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Updated September 9, 2009 2009 Cross Country Season Clicking on the name to the right will link you to the
home page for results. Weekend of September 12th Danny Pawola had
a great first race
for Penn State. He was Penn States
first man (top two varsity runners did not run) and looks like he will factor
into their top seven this fall. RJ McNichols and Connor Shields both ran in the Bradley Open
and both ran very well. RJ ran a pr of 26:39 for the 8k
while Connor ran 27:11. Brian Morenus ran 27:29 in his second
race for West Point in a dual meet vs. Cornell. I have not
talked to Brian, but my bet is that a race last weekend combined with a trip
back here last weekend and the demands of school wore him out a little J Jim
Nuxoll ran 29:49 in his first race
of the year. Brian Rooney was Washington Universitys 8th man at the Maryville Invitational, running 22:09 for the 6k. Weekend of September 5th Ryan Bertram
continues to compete well for Augustana.
He ran 30:27 for the 8k at
Western Illinois. Chris
Derrick is training at Mammoth Lakes at high altitude and will debut at
the Stanford Invitational in a couple of weeks. Jimmy
Riddle is healthy and looking great in practice according to Coach
McRaven. He will debut in a couple
weeks at the Roy Griak Invitational. RJ McNichols ran many 80 mile weeks
this summer and it is paying off. He
ran 20:22 in his first race at Elmhurst College. Andrew
Dunham ran 22:24 in the same meet and was also named captain of the
Bluejays. Kevin Grady and Bryan
Winek had their first race of the season at the Illini Challenge. Bryan ran well finishing
13th in 19:40. Kevin had an off day
but we know he will rebound. Brian Morenus had his first race at West Point
running 16:52 for the 5k and finishing 12th overall. Dan
Murphy was named captain by his teammates at Loras College. Brian
Rooney ran 22:58 at an early bird meet
in St. Louis. Connor Shields was 10th overall at the Titan Open
in Bloomington running 17:24 for a tough 5k course. 2009 Track Season To keep things simple, I have
decided to list the best time for an athlete under the different events. If you click
on the name to the right, it will take you to the team website. The most recent updates are in dark red. Please let me know if I missed anyone!
Other notable performances Chris Derrick, 4:08 split
on 4 x 1600m at Drake Relays. Marshall
Stewart 50.6 (400m) and Zach Splan 54.6 (400m hurdles).
2008 Cross Country
.. October 31/November 1, 2008: Chris Derrick ran another great race to finish 3rd overall at the Pac-10 meet
in Eugene, Oregon. I was told there
were 5,000 people watching this race.
I texted Chris to
congratulate him and his response was, thanks, but the team did not win so I
am not happy. Stanford is ranked 2nd
in the country and Oregon is ranked first.
Cross country is a TEAM sport and Chris
fully understands this and I am sure he and his teammates will be ready to go
for the Regional meet in two weeks and the NCAAs 9 days after that. RJ
McNichols, Marshall Stewart, Joe Murphy, Andrew Dunham, and Ryan Bertram all ran in the CCIW meet
on Saturday. Andrew ran in the varsity race
and the other four ran in the Open race. Marshall
ran a great race (57th overall) and is starting to excel at cross
country. Dan Murphy ran in the Iowa Conference Championships to help his Loras team to second place. Jim
Riddle is experiencing some IT band issues and wont be running in the
Big Ten meet. He is expected to run in
the upcoming Regional meet in two weeks.
I recently saw Steve Arves
and he filled me in on his season.
Steve is skinny as ever and is working hard. Look for him to continue to improve. Here is a recap of his season: St. Olaf Invitational- 139th in
31:03; UW-Eau Claire Blugold Meet- 227th in 29:18; Jew Drews Invitational-
318th in 29:32 October 24th/25th, 2008: Some things never change as two guys from last years
national championship team, Kevin
Grady and Josh Budnik, finished
right behind one another at the Illini Invitational. Eric Olen ran
possibly the best race of his career at their conference meet while running
26:58 and dropping almost 40 seconds off his previous best. He was Ithacas 9th man and earned
all-conference honors. James Nuxoll (28:24)and Ryan Miller (29:42) ran at the NAIA Great Lakes Invitational. October 18th, 2008:
Freshman Chris Derrick ran in his second college race at the Pre-National Meet in Terre Haute.
