Cross Country

Simpson Wins Again
Monday, October 11, 2004

This past weekend, the DBU Men's and Women's Cross Country teams traveled to Stephenville, Texas to compete in the Tarleton State Invitational.

Winning the Women's race was Katie Simpson. Her time of 19:19 was eleven seconds faster than her next opponent. This was her second individual victory of the season, on a very tough course. Following her was Chancie Larson in
14th and Adria Miller in 15th. Christina Garcia and Janae Tankersly rounded out the women's scoring, finishing 39th and 48th.

Leading the Men was Daniel Kingsley finishing in 7th place. He was followed into the top twenty by Jacob Phillips in 15th and Cory Welch in 20th. Taylor Brown put down another impressive performance coming in 29th. Jonathon Hurley also finished 34th.

The women finished 5th as a team, as the men finished 4th. The Patriots are off this weekend, but will start back up in two weeks when they travel to Longview, to compete at LeTourneau University.

Patriots Perform at Jamboree
Monday, October 5, 2004

Traveling to Stillwater, Oklahoma this past weekend the DBU Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams expected to face the toughest competition across the nation. What they found at the 67th annual Cowboy Jamboree was 152 competitors in the Women’s race and 187 competitors in the Men’s race.

Katie Simpson once again lead the women with her most impressive performance of the season, placing 7th out of the 152 ladies competing, gaining her third straight top ten finish.

Following her was Adria Miller in 45th and at a time of 20:33, Chancie Larson in 51st running 20:41. Also running strong
for the ladies and helping them to a 14th place finish out of the 21 team field was Christina Garcia and Janae Tankersley.

For the men Dan Kingsley continued to improve upon his season placing 15th in the 187 man field, running a personal best of 26:38. Behind Kingsley was Jacob Phillips finishing in 29th, then Cory Welch in 34th, recording his personal best of 27:26. Helping the men along to a 12th place finish in the
21 team field was Taylor Brown and Jonathon Hurley. Taylor Brown in his first meet ran an impressive time of 30:34, while Jonathon Hurley recorded
a personal best of 31:17.

The Patriots next compete at the Tarleton State Invite on October 9.

Patriots Improve at OBU
Monday, September 27, 2004

In their second meet of the season the DBU Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams made dramatic improvements competing at the Oklahoma Baptist University Bison Invite in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Leading the Women’s team once again was Katie Simpson who finished second among the field. Her time of 18:56 was a personal best. Also running strong for the Patriot women was Chancie Larson in 21st and Adria Miller in 24th both running personal bests for the season.

For the mean, Jacob Phillips and Daniel Kingsley raced to a 9th and 10th place finish. Their times of 26:40 and 26:41 were personal bests. Cory Welch ran another strong race, finishing 18th.

The Patriots will travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma next weekend to take part in the Oklahoma State Jamboree, the second largest meet in the nation.

Simpson and Phillips Named Athletes of the Week
Thursday, September 16, 2004

Seniors Katie Simpson and Jacob Phillips were named National Chrisitan College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Athletes of the Week for their recent perfomance at the Bob Bravett Invitational at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Simpson finished first in the women's race with a time of 19:19 and Phillips also placed first in his first collegiate race with a time of 27:15.

Seniors Simpson and Phillips Lead Cross Country Team
Monday, Septemeber 13, 2004

The DBU Men and Women's Cross Country teams posted the top times in each race at the Bob Bravett Invitational at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Leading the Women's team to a third place finish overall was Senior Katie Simpson, finishing first, who ran a time of 19:19, beating second place by 20 seconds. Freshman Adria Miller finished 14th in her first collegiate race.

On the Men's side, Jacob Phillips won with a time of 27:15, in his first collegiate race. Also finishing in the top five were Junior Cory Welch, who finished third and Sophomore Dan Kingsley, who finished fourth. The DBU Men finished in second place overall, scoring points as a team for the first time in several years.

2004 Season Preview

The DBU Patriot 2004 Cross Country season should be an exciting one. The harriers enter August with enthusiasm, new faces, and experience.

The enthusiasm comes from a stellar 2003 season in which the Men's and Women's teams combined for more than 4 individual titles in only 6 races. Katie Simpson and Cory Welch both managed individual titles during the 2003 season.

More excitement comes from a special blend of new faces and experience throughout the entire team. The women's side, led by returning letter winners Katie Simpson, Chancie Larson, and Nancy Harrison will compliment a crop of freshmen runners including Adria Miller, Christine Garcia, and newcomer Libby Barnard, who are expected to contribute immediately.

On the Men's side starting with sophomore Daniel Kingsley, junior Cory Welch, and senior Jacob Phillips the Patriot men expect to pick up from an amazing 2004 Track season and continue that success throughout the 2004 Cross Country Season with newcomers Jonathan Hurley and Osione Itegboje, who should also have a strong impact. There is good reason to be excited!

Cross Country Update
DBU Will NOT Host the Annual Luke Lockers Cross Country Meet this Year

Katie Simpson & Dan Kinsley Named NCCAA Athletes of the Week
September 14, 2003

Sophomore Katie Simpson was named NCCAA Athlete of the Week, after finishing 1st place at the Dallas Baptist University Invitational.

Freshman Dan Kingsley placed 2nd in the Southwestern University Invitational 8K with a time of 27:56 in only his second collegiate meet.

DBU Hosts Cross Country Meet

Dallas Baptist University hosted the Seventh Annual Luke’s Locker Cross Country Meet on Saturday, Sept. 20. The meet included both collegiate and high school level races. Coming in first place for the college men’s race was Moses Mpanga from Southwest Christian. He was followed by Cory Welch from DBU, and Aaron Contreras from Southwestern University came in third. The overall winner in the college men’s category was Southwestern University with three students placing in the top ten.

In the college women’s race, Katie Simpson from DBU came in first place, followed by Heidi Sanders from Le Tourneau, and Chancie Larson from DBU came in third. The overall winner in the college women’s category was Southeastern Oklahoma with five students placing in the top ten.

Flower Mound Marcus High School won overall in each of the four events for high schools which included, varsity boys, junior varsity boys, varsity girls and junior varsity girls. Coming in first place in the varsity boys category was Keith Mahipala from Plano West, followed by his classmate, Andrew McCartin, and Matt Danies from Arlington came in third place. Plano West’s Bryant Denson took first place in the junior varsity boys race, Jeff Randles from Flower Mound came in second place, followed by his classmate Jeff Peletier coming in third.
     
In the varsity girl’s event, Erin Bedell from Plano West came in first, followed by classmate Lydnsy Bedell, and Rachael Forish from Arlington Lamar followed up with third place. Flower Mound junior varsity girls swept the race in their category with Kim Church coming in first place, Rachel Cook coming in second and Angela Riker coming in third place.

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