2009 Results

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Lamar men's team and the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's team won 2009 Southland Conference Cross Country Championships Saturday at West Guth Park. Lamar senior Francis Kasagule claimed the men's individual title, while Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Anne Ronoh won the women's individual title.

Lamar scored 38 points to record its fourth consecutive conference championship. McNeese State finished second with 65 points followed by UTSA (86), Stephen F. Austin (87) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (127). The title was the Cardinals' ninth overall.

Kasagule, who is from Gayhza, Uganda, completed the men's 8-kilometer course in a time of 23 minutes, 54 seconds, setting the championship record for the distance. The previous record time of 24:05 was set in 2007 by former A&M-Corpus Christi runner Shadrack Songok. Kasagule finished second last season with a time of 24:31.

Four Lamar runners finished in the top 10 and the five runners who scored points were among the top-14 finishers. Joonas Harjamaki finished fifth (24:50), Bob Abimbisibwe was eighth (24:24) and Drew Bean was 10th (24:31) to earn all-conference honors. The top-10 individuals earn all-conference recognition. Alejandro DeLaGarza finished 14th (25:01).

A&M-Corpus Christi scored 58 points to win its third overall and consecutive Southland championship. Stephen F. Austin finished second with 82 points followed by UT Arlington (105), UTSA (115) and McNeese State (128).

Ronoh, a native of Iten, Kenya, improved on her second-place finish from a season ago and turned a a winning time of 20:44 on the women's 6-kilomter course. Her winning time of 20:44 was an improvement on her time of 21:47 last season, but was 20 seconds off the course record.

Two Islanders finished in the top 10 and three others finished among the next eight to cross the finish line. BreAnna Briggs finished 10th to give A&M-Corpus Christi two all-conference selections. Sarah De Los Santos finished 14th (21:47), Faith Barlow finished 15th (21:48) and Meghan Lemke was 18th (21:54) to round out the scoring for the Islanders.

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2009 Southland Conference
Cross Country Championship
West Guth Park, Corpus Christi, TX - 10/31/2009

