CEDAR FALLS, IOWA ? Sophomore Nicole Braunsdorf (St. Francis, Wis.) led a young Drake women's cross country team to a sixth-place finish in the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championship at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course Saturday morning.

Braunsdorf finished 13th, covering the 6,000-meter race in 17 minutes 59.68 seconds. Drake's next four top runners were all freshmen ? Casey McDermott (Newton, Iowa), 23rd in 18:32; Milly Clark (Jakarta, Indonesia) 33rd in 18:46; Meredith Bell (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington), 42nd in 19:11 and Katrine Owren (Sandes, Norway), 45th in 19:13.

"We wanted to finish higher as a team, but we had some great individual efforts across the board." said Drake Cross Country Coach Dan Hostager. "Our top six runners were all underclassmen which bodes well for the future."

Sarah Hamling (Council Bluffs, Iowa/St. Albert), the lone senior on the Drake team, was 53rd in a personal best of 19:24. Sophomore Courtney Heinz (St. Paul, Minn.) was 52nd in 19:22.

Wichita State, placing three runners in the top 10, won its third straight team title with 47 points, followed by Missouri State 58, host Northern Iowa 93, Illinois State 101, Indiana State 136, Drake 156, Southern Illinois 197, Bradley 199, Creighton, 211, and Evansville 220.

2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Meet
Pheasant Ridge Golf Course
Hosted by University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
October 27th, 2007
Women's Race

