St. Louis, sophomore Melanie Ferry (13th, 22:44.88) from Mobile, freshman Ceci Venker (15th, 23:20.70) of St. Louis, sophomore Lynne Fritscher (18th, 24:09.00) of Covington, La., freshman Emily Stewart (20th, 25:00.43) from Mt. Juliet, Tenn., senior Gussie Altman (23rd, 25:26.51) of Biloxi, Miss., and freshman Ashley Derenbecker (29th, 26:32.49) of Bay St. Louis, Miss.  A total of 31 runners competed from four colleges.

In the team competitions, Spring Hill placed second in both events to Xavier University (La.).  For the men, Xavier completed the course with 43 points while SHC trailed with 48 points.  On the women's side, XU won with 35 points while SHC tallied 50 points.

SHC is next scheduled to run at the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships on November 8 at Choctaw Trails in Clinton, Miss.

 
 
 
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