2008 Woodie Awards
Cross Country Team Places Fourth at the Sunshine State Conference Meet
Juan Bernal
Issue date: 11/4/05 Section: Sports
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The Rollins College men's and women's Cross Country teams both placed fourth out of five teams in the Sunshine State Conference meet at Central Winds Park in Winter Springs on Saturday, October 29th.
With the meet pushed back a week because of Hurricane Wilma; the Tars were looking to post solid performances despite the absence of Coach Brad Ash. At 7:15, with the weather nice and in the low 60's, the men cranked it up with their 8K (8,000 meters) race. Florida Southern senior Tyrone Bell would be the story of this match. He took his second consecutive conference crown finishing with a time of 26:21.
Junior teammate Eric Walker finished seven seconds behind with a mark of 26:28. As for the Tars, they were led by freshman Rob Hoffman who set the pace with 30:15 and finished 19th overall. Junior Whitney Wismar came 21st overall finishing eleven seconds behind Hoffman. Sophomore Patrick Flynn, junior Karl Reicken and Freshman John Watson all placed for the Tars. As team the Tars accumulated a total time of 2:39:33, with 115 total team points.
Florida Southern took the title with 17 points. Tampa, Florida Tech placed 2 and 3 respectively and St. Leo finished 5 behind the Tars.
After the men's race concluded, the women's team took the turf to run their 6K (6,000 meters). The story of the race would be Tampa senior Allison Mascas who took her third straight conference title with a time of 21:56. She finished eleven seconds ahead of Florida Southern junior Jael Koech. As for the Tars, they were led by standout runner Kristina Aronson, who very well could win SSC Freshman of the year. She finished 9th overall with a time of 23:59. Sophomore Kristen Hechler finished 18th overall with a time of 26:47. Others who placed for the Tars were freshman Kelly Rolfes-Haase, Junior Elizabeth Arthur, sophomore Monica Peña and freshman Salem Willis. As a team the Tars totaled a time of 2:14:02 and accumulated 93 team points. Tampa took the women's title with Florida Southern finishing a close second. Florida Tech finished third and St. Leo finished 5.
"Both the men and women did a great job of fighting through injuries and beating all the other non-scholarship teams. We were excited to find out that stand out second team All Conference runner Kristina Aronson qualified to run at regionals in St. Leo," said head coach Brad Ash. Good luck to Kristina as she represents the blue and gold in regionals this coming Saturday.
With the meet pushed back a week because of Hurricane Wilma; the Tars were looking to post solid performances despite the absence of Coach Brad Ash. At 7:15, with the weather nice and in the low 60's, the men cranked it up with their 8K (8,000 meters) race. Florida Southern senior Tyrone Bell would be the story of this match. He took his second consecutive conference crown finishing with a time of 26:21.
Junior teammate Eric Walker finished seven seconds behind with a mark of 26:28. As for the Tars, they were led by freshman Rob Hoffman who set the pace with 30:15 and finished 19th overall. Junior Whitney Wismar came 21st overall finishing eleven seconds behind Hoffman. Sophomore Patrick Flynn, junior Karl Reicken and Freshman John Watson all placed for the Tars. As team the Tars accumulated a total time of 2:39:33, with 115 total team points.
Florida Southern took the title with 17 points. Tampa, Florida Tech placed 2 and 3 respectively and St. Leo finished 5 behind the Tars.
After the men's race concluded, the women's team took the turf to run their 6K (6,000 meters). The story of the race would be Tampa senior Allison Mascas who took her third straight conference title with a time of 21:56. She finished eleven seconds ahead of Florida Southern junior Jael Koech. As for the Tars, they were led by standout runner Kristina Aronson, who very well could win SSC Freshman of the year. She finished 9th overall with a time of 23:59. Sophomore Kristen Hechler finished 18th overall with a time of 26:47. Others who placed for the Tars were freshman Kelly Rolfes-Haase, Junior Elizabeth Arthur, sophomore Monica Peña and freshman Salem Willis. As a team the Tars totaled a time of 2:14:02 and accumulated 93 team points. Tampa took the women's title with Florida Southern finishing a close second. Florida Tech finished third and St. Leo finished 5.
"Both the men and women did a great job of fighting through injuries and beating all the other non-scholarship teams. We were excited to find out that stand out second team All Conference runner Kristina Aronson qualified to run at regionals in St. Leo," said head coach Brad Ash. Good luck to Kristina as she represents the blue and gold in regionals this coming Saturday.