He was 4th overall in 23:37! He
was the second man for Stanford which won the team title in the White
Division. Stanford is ranked 10th in
the country, but with this victory, they should move up in the rankings. If you have not had the chance, be sure to
read his blog. Jimmy
Riddle did not run for Illinois in this meet due to an IT issue. Kevin
Grady ran in familiar territory at the Bradley Classic in Peoria this past weekend. He did not have the greatest race but he is
learning the ins and outs of college running. Andrew
Dunham ran 28:31 at the Osh Kosh Brooks Invitational. Dan Murphy ran 28:44 at the Loras Invitational to finish 32nd overall.
October 4-11, 2008:
Freshman Kevin Grady did not have a very good race (27:01) in the loaded Notre Dame Invitational on October 3rd. However, as usual, we will see him bounce back and do
great things. Brian Rooney ran 29:14 at the Border War Invitational in Edwardsville on October 11th. Eric
Olen ran 28:00 on a slow course at the Hamilton Invitational on October 11th.
RJ McNichols ran a 27:35 at
the Carthage Invitational on October 3 and turned around and ran 28:16 on a
slower course at the Benedictine Invitational on the 10th!
Freshman Marshall Stewart
ran 30:33 at the Carthage Invitational.
Mike Ruff is still
hurt. Joe Murphy ran 29:13 at the Dan Huston invite in Waverly, Iowa on the 11th. His brother, Dan Murphy, ran 28:26 at the Division III pre-national meet at Hanover College.
Andrew Dunham ran 30:12 at
the UW-Parkside Invitational on October 11th.
Andrew runs for Elmhurst College.
Their coach, Jim Akita, was one of the top Americans in the Chicago
Marathon held on the 12th. September 26th/27th, 2008: Wow,
what a great weekend for our alumni!
Freshman Chris Derrick ran
his first race in a Stanford jersey and was #1 for their team and finished
3rd overall (24:18) at the Stanford Invitational! Most dont
know, and Chris would never use anything as an excuse, but he was out for
another week with a virus and had only had 11 days of training before this
meet. I had two people ask me if he
was really human this past weekend J
Freshman Jim Riddle leads his Illinois
teammates in a recent race Freshman Jim Riddle ran an awesome race at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational. He was 6th
overall and was Illinois first man! Wow!!!
Junior Eric Olen ran in the
Houghton Highlander Invitational and ran 27:42 for the 8k to finish 13th overall. It was a NV reunion at the Lundeen-Brissman
Invitational at Augustana
College in Davenport! Junior Dan Murphy (27:44) got off to a great
start as he battled Junior Brian
Rooney (27:52) for NV supremacy at this meet. Brian has worked his tail end off and was
Washington Universitys 7th man at this meet!! Other guys you will find in the results
are: Joe Murphy (29:01); Ryan
Miller (29:33); Jim Nuxoll (29:34);
Andrew Dunham (29:50); and Ryan Bertram (31:45). September 19th/20th, 2008: The
Illinois Intercollegiate meet (results) was hosted by Illinois State on Friday night and we had
great representation. Freshman Jimmy Riddle ran a strong race to
finish 12th overall in 25:17 for the 8k race.
He was Illinois 4th man.
Freshman Kevin Grady
continued to surprise many as he was ISUs 8th man in 26:34. Kevin is a walk-on at ISU, so, to be their
8th man as a freshman is an incredible achievement. Freshman Ryan Perry continues to impress too. He ran 29:11 as CODs 3rd man. Junior Andrew
Dunham is showing that he is rounding back into shape. He ran 30:21 for the Elmhurst College
team. Senior Ryan Miller ran 30:44 and his Junior teammate, James Nuxoll, ran 29:47. Freshman Ryan Bertram ran his debut race for Augustana at this meet and
ran 30:24. Freshman Marshall Stewart had his debut for
Carthage College by running in the Concordia Invitational in 33:19. No
word on where Mike Ruff
was
..??? RJ?? Joe Murphy?? Loras site is
down any word on Dan Murphy? September 12th/13th, 2008: Junior Eric Olen
improved upon his 4 mile time from two weeks ago to run 21:09 on the Oneonta,
New York course. Oneonta is an
Indian word for hills. Results. Junior Brian
Rooney ran 30:28 for an 8k in Grinnell, Iowa. Former teammate Dan Murphy ran 29:06 at the
same meet as a member of the Loras College team. Results. Junior James
Nuxoll ran 31:09.7 for an 8k in Bowling Green, KY. Teammate Ryan Miller was right behind him in 31:17.9. Results. Last but not least, we got to see Freshman Ryan Perry run in the Bradley Open at
Detweiller Park on Friday night. The
course was soggy from the rain but Ryan ran a respectable 29:54 for the
8k. Results. August 29th, 2008: Freshmen Jim Riddle and Kevin Grady
ran in the Early Bird Illini Classic for their first race. Jim was 2nd overall for the 6k running 5:02
pace! Kevin also ran very well
finishing as ISUs 5th man! Results
found here and here.
