Cross Country Teams Travel to College Station
11/9/2001 12:00:00 AM | General
Nov. 9, 2001
The TCU men's and women's cross country teams will return to action Saturday, November 10, when they travel to College Station, Texas to compete in the 2001 NCAA South Central Regional Cross Country Championships. The championships will be hosted by Texas A&M University at the TAMU Golf Course. The men's 10,000 meter race will begin at 9 a.m. and the women's 6,000-meter race following at 10:15 a.m.
The top two teams in each race along with the top four individuals not on the top two teams will advance to the national meet, hosted by Furman University. The Arkansas men and the Texas A&M women will be looking to defend their team titles, claimed last year at the South Central Regional hosted by North Texas in Denton.
South Central Regional Field
Arkansas, Arkansas-Little Rock, Arkansas State, Baylor, Houston, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, LSU, McNeese State, New Orleans, Nicholls State, North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, SMU, Southwest Texas State, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas-Arlington, Texas-Pan American, Texas-San Antonio, Texas A&M, TCU and Tulane.
TCU Travel Roster
Men - Stephen Goff, Stuart Harrison, Bryan Katchinska, Steven Lenney, Sean McMahon, Eliud Njubi, Justin Pillsbury, Raita Yamanouchi.
Women - Georgeanne Biancardi, Cindy Dietrich, Glady's Keitany, Shannon McKinney, Emily Norton, Alexis Sanchez, Robin Schacht, Katie Singleton, Stephanie Wentworth.
Team Notes
The TCU women finished third in the 2001 Conference USA Cross Country Championships... the women were led by senior Glady's Keitany, who claimed individual medalist honors... the title was her fourth individual title of the season... in addition, it was the second straight year that Keitany had claimed the conference title... last season, she won the WAC Championship... with Keitany's four individual titles, she has raised her career total to eight... she was named the Conference USA Cross Country Athlete of the Week on October 8... Keitany claimed individual honors at the North Texas Invitational on October 5, leading the TCU women to the team title... she placed first out of 107 runners and posted a time of 17:27... Keitany opened the fall with a first-place finish (11:18 time in the two-mile course) in the UTA Challenge... Keitany then won the Baylor Invitational with a time of 17:22 in the 5000-meter race... in the Arkansas Chile Pepper, Keitany finished fourth in a field of 240 runners... Cindy Dietrich finished sixth in the C-USA cross country meet to earn all-conference honors, and Robin Schacht finished 13th to earn similar honors... last season, the TCU women placed third in the South Central Regional meet, narrowly missing a chance to advance to the NCAA Championships... Keitany led the women with a third-place finish, while Schacht finished 17th.
Eliud Njubi, an all-American last season, led the men with a first-place finish at the 2001 Conference USA Cross Country Championships... the win was his second straight conference championship, and overall it was his fourth individual title of the season... he won the UTA Challenge, Baylor Invitational and UNT Invitational... he placed second at the Chile Pepper... overall, he has eight career titles at TCU.... last season, Njubi captured the NCAA South Central Regional title in Denton with a time of 30:46.19 in the 10,000-meter race... as a team, the men finished seventh... Njubi has twice been named the Conference USA Cross Country Male co-Athlete of the Week... he first earned the honor on October 8 after he finished first out of 89 runners at the UNT Invitational... he ran the 8,000-meter event in a time of 24:49... Njubi won the four-mile UTA Challenge with a time of 19:54, then took individual honors at Baylor with a time of 24:45 in the five-mile course... he was also named the C-USA Cross Country Male co-Athlete of the Week on October 16 after he placed second at the Chile Pepper... Bryan Katchinska has two top-20 finishes, including a 17th-place finish at UTA.
