Runners take NCAA region

On Nov. 14, at the NCAA West Regionals, the women’s team placed first out of 17 teams while the men’s team placed fourth out of 16 teams.

The women’s team top finisher for the 6K race was sophomore Dana Misterek who placed third with a time of 22:10.74. Freshman Joy Shufeldt took sixth place with a time of 22:29.25.  Thirdly, sophomore Tonya Turner placed eighth with a time of 22:44.29. Junior Kathryn Williams placed 13th with a time of 23:03.28. Senior Jo E Mayer placed 21st with a time of 23:41.36. These five women lead the women’s team to their first-place victory.
Seven runners from the women’s team will be leaving for nationals next Thursday including Misterek, Williams, Turner, Shufeldt, Mayer, senior Kaitlin Hildebrand and senior Emily Morehouse. At nationals, these women will compete against the top Division III schools in the country.

“We are really excited about going to nationals,” Misterek said. “This is a huge achievement for us as a team.”

The only other time the Whitworth women won their region was back in 2002.

“We pushed ourselves to the max,” Shufeldt said. “We knew in order to win, we would have to give our best efforts, all the training we did all year paid off.”

For the men’s team, sophomore Aaron Jenkins placed 11th in the 8K race with a time of 26:09.04. Junior Nick Gallagher placed 12th with a time 26:15.19. Sophomore Tyler Dudley placed 17th with a time of 26:23.00. Senior Collin Stewart placed 27th with a time of 26:52.96. Senior Trevor Berrian placed 33rd with a time of 27:04.68.

Contact Danielle Douvakis at danielle.douvakis@whitworthian.com.

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