Freshman Kevin Grady at the Illini
Early Bird Classic
Jimmy Riddle runs next to freshman
teammate Nathan Troester (LWE) in the Illini Early Bird Classic. Junior Brian Rooney ran 21:50 for a 6k and set a new personal record at
the Big River Early Bird Invitational.
Results. Freshman Ryan Perry ran 21:56 for the 4 mile race. He was College of Dupages 3rd man. Results. Junior Eric Olen ran a 17:06 in the Ithaca College alumni 5k race. Results. Freshman Ryan Bertram ran 24:46 for a 4 mile intra squad race at Augustana
College in Rock Island. 2008 Track and Field
..
4/19/08
Olivet Mid Season Invite- 4:37.7 for 1500m.
2/8/08 DePauw Invitational 17:07 for 5000m. 2/2/08
Illinois Wesleyan Invitational 9:58 for 3000m. 1/20/08 Chicago Invitational 10:11.1
for 3000m. 1/13/08 IWU relays - 10:11.9 for
3000m.
2/23/08 ran on the distance medley (dont know time
or leg he ran yet). 2/8/08 DePauw Invitational 9:42.8
for 3000m. 2/2/08 Illinois Wesleyan Invitational
9:41 for 3000m. 1/20/08 Chicago
Invitational 9:44.7 for 3000m. 1/13/08 IWU relays 5:00.2 for the 1
mile
4/11/08
Washington Friday Night Invite 17:03 for 5000m. 4/5/08
- Washington Select Inv. 4:27.98 for 1500m. 3/28/08 16:36 for 5000m. 2/2/08 Illinois Wesleyan Invitational -
9:44 for 3000m. 1/19/08 Rose Hulman
Invitational 9:47.6 for 3000m.
4/12/08 Iowa
Invite 57.1 for 400m hurdles. 4/5/08
Auburn Classic 58.02 for 400m hurdles.
2/22/08 1:20.25 for 600m. 2/16/08
and 2/9/08 1:56.0 for 800m. 2/2/08
UNI Inv. 1:23.8 for 600m. 1/26/08
Jack Johnson Inv. 1:20.8 for 600m. 1/19/08 Iowa Open 1:22.98 for
600m. 49.2 split in 4 x 400m.
4/19/08 Dick
Young Classic 35:19 for 10,000m 4/5/08 Wartburg Select Inv. 17:04.4
for 5000m. 2/15/08 16:40.3 for 5000m. 2/2/08 Cornell Invitational - 9:46.6 for
3000m. RJ McNichols (Fr.) North
Central College 4/22/08 Old
Fashioned Track Meet 4:27.6 for 1500m and 9:52.6 for 3000m. 4/18/08 Wheaton Twilight Meet 9:31.7
for 3000m. 4/5/08 North Central
First Chance Meet - 17:20.3 for 5000m.
4/22/08 Tom
Cat Twilight 18:27.6 for 5000m 2007 Cross Country
.
10/20/07. Saratoga Invitational. 65th in 27:22 for a new pr for the 8k. 10/13/07.
Harry Anderson Invitational.
28th in 27:48 for 8k.
9/22/07. Highlander
Invitational. 54th in 29:21. 9/15/07
New York University Cross Country Invitational. 87th in 27:23, a new pr for 5 miles
(8k). 9/8/07. Oswego Inv.
25th in 28:14 for the 8k.
11/3/07
NAIA Regional meet. 46th in
28:21. 10/20/07 CCA Conference. 29:01.
10/13/07. Brooks
Invitational. 270th in 28:28. 10/6/07.
Border Wars Invitational. 144th
in 30:34. 9/14/07. Illinois Intercollegiates. 141st in 28:30. 9/7/07. Bradley Invitational. 71st in 29:10.
11/3/07
NAIA Regional meet. 35th in
27:37. 10/20/07 CCA Conference. 28:24.
10/13/07. Brooks Invitational. 219th in 27:42. 10/6/07.
Border Wars Invitational. 135th
in 30:14. 9/14/07. Illinois Intercollegiates. 131st in 28:15. 9/7/07. Bradley Invitational. 75th in 29:20.
11/9/07. Ran a 15:13 3 mile time trial. 10/2707.
CCIW Championships. 41st in
Open race 29:17. 10/5/07. Benedictine Inv. 53rd in 31:11. 9/14/07.
