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November 22 @ NAIA National
Championship
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Shawnee
State, ranked 16th in the NAIA, placed 22nd
in its first ever appearance at the NAIA National Championship
Meet on Saturday morning. Minot
State (ND) won the 28-team event for the second straight year.
Freshman Larry Gardner led the Bears with a time of 26:38 and a
98th place finish.
John Williams placed 112th in 26:49.
Josh Murray ran, 27:11, to
finish 135th. Dirk
Hollar (27:25), Craig Arnett (27:29), Scott LeMaster (27:39),
and Brett LeMaster (28:12) rounded out the scoring for the
Bears.
British Columbia’s
Jerry Ziak paced the field of 254 to win the individual
championship. He
covered the 8k-course in 24:22.
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November 1 @ AMC/NAIA Region IX
Championship
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Shawnee
State, ranked 18th in the NAIA, finished 2nd out of 13 teams at
the AMC/NAIA Region IX Championship. John Williams led the
men's team with a 13th place finish in a time of 26:57.
Larry Gardner placed 14th in 26:58. Craig Arnett finished
16th in 27:03. Brett LeMaster (27:19) and Scott LeMaster
(27:26) finished 21st and 23rd respectively to round out the
scoring for the Bears.
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October 17 @ Wilmington Fall
Classic
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Shawnee
State captured its 5th meet championship of the season finishing
first out of 15 teams at the Wilmington Fall Classic. Larry
Gardner led the men's squad with a 4th place finish in a time of
26:09. Brett LeMaster placed 5th with a time of 26:14.
John Williams followed with a 6th place finish in 26:17.
Craig Arnett (26:26) and Josh Murray (26:28) rounded out the
scoring for SSU. In all, eight runners for SSU ran 26:36
or faster.
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October 10 @ All-Ohio
Championship Meet
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Shawnee State competed at the All-Ohio Meet. The men's squad,
ranked 20th in the NAIA, finished 15th out of 37 schools
competing. However, they placed 4th in the NCAA Division
II/NAIA division. Kent State won the overall men's
championship. Brett LeMaster led the Bears with a time of
27:29. He placed 55th overall and 5th in SSU's grouping.
Larry Gardner placed 68th/9th in 27:43. Josh Murray (28:03),
John Williams (28:18), and Scott LeMaster (28:24) rounded out the
scoring for SSU.
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October 4 @ Hagan Stone Classic
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Shawnee State captured its 4th meet
championship of the season at the Hagan Stone Classic in
Greensboro, NC. John Williams won his first meet of the
season as he finished the 8k course in 26:33. Brett
LeMaster placed 2nd in 26:44 and Larry Gardner finished 3rd in
27:06. Scott LeMaster (27:45) and Craig Arnett (27:54)
finished 5th and 6th respectively to round out the scoring for
the Bears.
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October 4 @ Rio Grande
Invitational
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Shawnee
State University finished 3rd out of 9 teams at the Rio Grande
Invitational on Saturday morning. Josh Murray led the
"B" squad with an 11th place finish in time of
27:45. Brandon Phelps finished 14th in 28:14. Kris
Jones, Blake Jones, and Chad Danner rounded out the scoring for the
Bears.
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September 27 @ Greater Louisville
Classic
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Shawnee State finished 10th out of
31 teams at the Greater Louisville Classic. John Williams
led the men’s squad with a 54th place finish.
He covered the 8000 meter course in a time of 26:47.
Craig Arnett (27:10), Larry Gardner (27:13), Brett
LeMaster (27:17, and Scott LeMaster (27:41) rounded out the
scoring for the Bears. SSU
finished 6th of 23 NAIA schools competing in the
event.
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September 20 @ Friendship
Invitational
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Shawnee
State finished a close second behind NCAA Division I Wright State
University with only five points separating the two teams at the
Friendship Invitational. SSU
finished ahead of Cedarville University in addition to 3 other
teams. John
Williams was the top runner for SSU, finishing third. His time of
25:45 puts him in the record book for the fastest time in SSU
history. Brett LeMaster
(26:07) and Larry Gardner (26:15) were sixth and seventh
respectively. Craig
Arnett finished eleventh with a time of 26:41, while Dirk Hollar
rounded out the scoring with a time of 26:57 and a thirteenth place
finish.
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September 13 @ Centre
Invitational
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Shawnee State, ranked 21st in the
NAIA, finished 1st out of 10 teams at the Centre College
Invitational Meet. John Williams led the men’s team at
Centre with a second place finish in a time of 27:05.
Brett LeMaster (27:44) placed third.
Freshmen Larry Gardner (27:52) and Scott LeMaster (27:57)
finished fifth and sixth respectively.
Dirk Hollar (28:39) rounded out the scoring for the Bears
with a twelfth place finish.
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September 13 @ Kentucky Christian
Invitational
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Blake Jones won the Kentucky
Christian Invitational with a time of 29:01 and led the Bears to
their 4th straight win at KCC.
Chad Danner (29:29), Luke Lyons (29:31), and David Walker
(29:56) placed 2 – 4. Brandon
Phelps rounded out the scoring with a sixth place finish in
30:10. Shawnee
State finished ahead of Kentucky Christian, Ohio Valley, and Mt.
St. Joseph.
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September 6 @ Hanover
Invitational
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Shawnee
State Cross placed 7th out of 19 teams at the Hanover
Invitational. John
Williams led the Bears with a16th place finish in a time of
26:39. Larry
Gardner (27:59), Brett LeMaster (28:02), Craig Arnett (28:08),
and Adam Tolle (28:22) rounded out the scoring for the Bears.
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August 29 @ SSU Invitational
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The Shawnee
State University Men’s Cross Country Team, ranked 21st
in the NAIA pre-season poll, captured its second consecutive SSU
Invitational. The Bears finished ahead of Charleston, Pikeville,
Georgetown, and Kentucky Christian to capture the first meet of
the 2003 season. John
Williams paced the Bears with a third place finish in a time of
26:32. Larry
Gardner placed 5th with a time of 27:14 in his
collegiate debut. Brett
LeMaster, Craig Arnett, Scott LeMaster, and Adam Tolle placed
seven through ten for Shawnee State.
Pikeville’s Alex
Chemwolo set the course record with a time of 25:42 to capture
first place. Mikey
Guinn of the University of Charleston ran 26:00 to take second
overall.
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