Place TmPl Name Year School 3k Time Pace
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1 1 Kellyn Johnson Jr. Wichita State 10:17 16:59.53 4:34
2 2 Traci Hawley Sr. Northern Iowa 10:32 17:20.40 4:40
3 3 Mica Land Sr. Wichita State 10:39 17:29.58 4:42
4 4 Carrie Vestal Sr. Missouri State 10:38 17:37.78 4:44
5 5 Jamie Vest Jr. Missouri State 10:43 17:39.28 4:45
6 6 Suzy Turner Sr. Illinois State 10:44 17:40.71 4:45
7 7 Asher Kyger Sr. Missouri State 10:48 17:42.61 4:46
8 8 Caedryn Schrunk Jr. Northern Iowa 10:42 17:43.51 4:46
9 9 A'seret Dokubo So. Southern Illinois 10:52 17:44.95 4:46
10 10 Olivia Martinez So. Wichita State 10:49 17:49.33 4:47
11 11 Kayla Alexander So. Indiana State 10:41 17:51.05 4:48
12 12 Chelsie Baldwin Sr. Wichita State 10:49 17:58.41 4:50
13 13 Nicole Braunsdorf Jr. Drake 10:44 17:59.68 4:50
14 14 Megan Foste Sr. Creighton 11:00 18:02.30 4:51
15 15 Heather Stembridge Jr. Indiana State 10:52 18:03.46 4:51
16 16 Andrea Sonnenschei Sr. Evansville 10:58 18:05.46 4:52
17 17 Andrea Wacker So. Northern Iowa 11:01 18:08.12 4:52
18 18 Jess Husted Fr. Illinois State 11:00 18:08.68 4:53
19 19 Katie Nowak Jr. Bradley 10:55 18:15.80 4:54
20 20 Kristin Wolkey Jr. Missouri State 11:05 18:27.21 4:57
21 21 Jessica Stephens Fr. Wichita State 11:13 18:28.01 4:58
22 22 Emily Fletcher So. Missouri State 11:10 18:29.97 4:58
23 23 Casey McDermott Fr. Drake 11:09 18:31.41 4:59
24 24 Sarah Glowacki Fr. Illinois State 11:10 18:31.80 4:59
25 25 Mary Goldkamp Fr. Bradley 11:14 18:33.28 4:59
26 26 Kim Ebbesen So. Illinois State 11:12 18:34.64 4:59
27 27 Natalie Scatena Jr. Illinois State 11:15 18:35.51 5:00
28 28 Kathleen Thompson Jr. Illinois State 11:03 18:38.40 5:00
29 29 Samantha Nygren So. Northern Iowa 11:15 18:42.21 5:01
30 30 Jenna Wood So. Wichita State 11:16 18:42.64 5:02
31 31 Andrea Hoy Sr. Evansville 11:20 18:44.19 5:02
32 32 Emily Toennies Fr. Southern Illinois 11:17 18:44.97 5:02
33 33 Milly Clark Fr. Drake 11:23 18:45.61 5:02
34 34 Jenny Kraakevik Fr. Illinois State 11:20 18:47.58 5:03
35 35 Karla Negron Sr. Indiana State 11:24 18:51.06 5:04
36 36 Allison Malone Fr. Indiana State 11:19 18:56.55 5:05
37 37 Regina Reinig Fr. Northern Iowa 11:16 18:59.33 5:06
38 38 Danielle Walker Fr. Wichita State 11:24 19:00.05 5:06
39 Stacey Turilli Jr. Illinois State 11:17 19:00.31 5:06
40 39 Adriane Wunderlich So. Indiana State 11:36 19:01.19 5:07
41 40 Nefeteri Williams So. Southern Illinois 11:02 19:01.45 5:07
42 41 Emily Pugh So. Indiana State 11:32 19:08.26 5:08
43 42 Meredith Bell Fr. Drake 11:31 19:10.88 5:09
44 43 Whitney Johnson Jr. Northern Iowa 11:34 19:10.99 5:09
45 44 Kari Tanimoto Sr. Creighton 11:38 19:12.08 5:10
46 45 Katrine Owren Fr. Drake 11:35 19:12.96 5:10
47 46 Shelby Lile Jr. Bradley 11:41 19:13.51 5:10
48 47 Staci Nelson So. Missouri State 11:32 19:14.79 5:10
49 48 Marlana Haefelin Fr. Bradley 11:37 19:17.01 5:11
50 49 Celeste Lorenzo So. Creighton 11:37 19:18.33 5:11
51 50 Molly Jergenson So. Creighton 11:41 19:18.82 5:11
52 51 Amanda Huling Jr. Northern Iowa 11:40 19:21.17 5:12
53 52 Courtney Heinz So. Drake 11:36 19:21.29 5:12
54 53 Sarah Hamling Sr. Drake 11:40 19:23.12 5:12
55 54 Liz Murray Sr. Creighton 11:50 19:26.74 5:13
56 55 Arrena Svoboda So. Evansville 11:40 19:27.56 5:14
57 Laura Zoulek Jr. Drake 11:41 19:28.78 5:14
58 56 Melissa Truex Fr. Evansville 11:49 19:29.82 5:14
59 Jessa Schweitzer So. Northern Iowa 11:38 19:31.50 5:15
60 57 Ryan Eichelberger Fr. Southern Illinois 11:47 19:39.02 5:17
61 58 Bethany Scruton Fr. Indiana State 11:50 19:41.49 5:17
62 59 Megan Hoelscher Fr. Southern Illinois 11:49 19:43.04 5:18
63 60 Stephanie Righeime Sr. Creighton 11:53 19:46.41 5:19
64 61 Shannon Seyller So. Bradley 11:44 19:49.56 5:20
65 62 Courtney Heller So. Evansville 11:54 19:52.74 5:20
66 63 Aubrey Inman Fr. Creighton 12:00 19:55.73 5:21
67 Ariel Hall Fr. Indiana State 12:02 19:56.76 5:21
68 64 Toni Whitfield So. Southern Illinois 11:59 19:57.06 5:22
69 65 Franny Enzler Sr. Evansville 12:09 20:08.07 5:25
70 66 Katie Rick Fr. Southern Illinois 12:09 20:09.50 5:25
71 Diana Jantsch Sr. Creighton 12:08 20:10.43 5:25
72 67 Amanda Switzer So. Bradley 12:12 20:18.70 5:27
73 Merry Lanker Sr. Southern Illinois 12:18 20:22.52 5:28
74 68 Megan Bowlds Jr. Evansville 12:25 20:28.78 5:30
75 Jaclyn Dippel Fr. Evansville 12:32 20:44.56 5:34
76 69 Mari-Jean Vance Fr. Missouri State 13:05 21:44.11 5:50
77 Rachel York So. Wichita State 24:24.91 6:33

Timing & Results by PrimeTime Race & Event Management, LLC. www.pttiming.com

2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Meet
Pheasant Ridge Golf Course
Hosted by University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
October 27th, 2007
========== WOMENS TEAM SCORE ==========

