September 11, 2009
Men's Results | Women's Results
Warrensburg, MO-The men's and women's cross country teams both competed in Warrensburg, Missouri Friday afternoon at the UCM Mule Run. The Jackets harriers finished middle of the pack Friday as both teams came in 7th place.
On the men's side Graceland had two runners finish in the top 15. Junior star Neil Grundman (Croswell, MI) followed up his season opening win last week with a second place finish this week with a time of 19:59.34, only 1 second off the first place finisher. Ahmed Khalif (Hamilton, Ontario) finished 14th with a time of 20:59.72, one minute off the pace.
On the women's side Graceland had a balanced run finishing three runners in the top 50 at 38th, 39th and 48th. Amanda Batey (Mentor Ohio) and Jami Ruckman (Independence, MO) ran 16:50.35 and 16:53.51 respectively to finish 38th and 39th. Alice Ross (Los Fresnos, TX) came in at 17:24.12 to finish 48th.
Both teams will next head to the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin, Missouri next Saturday. Stay tuned to the Jacket athletics website for continuing coverage of the men's and women's cross country teams and all of Jacket athletics.
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Matt Shelton, Sports Information Director (641) 784-5318 mshelton@graceland.edu
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