Illinois Intercollegiates. 42nd in Unattached race NT. 9/7/07.
Bradley Invitational. 90th in
30:18.
10/13/07.
Brooks Invitational. 217th in
27:39 just edging out fellow alum James Nuxoll. 9/15/07.
Maryville, Missouri Invitational.
22nd in 18:21 for a 5k. 9/2/07.
Washington Univ. Early Bird Meet. 57th
in 28:49.
10/13/07.
Brooks Invitational. 194th in
27:15 9/28/07. Carlton College Inv.
28:46 for 8k. 9/15/07. Maryville, Missouri Invitational. 16th in 17:44 for a 5k.
10/27/07.
IIAC Championships. 65th in
29:25 10/12/07. Loras Inv. 39th in 29:12. 8/31/07.
Elmhurst Early Bird Invitational.
76th in 21:23 for a 6k. Joe Murphy (So.) Augustana College, Davenport, Iowa. 10/27/07. CCIW Championships. 49th in Open race - 29:38. 10/13/07. Brooks Invitational. 279th in 28:38.
RJ McNichols (Fr.) North Central College 11/9/07. 15:43 3 mile time trial. 10/27/07.
CCIW Championships. 56th in
Open race 30:03. 10/5/07. Benedictine Inv. 51st in 31:08.
Illinois Intercollegiates. 38th in Unattached race 28:46. 9/7/07.
Bradley Invitational. 87th in
30:05.
10/27/07. MIAC championships. 197th in 22:30. 10/13/07.
UW Parkside Invitational. 33:14
for the 8k. 2007 Track Season Underway.....
5/5/07 Brockport Invitational. 34:47 for a 1 sec. pr in the 10,000m. 4/28/07 Ran the steeple for the first time in
10:30. 4/24/07
5/19/07 Last Chance Meet at North Central. 1:57.5 for the 800m for a pr. 5/11/07 Dr. Keeler
Invitational. 1:58.2 40th place. 4/25/07 Old Fashioned Meet at North Central. 800m
in 1:59.1 to take 3rd. 4/21/07 Wheaton Twilight Meet. 800m in 1:59.9 to take 10th. 4/7/07 Chicagoland Championships at North
Central. 24th in the 1500m in 4:14.98
in bad conditions. 3/3/07 Iowa State Last Chance Meet. 2:01.42 for 800m, 32nd place. 2/17/07 Chicagoland Championships. 2:01.99 for 800m to take 13th. 2/9/07 Warhawk Classic. 2:03.78 for 800m to take 24th. 2/3/07 4:38.9 for 1600m at the Chicago Duals for
10th place. Jon Peters (Fr.)
Washington University of St. Louis.
5/5/07 Butler Twilight. 4:25.8 1600m. New pr!
4/28/07 SIUE twilight open. 1500m in 4:30 to take 28th. 4/19/07 800m in 2:21. Dan Murphy (Fr.) Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa.
James Nuxoll (Fr.) Olivet Nazarene College 5/11/07 Dr. Keeler Invitational. 56th in the 1500m in 4:21.6. 4/28/07 Illinois
State Invite. 24th in 4:26
in the 1500m. 4/21/07 Olivet Mid Season Invitational. 1500m in 4:22.2 to take 16th.
5/19/07 Augustana Twilight Meet. 4:38.9 for the 1500m. 4/21/07 Meet of Champions
at Augustana. 5000m in 17:12.6 to take 31st. New tradition at NV: top alumni collegiate performances will
receive special recognition at our fall awards ceremony. We will present Most Improved, Consistency,
and Most Valuable awards to our alumni.
Fall Award Winners: Jon Peters Most Valuable; Andrew
Dunham Most Improved; Eric Olen - Consistency Fall 2006 Nick Dunn (Jr.) Andrew Heinz (Fr.) James Nuxoll (Fr.) Dan Murphy (Fr.) Joe Murphy (Fr.) Jon Peters (Fr.) Andrew Dunham (Fr.)
College of DuPage. 17th in 29:02 at the junior
college regional meet in Eric Olen (Fr.)
Did
not compete. Roberts Wesleyan
Invitational. 31st in
28:30. Ali Kagalwalla (Fr.) Mike Nutt (So.) Ryan Miller (So.) Did not compete. Olivet-Nazarene Tiger
Invitational. 24th in 28:54. Did
not compete. Rick Burke (Jr.)
