Women's Cross Country 11/15/2013 11:06:00 PM Drake Athletics

Cross Country Finishes Season At NCAA Regional

AMES, Iowa – The Drake University men's and women's cross country team closed out their 2013 season at the NCAA Midwest Regional Friday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.

The Drake women's team finished 17^th in the 30-team field to improve nine sports from its finish at the NCAA Regional last season. Iowa State won the race on its home course with 39 points to advance to the NCAA Championships.

The men's team did not register a team score with only three runners racing as Oklahoma State defended its regional title in the always difficult Midwest Region.

“Our women competed very well with great efforts across the board,” Drake head coach Dan Hostager said. “We moved up nine spots from last year and with most everyone returning in 2014, we'll be looking to make another big jump.”

Taylor Scholl (Prior Lake, Minn.) continued her role as the team's top runner by being the first Bulldog across the line in the 6-kilometer race with a time of 21:51.1 to finish 73^rd. Krista Maguire (Wausau, Wis.) trailed her in 88^th and a time of 21:57.8 followed by a 111^th place performance from Emma Huston (Des Moines, Iowa) and a time of 22:16.5. Cassie Aerts (David City, Neb.) and Erin Poss (Antioch, Ill.) rounded out the team's scoring in the 212-runner field by finishing 119^th and 122^nd.

Doug Brady (Englewood, Colo.), who was the team's top runner at the Missouri Valley Championship, repeated that performance by finishing in 75^th for the Bulldogs with a time of 32:03.7 on the hilly 10-kilometer course. Freshman Reed Fischer (Minnetonka, Minn.) was 102^nd in 32:30.4 and Ian Harkreader (Arvada, Colo.) was the final men's competitor in 157^th place in the 205-runner field.

“Our guys had some great individual efforts that resulted in a few personal bests today,” Hostager said. “Reed Fischer was one of the top freshman finishers in the region and our guys are looking forward to the upcoming track season.”

That track season starts in three weeks when the teams return to Ames for the ISU Holiday Preview on Dec. 6.

NCAA Division I Women's Midwest Regional
Iowa State Cross Country Course
6 kilometers

Team Scores
1. Iowa State, 39
2. Minnesota, 59
3. Oklahoma State,
4. Southern Illinois, 271
5. Kansas, 218
6. Missouri, 261
7. Bradley, 265
8. Illinois, 270
9. Northwestern, 275
10. Loyola, 277
11. Illinois State, 286
12. Tulsa, 309
13. Kansas State, 317
14. Saint Louis, 415
15. South Dakota St., 434
16. Wichita State, 450
17. Drake, 503
18. North Dakota State, 504
19. UMKC, 506
20. Nebraska, 509
21. Iowa, 512
22. South Dakota, 574
23. Northern Illinois, 593
24. North Dakota, 603
25. Illinois-Chicago, 616
26. Southeast Missouri State, 637
27. Eastern Illinois, 664
28. SIU-Edwardsville, 763
29. Creighton, 778
30. DePaul, 837

Drake Women's Individual Results
212 Runners
73. Taylor Scholl, 21:51.1
88. Krista Maguire, 21:57.8
111. Emma Huston, 22:16.5
119. Cassie Aerts, 22:25.1
122. Erin Poss, 22:28.3
165. Angela Ufheil, 23:11.5
171. Melissa Parks, 23:16.6

NCAA Division I Men's Midwest Regional
Iowa State Cross Country Course
10 kilometers

Team Scores
1. Oklahoma State, 45
2. Tulsa, 57
3. Iowa State, 113
4. Oklahoma, 156
5. Kansas, 157
5. Minnesota, 157
7. Illinois, 210
8. Missouri, 212
9. Nebraska, 319
10. South Dakota St., 328
11. Southern Illinois, 349
12. South Dakota, 352
13. Bradley, 361
14. Iowa, 371
15. Illinois, 399
16. Eastern Illinois, 418
17. Loyola, 426
18. Wichita State, 437
19. UMKC, 476
20. North Dakota St., 479
21. Saint Louis, 510
22. Southeast Missouri State, 663
23. SIU-Edwardsville, 666
24. North Dakota, 674
25. Kansas State, 731
26. Western Illinois, 733
27. DePaul, 808
28. Creighton, 835
29. Oral Roberts, 875