Men's Cross Country At Maroon Invitational

The Wittenberg men's and women's cross country teams may be extremely young, but they are turning in some solid performances in the early going of the 2004 season. Last weekend at the Maroon Invitational at Roanoke College, the Tiger men finished third out of nine teams and the Tiger women placed fifth out of eight teams.

Both teams were led by individuals who had fine performances. For the men, the leader for a second straight meet was freshman Mike Echols (Springfield, Ohio/North), who placed sixth out of 66 runners with a time of 29:27. He was followed by freshman David Wallingford (Bellevue, Ohio/Bellevue) in 14th place in 30:02, freshman Mike Wismer (Avon, Ohio/Avon) in 16th in 30:29, freshman Shawn Hils (Hiram, Ohio/Crestwood) in 17th in 30:35 and freshman Jon Dewald (Mansfield, Ohio/Senior) in 22nd in 31:08.

For the women, the top finishers were also mostly freshmen, starting with Mary Beth Lintz (Englewood, Ohio/Northmont), who placed 14th in 21:29. Also finishing in the top 35 and scoring points toward the team total were sophomore Sarah Yehle (West Lafayette, Ind./West Lafayette) in 22nd in 22:25, freshman Alissa Goble (Sunfield, Mich./Lakewood) in 23rd in 22:33, sophomore Meredith Deitsch (Edgerton, Ohio/Edgerton) in 32nd in 23:19 and senior Lindsay Veit (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East) in 35th in 23:29.

The Tigers are back on the course this weekend at the Earlham Invitational.