Two-time defending South Atlantic Conference Men's Runner of the
Year Simon Holzapfel will join teammates Ryan Badertscher and Jenny
Grant at the 2010 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Cross Country
Championships, to be held Saturday at McAlpine Creek Park in
Charlotte, N.C. and hosted by Queens University of Charlotte. The
men's 10-kilometer race starts at 10:00 a.m., followed by the
Women's 6-kilometer competition at 11:15 a.m.
Holzapfel, a senior from Nuremburg, Germany, has won all six meets
in which he has competed this season, including his second
consecutive SAC individual championship, and has finished ninth in
the regional meet in each of the last two years to claim All-Region
status. He will attempt to become the third runner in school
history, and the first male runner, to qualify for the Division II
national meet.
Badertscher, a freshman from Marion, Ohio, is coming off a
personal-best performance in the 8,000 meters at the SAC
Championships, where he was clocked at 29:01 to finish in 53rd
place. He has four top-30 finishes this season, including a
fourth-place performance at the Maryville Invitational on October
2.
Grant, a sophomore from Franklin, Tenn. and a graduate of Battle
Ground Academy, will compete in the Women's race after leading the
Pioneers at the conference meet with a 44th-place finish over the
5,000-meter race. She had the team's fastest time at the
Carson-Newman Challenge on September 18 and placed 11th at the
Maryville Invitational.
The NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships
will be held Saturday, December 4 at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville,
Kentucky in conjunction with the NCAA Division II Fall Sports
Festival.
Three Pioneers to compete at NCAA Southeast Regionals
Posted: Nov 17, 2010
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