41st
in 33:03 at The Northern Athletics Conference meet in Lisle. Did not compete. Benedictine Invitational. 133rd in 31:35 for the 8k. Did not compete. Did not compete. Ran in the Waubonsee Chiefs
Invitational. He was the top
Benedictine finisher in 26th place in 30:49 for the 8k. Geoff Houtmann (Jr.) Redshirt Links To Alumni Cross Country Home
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Fall 2009 Participants Steve Arves
(Sr.)
Univ. St. Thomas, MN. Ryan Bertram
(So.) Augustana College Josh
Budnik (So.) Illini XC club Chris
Derrick (So.) Stanford Univ. Andrew Dunham
(Sr.) Elmhurst
College Kevin Grady
(So.) Illinois State Univ. RJ McNichols
(Jr.) North Central, IL Brian
Morenus (Fr.) West Point Dan Murphy
(Sr.) Loras College, IA Joe Murphy
(Sr.) Augustana
College, IL James Nuxoll
(Sr.) Olivet Nazarene, IL Danny Pawola
(Fr.) Penn State Ryan Perry
(So.) College of DuPage Jim
Riddle (So.) Univ. of Illinois Brian
Rooney(Sr.) Washington Univ. MO Connor
Shields (Fr.) Monmouth College Marshal Stewart (Fr.) Carthage College Bryan Winek
(Fr.) Ill. State Spring 2009 Participants Steve Arves
(Jr.)
Univ. St. Thomas, MN. Ryan Bertram
(Fr.)-Augustana College, IL Josh
Budnik (Fr.) Illini XC club Chris
Derrick (Fr.) Stanford Univ. Andrew
Dunham (Jr.) Elmhurst
College Kevin
Grady (Fr.) Illinois State Univ. RJ
McNichols (So.) North Central, IL Ryan Miller
(Sr.) Olivet Nazarene, IL Dan Murphy (Jr.) Loras College, IA Joe Murphy
(Jr.) Augustana
College, IL James Nuxoll
(Jr.) Olivet Nazarene, IL Ryan
Perry (Fr.) College of DuPage Jim
Riddle (Fr.) Univ. of Illinois Brian Rooney(Jr.)
Washington Univ. MO Zach
Splan (Jr.) The Univ. of Iowa Marshal
Stewart (Fr.) Carthage College Fall 2008 Participants Steve Arves (Jr.) Univ. St. Thomas, MN. Ryan Bertram (Fr.) Augustana
College Josh Budnik (Fr.)
Illini XC club Chris Derrick (Fr.) Stanford
Univ. Andrew Dunham (Jr.)
Elmhurst College Kevin Grady (Fr.)
Illinois State Univ. RJ McNichols (So.)
North Central, IL Ryan Miller (Sr.)
Olivet Nazarene, IL Dan Murphy (Jr.)
Loras College, IA Joe Murphy (Jr.) Augustana College, IL James Nuxoll (Jr.) Olivet
Nazarene, IL Eric Olen (Jr.)
Ithaca College, NY Ryan Perry (Fr.) College
of DuPage Jim Riddle (Fr.)
Univ. of Illinois Brian Rooney(Jr.) Washington
Univ. MO Mike Ruff (Fr.)
Carthage College Marshal Stewart (Fr.)
Carthage College Spring 2008 Participants (one must
compete in a meet before being listed) Steve Arves (So.)
University of St. Thomas, MN. RJ McNichols (Fr.) - North
Central Ryan Miller (Jr.)
Olivet Nazarene Dan Murphy (So.)
Loras College, IA James Nuxoll (So.) Olivet
Nazarene Brian Rooney (So.) Zach Splan (So.) The
Fall 2007 Participants Eric Olen (So.)
Ithaca College, NY Ryan Miller (Jr.)
Olivet Nazarene, IL Andrew Heinz (So.) North
Central, IL Dan Murphy (So.)
Loras College, IA Joe Murphy (So.)
Augustana College, IL Jon Peters (So.)
Washington Univ., MO Brian Rooney (So.) Washington
Univ, MO James Nuxoll (So.) Olivet
Nazarene, IL David Krist (Sr.)
Grinnell College, IA Steve Arves (So.)
University of St. Thomas, MN. RJ McNichols (Fr.)
North Central, IL Spring 2007 Participants Zach Splan (Fr.) The
Prince Riley (So.) The
Geoff Houtman (Jr.)
Ill. State Univ. Nick Dunn (Jr.)- Eric Olen (Fr.) Ryan Miller (So.)
Olivet Nazarene Andrew Heinz (Fr.)
North Central Dan Murphy (Fr.) Joe Murphy (Fr.) Jon Peters (Fr.) Brian Rooney (Fr.) James Nuxoll (Fr.) Olivet
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