Event 1 Men 8k Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 #32 Francis Kasagule SR Lamar 23:54 1
2 #48 Joshua Sawe JR McNeese State 24:06 2
3 #47 David Rooney SO McNeese State 24:13 3
4 #92 Mitch Ownbey SO Stephen F. Austin 24:16 4
5 #30 Joonas Harjamaki JR Lamar 24:20 5
6 #124 Kalphys Kemboi Southeastern LA 24:23 6
7 #190 Layne Nixon SO UTSA 24:24 7
8 #25 Bob Abimbisibwe FR Lamar 24:24 8
9 #128 Henry Rop JR Southeastern LA 24:25 9
10 #26 Drew Bean JR Lamar 24:31 10
11 #44 Johnathon Koenck JR McNeese State 24:37 11
12 #96 Dennis Yeats JR Stephen F. Austin 24:41 12
13 #90 Keith Mahipala SR Stephen F. Austin 24:51 13
14 #29 Alejandro DeLaGarza FR Lamar 25:01 14
15 #12 Patrick Kimeli FR TAMCC 25:03 15
16 #11 Jordan Valle FR TAMCC 25:11 16
17 #191 Cole Reveal SO UTSA 25:14 17
18 #46 Jarrett LeBlanc SO McNeese State 25:19 18
19 #188 Michael Cook SO UTSA 25:24 19
20 #28 Maarten VanDyck FR Lamar 25:25 20
21 #187 Brandon Chiuminetta SO UTSA 25:26 21
22 #186 Albert Cardenas SO UTSA 25:27 22
23 #189 Corey Vargas SR UTSA 25:29 23
24 #185 Daniel Balbontin FR UTSA 25:31 24
25 #16 Eloy Zertuche JR TAMCC 25:35 25
26 #192 Jim Stitt FR UTSA 25:44
27 #139 Michael Morris SO Texas State 25:47 26
28 #31 Kyle Hawley FR Lamar 25:49 27
29 #93 Xavier Rodriguez SO Stephen F. Austin 25:50 28
30 #170 Zach Zura JR UT Arlington 25:51 29
31 #91 Harmon McClanahan SO Stephen F. Austin 25:57 30
32 #41 Ryan Barrow SR McNeese State 25:57 31
33 #121 Nelphat Boit JR Southeastern LA 25:58 32
34 #172 Eric Montou FR UT Arlington 26:03 33
35 #95 Logan Smart SO Stephen F. Austin 26:05 34
36 #15 Scott Vance JR TAMCC 26:07 35
37 #13 Curtis Patton FR TAMCC 26:10 36
38 #137 Hugo Corral SO Texas State 26:19 37
39 #9 Daniel Barlow SO TAMCC 26:22 38
40 #14 Arisel Perez JR TAMCC 26:23 39
41 #106 Blake Woolums SO Sam Houston State 26:24 40
42 #107 Joseph D'Eramo SO Sam Houston State 26:26 41
43 #27 Randy Becker SR Lamar 26:26
44 #10 Kirk Dalhiem SR TAMCC 26:27
45 #110 Julius Michael JR Sam Houston State 26:28 42
46 #43 Edwin Koenck FR McNeese State 26:28 43
47 #141 Jesus Ordas FR Texas State 26:29 44
48 #109 Patrick Krol FR Sam Houston State 26:34 45
49 #176 Ken Wallace FR UT Arlington 26:37 46
50 #175 Heinz Schwarzkopf JR UT Arlington 26:45 47
51 #89 Sam Hulse SO Stephen F. Austin 26:52 48
52 #169 Cody Widener FR UT Arlington 26:57 49
53 #94 Adam Saloom SO Stephen F. Austin 27:00
54 #158 Tony Stewart FR Central Arkansas 27:06 50
55 #45 Kevin Laughlin SO McNeese State 27:08 51
56 #153 Logan Dockery JR Central Arkansas 27:11 52
57 #105 Clint Anders FR Sam Houston State 27:14 53
58 #125 Jessie McDavitt Southeastern LA 27:17 54
59 #155 Chris Gray SO Central Arkansas 27:21 55
60 #74 Dusty Dischler JR Northwestern State 27:24 56
61 #140 Matt Novak JR Texas State 27:31 57
62 #138 Andres Herrera FR Texas State 27:41 58
63 #144 Chase Teinert FR Texas State 27:48 59
64 #157 Brad Kintner FR Central Arkansas 27:51 60
65 #127 Scott Richardson Southeastern LA 27:54 61
66 #126 Jaron Ortega Southeastern LA 28:03 62
67 #171 Hance Loyd FR UT Arlington 28:04 63
68 #73 Josh Crandell FR Northwestern State 28:11 64
69 #123 Kyle Golden JR Southeastern LA 28:15 65
70 #42 Matt Fontenot SR McNeese State 28:15
71 #61 Jordan Reed FR Nicholls State 28:19 66
72 #174 Darren Rous JR UT Arlington 28:21 67
73 #77 Kyle Lessig FR Northwestern State 28:21 68
74 #112 Ray Venegas JR Sam Houston State 28:28 69
75 #58 Tyler Folse SO Nicholls State 28:37 70
76 #159 Matt Woods FR Central Arkansas 28:43 71
77 #59 Joby Fryou JR Nicholls State 28:48 72
78 #60 Ross Mullooly FR Nicholls State 28:50 73
79 #111 Matt Stephenson SO Sam Houston State 29:03 74
80 #108 Travis Kocurek JR Sam Houston State 29:11
81 #154 Stephon Ferriel SO Central Arkansas 29:14 75
82 #75 Chris Lanier FR Northwestern State 29:30 76
83 #40 Justin Babin SO Nicholls State 29:38 77
84 #78 Cameron Mehl JR Northwestern State 29:57 78
85 #156 Tanner Hubbard SO Central Arkansas 30:08 79
86 #122 Zac Dufrene JR Southeastern LA 30:18
87 #62 Dylan Williams FR Nicholls State 31:23 80
88 #63 Matt Lanier FR Northwestern State 31:58 81
89 #79 Breshon Williams SO Northwestern State 31:58 82


Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Lamar 38 1 5 8 10 14 20 27
Total Time: 2:02:10.00
Average: 24:26.00
2 McNeese State 65 2 3 11 18 31 43 51
Total Time: 2:04:12.00
Average: 24:50.40
3 UTSA 86 7 17 19 21 22 23 24
Total Time: 2:05:55.00
Average: 25:11.00
4 Stephen F. Austin 87 4 12 13 28 30 34 48
Total Time: 2:05:35.00
Average: 25:07.00
5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 127 15 16 25 35 36 38 39
Total Time: 2:08:06.00
Average: 25:37.20
6 Southeastern Louisiana 162 6 9 32 54 61 62 65
Total Time: 2:09:57.00
Average: 25:59.40
7 UT Arlington 204 29 33 46 47 49 63 67
Total Time: 2:12:13.00
Average: 26:26.60
8 Sam Houston State 221 40 41 42 45 53 69 74
Total Time: 2:13:06.00
Average: 26:37.20
9 Texas State 222 26 37 44 57 58 59
Total Time: 2:13:47.00
Average: 26:45.40
10 Central Arkansas 288 50 52 55 60 71 75 79
Total Time: 2:18:12.00
Average: 27:38.40
11 Northwestern State 342 56 64 68 76 78 81 82
Total Time: 2:23:23.00
Average: 28:40.60
12 Nicholls State 358 66 70 72 73 77 80
Total Time: 2:24:12.00
Average: 28:50.40

Event 2 Women 6k Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 #8 Anne Ronoh SR TAMCC 20:44 1
2 #182 Kayla Pratt SO UTSA 20:51 2
3 #33 Tinette Burger SR McNeese State 21:16 3
4 #21 Samantha Walkow FR Lamar 21:20 4
5 #180 Dana Mecke SR UTSA 21:23 5
6 #87 Amy Shackelford JR Stephen F. Austin 21:26 6
7 #183 Pernilla Savestrand SR UTSA 21:34 7
8 #53 Lauren Jones JR Nicholls State 21:37 8
9 #85 Megan Jenkins JR Stephen F. Austin 21:37 9
10 #4 BreAnna Briggs FR TAMCC 21:40 10
11 #162 Jennifer Carey SO UT Arlington 21:41 11
12 #117 Dorcus Kapkiai SO Southeastern LA 21:42 12
13 #86 Haley Parsons FR Stephen F. Austin 21:44 13
14 #6 Sarah De Los Santos JR TAMCC 21:47 14
15 #2 Faith Barlow SR TAMCC 21:48 15
16 #129 Steffanie Armstrong SO Texas State 21:51 16
17 #164 Perri Ford JR UT Arlington 21:53 17
18 #5 Meghan Lemke SR TAMCC 21:54 18
19 #166 Amanda McMahon JR UT Arlington 21:57 19
20 #51 Dakota Goodman FR Nicholls State 22:02 20
21 #18 Karin Svensson FR Lamar 22:02 21
22 #163 Lydia Chebii JR UT Arlington 22:04 22
23 #3 Courtney Johnson JR TAMCC 22:04 23
24 #50 Brea Goodman FR Nicholls State 22:05 24
25 #88 Randi Wymer FR Stephen F. Austin 22:11 25
26 #7 Sheila Salil JR TAMCC 22:12 26
27 #34 Alvy Carragher SO McNeese State 22:18 27
28 #20 Emily Carpenter SO Lamar 22:20 28
29 #81 Meredith Blocker JR Stephen F. Austin 22:24 29
30 #36 Amy Guinn JR McNeese State 22:24 30
31 #133 Maria Lopez FR Texas State 22:28 31
32 #130 Heather Bullin SR Texas State 22:29 32
33 #35 Aisling Casey SO McNeese State 22:32 33
34 #83 Marie Flores JR Stephen F. Austin 22:34 34
35 #37 Candice McCormick SO McNeese State 22:37 35
36 #168 Marissa Paz FR UT Arlington 22:44 36
37 #116 Naomi Jeruto Southeastern LA 22:46 37
38 #181 Courtney Nelson SO UTSA 22:48 38
39 #102 Victoria Gemeny SO Sam Houston State 22:51 39
40 #38 Fionnuala Ross FR McNeese State 22:53 40
41 #98 Sara Collazos SO Sam Houston State 22:54 41
42 #101 Kylie Fitzgerald FR Sam Houston State 22:55 42
43 #136 Sandra Venegas SO Texas State 22:58 43
44 #65 Karensa Ellis FR Northwestern State 22:59 44
45 #146 Heather Estetter SO Central Arkansas 23:05 45
46 #145 Courtney Efurd FR Central Arkansas 23:11 46
47 #97 Haleigh Pustka SO Sam Houston State 23:18 47
48 #82 Brette Fleming-Wood SO Stephen F. Austin 23:23 48
49 #56 Kadi Whisnant JR Nicholls State 23:24 49
50 #24 Nora-Beth Saunders FR Lamar 23:26 50
51 #131 Dana Dolejsi SO Texas State 23:28 51
52 #167 Christina Mose SR UT Arlington 23:31 52
53 #115 Kim Gastinell SR Southeastern LA 23:33 53
54 #19 Daisy Cantu SO Lamar 23:36 54
55 #67 Allison Fontenot FR Northwestern State 23:45 55
56 #55 Jessica McCleod JR Nicholls State 23:47 56
57 #150 Dacey Mitchell FR Central Arkansas 23:48 57
58 #66 Sarah Emory FR Northwestern State 23:51 58
59 #161 Esther Abuto JR UT Arlington 23:56 59
60 #134 Amanda McKinney JR Texas State 23:59 60
61 #147 Brittani Johnson SO Central Arkansas 24:02 61
62 #152 Sabrina Peterman FR Central Arkansas 24:02 62
63 #178 Jessica Bitterly FR UTSA 24:04 63
64 #54 Imma Kosgei JR Nicholls State 24:13 64
65 #72 Andrea Warren JR Northwestern State 24:14 65
66 #99 Crystal Santos FR Sam Houston State 24:15 66
67 #113 Bethany Burst Southeastern LA 24:30 67
68 #114 Ernestine Carodine SR Southeastern LA 24:31 68
69 #17 Marlou Bijlsma FR Lamar 24:35 69
70 #104 Haley Peddy FR Sam Houston State 24:43 70
71 #100 Megan Williams SR Sam Houston State 24:51 71
72 #70 Redd Williams JR Northwestern State 25:12 72
73 #52 Skyla Jackson FR Nicholls State 25:14 73
74 #148 Kayleigh Lewellyn FR Central Arkansas 25:20 74
75 #119 Courtney Schultheis JR Southeastern LA 25:43 75
76 #71 Lawana Perkins SO Northwestern State 25:54 76
77 #69 Kirstie Jones FR Northwestern State 26:00 77
78 #165 Sophia Yousefi FR UT Arlington 26:02
79 #68 Courtney Hershberge JR Northwestern State 26:12
80 #179 Rebecca Crain FR UTSA 26:30 78
81 #23 Sharon Sason FR Lamar 26:49 79
82 #151 Emily Parker SO Central Arkansas 26:56 80
83 #149 Heidi Miller GR Central Arkansas 28:09
84 #118 Esther Kemboi JR Southeastern LA 28:17 81
#84 Stephanie Ganter SO Stephen F. Austin DQ (cut course w/100m to go)


Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 58 1 10 14 15 18 23 26
Total Time: 1:47:53.00
Average: 21:34.60
2 Stephen F. Austin 82 6 9 13 25 29 34 48
Total Time: 1:49:22.00
Average: 21:52.40
3 UT Arlington 105 11 17 19 22 36 52 59
Total Time: 1:50:19.00
Average: 22:03.80
4 UTSA 115 2 5 7 38 63 78
Total Time: 1:50:40.00
Average: 22:08.00
5 McNeese State 128 3 27 30 33 35 40
Total Time: 1:51:07.00
Average: 22:13.40
6 Nicholls State 157 8 20 24 49 56 64 73
Total Time: 1:52:55.00
Average: 22:35.00
6 Lamar 157 4 21 28 50 54 69 79
Total Time: 1:52:44.00
Average: 22:32.80
8 Texas State 173 16 31 32 43 51 60
Total Time: 1:53:14.00
Average: 22:38.80
9 Sam Houston State 235 39 41 42 47 66 70 71
Total Time: 1:56:13.00
Average: 23:14.60
10 Southeastern Louisiana 237 12 37 53 67 68 75 81
Total Time: 1:57:02.00
Average: 23:24.40
11 Central Arkansas 271 45 46 57 61 62 74 80
Total Time: 1:58:08.00
Average: 23:37.60
12 Northwestern State 294 44 55 58 65 72 76 77
Total Time: 2:00:01.00
Average: 24:00.20