1. 47 Wichita State ( 17:46 1:28:48)
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1 1 Kellyn Johnson Jr. 17:00
2 3 Mica Land Sr. 17:30
3 10 Olivia Martinez So. 17:50
4 12 Chelsie Baldwin Sr. 17:59
5 21 Jessica Stephens Fr. 18:29
6 ( 30) Jenna Wood So. 18:43
7 ( 38) Danielle Walker Fr. 19:01

2. 58 Missouri State ( 18:00 1:29:59)
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1 4 Carrie Vestal Sr. 17:38
2 5 Jamie Vest Jr. 17:40
3 7 Asher Kyger Sr. 17:43
4 20 Kristin Wolkey Jr. 18:28
5 22 Emily Fletcher So. 18:30
6 ( 47) Staci Nelson So. 19:15
7 ( 69) Mari-Jean Vance Fr. 21:45

3. 93 Northern Iowa ( 18:12 1:30:57)
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1 2 Traci Hawley Sr. 17:21
2 8 Caedryn Schrunk Jr. 17:44
3 17 Andrea Wacker So. 18:09
4 29 Samantha Nygren So. 18:43
5 37 Regina Reinig Fr. 19:00
6 ( 43) Whitney Johnson Jr. 19:11
7 ( 51) Amanda Huling Jr. 19:22

4. 101 Illinois State ( 18:19 1:31:33)
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1 6 Suzy Turner Sr. 17:41
2 18 Jess Husted Fr. 18:09
3 24 Sarah Glowacki Fr. 18:32
4 26 Kim Ebbesen So. 18:35
5 27 Natalie Scatena Jr. 18:36
6 ( 28) Kathleen Thompson Jr. 18:39
7 ( 34) Jenny Kraakevik Fr. 18:48

5. 136 Indiana State ( 18:34 1:32:47)
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1 11 Kayla Alexander So. 17:52
2 15 Heather Stembridge Jr. 18:04
3 35 Karla Negron Sr. 18:52
4 36 Allison Malone Fr. 18:57
5 39 Adriane Wunderlich So. 19:02
6 ( 41) Emily Pugh So. 19:09
7 ( 58) Bethany Scruton Fr. 19:42

6. 156 Drake ( 18:45 1:33:42)
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1 13 Nicole Braunsdorf Jr. 18:00
2 23 Casey McDermott Fr. 18:32
3 33 Milly Clark Fr. 18:46
4 42 Meredith Bell Fr. 19:11
5 45 Katrine Owren Fr. 19:13
6 ( 52) Courtney Heinz So. 19:22
7 ( 53) Sarah Hamling Sr. 19:24

7. 197 Southern Illinois ( 19:00 1:34:56)
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1 9 A'Seret Dokubo So. 17:45
2 32 Emily Toennies Fr. 18:45
3 40 Nefeteri Williams So. 19:02
4 57 Ryan Eichelberger Fr. 19:40
5 59 Megan Hoelscher Fr. 19:44
6 ( 64) Toni Whitfield So. 19:58
7 ( 66) Katie Rick Fr. 20:10

8. 199 Bradley ( 19:03 1:35:12)
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1 19 Katie Nowak Jr. 18:16
2 25 Mary Goldkamp Fr. 18:34
3 46 Shelby Lile Jr. 19:14
4 48 Marlana Haefelin Fr. 19:18
5 61 Shannon Seyller So. 19:50
6 ( 67) Amanda Switzer So. 20:19

9. 211 Creighton ( 19:05 1:35:21)
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1 14 Megan Foste Sr. 18:03
2 44 Kari Tanimoto Sr. 19:13
3 49 Celeste Lorenzo So. 19:19
4 50 Molly Jergenson So. 19:19
5 54 Liz Murray Sr. 19:27
6 ( 60) Stephanie Righeimer Sr. 19:47
7 ( 63) Aubrey Inman Fr. 19:56

10. 220 Evansville ( 19:09 1:35:42)
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1 16 Andrea Sonnenschein Sr. 18:06
2 31 Andrea Hoy Sr. 18:45
3 55 Arrena Svoboda So. 19:28
4 56 Melissa Truex Fr. 19:30
5 62 Courtney Heller So. 19:53
6 ( 65) Franny Enzler Sr. 20:09
7 ( 68) Megan Bowlds Jr. 20:29