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November 21 @ NAIA National Meet (Vancouver,
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The Shawnee State men's cross country team completed the
2009 season with the school's best finish at the NAIA
National Meet as the Bears finished 4th overall of 32 teams.
Senior Corey Culbertson placed 24th overall in a time of
25:45 to earn All-American honors. Freshman Galen
Dills finished 49th overall in a time of 26:06.
Sophomore Shane Meyer finished 61st as he completed the
course in 26:14, while junior Josh Linkous finished 69th in
a time of 26:20. Senior Tyler Hickey ran 26:25 to
finish 82nd overall. Juniors Chuck Wentz and Michael
Owen rounded out the scoring for the Bears as they ran 26:44
and 26:59, respectively. The three
qualifiers for the Shawnee State women's team ran well as
freshman Tisha Grove led the Bears with a time of 20:06 good
for 132nd place. Sophomore Brittney LiPira finished 224th in
a time of 20:51 and Kasey Hosier finished 243rd in a time of
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November 7 @ American Mideast Conference
Meet @ Cedarville University |
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The No. 6 NAIA ranked
Shawnee State men's cross country team finished 2nd at the
American Mideast Conference Meet on Saturday afternoon at
Cedarville. The men's race was close
for the first two and half miles, but then NAIA No. 1 ranked
Malone made a surge to pull away from the Bears and go onto
win the AMC Championship. The Pioneers won the race with 19
points, the Bears finished 2nd with 55 points, and
Cedarville captured 3rd with 71 points. The NAIA No. 5
ranked Shawnee State will receive an at-large bid to the
NAIA National Championship Meet in Vancouver, Washington on
Saturday, November 21. Freshman Galen Dills led the
Bears as he finished 8th overall and he ran the course in
25:58, while junior Josh Linkous finished right behind Dills
as he completed the course in 26:03 to earn 2nd Team All-AMC
honors. Junior Michael Owen also earned 2nd Team All-AMC
recognition as he placed 11th in a time of 26:08.
Shawnee State's next five runners came in a pack placing
14th through 17th. Sophomore Shane Meyer earned 2nd
Team honors as he led the pack as he finished in 26:14,
followed by senior Corey Culbertson in 26:24, followed by
junior Chuck Wentz in 26:37. Senior Tyler Hickey and
junior Justin Hornick rounded out the scoring for the Bears
as they completed the course in 26:42 and 26:50
respectively. Culbertson, Wentz, Hickey, and Hornick each
earned Honorable Mention All-AMC recognition. [Results]
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October 24 @ NAIA
Great Lakes Invitational Aquinas Michigan |
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NAIA No. 6 ranked Shawnee State
men's cross country team fell to host No. 7 Aquinas by just
one point. Aquinas won the 21 team invitational with
57 points, while the Bears finished with 58 and AMC foe
Cedarville finished 3rd with 121 points.
Shawnee State and Aquinas got out fast and
dominated the race. Aquinas' Dustin Heiler and Mike
Gravelyn placed 3rd and 5th overall and before Shawnee
State's number one runner junior Josh Linkous. Linkous
finished 6th overall, followed by senior Corey Culbertson
who finished 7th as both runner finished the course in
25:33, while junior Michael Owen placed 9th in a time of
25:36. Aquinas' third and fourth runners finished 11th
and 15th overall in times of 25:39 and 25:58, edging the
Bears' freshman Galen Dills who placed 16th in a time of
25:59. Shawnee State's fifth runner sophomore Shane
Meyer finished 20 with a time of 26:04, beating Aquinas'
fifth runner who finished 23rd. Juniors Chuck Wentz
and Justin Hornick rounded out the scoring for the Bears as
they placed 20th and 24th, finishing the course in 26:13 and
26:14. [Results] |
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October 11 @ Gibson Family Invitational |
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The NAIA No. 9 ranked
Shawnee State men's cross country won the Gibson Famliy
Invitational by an impressive score of 31. Shawnee
State out ran 2nd place Purdue by 32 points.
Cedarville finished 4th with a score of 110. Corey
Culbertson won the meet in a time of 25:52. Josh
Linkous placed 4th in the meet running the course in 26:03.
Michael Owen finished 7th in 26:08. Galen Dills and
Chuck Wentz finished 9th and 10th as they ran 26:10 and
26:14 respectively. Rounding out the scoring was Tyler
Hickey as he placed 13th overall and ran a time of 26:17.
Shane Meyer finished the course in 26:19 to place 15th
overall. [Results] |
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October 2 @ All-Ohio Meet |
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The NAIA No. 9 ranked
Shawnee State Bears finished 3rd at the All-Ohio Meet.
Ohio State won the event with 28 points, while AMC and NAIA
No. 1 Malone finished 2nd with 76. Shawnee State
finished only 19 points behind of Malone for 3rd.
Shawnee State beat numerous NCAA Division I teams including
the University of Cincinnati, Ohio University, and the
University of Akron. Michael
Owen and Corey Culbertson led the Bears as they finished
13th and 14th and ran the course in 27:00. Galen Dills
finished 19th overall and ran a time of 27:14, while Shane
Meyer ran 27:25 and finished 22 overall. Josh Linkous
finished the course in 27:34 to finish 26. Rounding
out the scoring for the Bears was Chuck Wentz who ran 27:43
to finish 39 and Tyler Hickey who ran 28:07 to finish 60. [Results]
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September 19 @ Friendship
Invitational |
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NAIA No. 12 ranked Shawnee State men's cross country team
won the 19th Annual Friendship at Cedarville
University beating the NAIA No. 11 ranked Yellow Jackets.
The Bears tallied a score of 29 to win the meet and
Cedarville finished 2nd with a score of 81. Michael
Owen led the Bears as he finished 2nd overall and finished
the course in a personal best of 25:41. Corey
Culbertson placed 4th overall in a time of 25:45.
Shane Meyer and Josh Linkous each ran personal bests as they
finished 6th and 7th overall, finishing the course in 25:54
and 25:55. Galen Dills ran 26:05 to finish 10th
overall. Rounding out the scoring for the Bears was
Tyler Hickey who finished 19th overall and ran 26:20 and
Chuck Wentz who ran a time of 26:26 and finished 22nd
overall. [Results]
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September 4 @ Shawnee State
Invitational |
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The Shawnee State men's cross country team took the
first eight places and tallied a perfect score of 15 to win
the SSU Invitational for the eighth consecutive year.
The NAIA No. 19 ranked Bears dominated the five team race,
beating 2nd place Mount Vernon Nazarene University by 41
points. Corey Culbertson won the meet as he finished
the 8K course in 25:44. Galen Dills finished 2nd with
a time of 25:47, while Michael Owen finished 3rd in 25:53.
Chuck Wentz finished 4th for the Bears in 26:06, Josh
Linkous placed 5th with a time of 26:07, and Shane Meyer
finished 6th in 26:08. Tyler Hickey and Joe Jinks
covered the course with times of 26:18 and 26:24
respectively to capture the top eight finishes. [Results] |
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2008 Recaps |
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