Marshall University Athletics
Marshall University
Eastern Kentucky
Marian Brooks Places Fifth in Season Opening Race
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Sept. 1, 2006
RICHMOND, Ky.- Marian Brooks finished fifth in the cross country season opener at Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 1. Her time of 11:42.4 was the highest finish by a Marshall athlete at the meet. Eastern Kentucky and the University of Kentucky also ran in the race.
Jon Nelson, the highest men's finisher, crossed the finish line in 17th place with a time of 20:35.8, respectively. On the heels of Nelson was freshman Josh Holley who crossed the line with a time of 20:39.9. The rest of the men finished 19th-22nd, 24th and 27th. The men ran an 8k course.
Following Brooks in the 5k course was newcomer Allison Cox in 20th place, respectively. Her time of 12:43.6 was just five seconds better then Sara Sturgill's 21st finish. Five other women ran for the Herd and finished in places 24, 25, 26, 28 and 31.
Marshall will not run again until Sept. 15 when they travel to Cincinnati for the Queen City Invitational.
Men's team results: Eastern defeated UK by a score of 19 to 36 and Marshall by a score of 15 to 45. UK defeated Marshall 15 to 50.
Men's Results 1 Kurgat, Elkana (EKU) - 18:49.3 2 Korir, Jacob (EKU) - 18:50.4 3 Burngarner, Kirk (EKU) - 19:01.8 4 Newson, Andy (EKU) - 19:11.8 5 Fortney, Jacob (EKU) - 19:12.8 6 Thompson, John (UK) - 18:18.0 7 Silva, Andre (UK) - 19:32.5 8 Chelule, Cornelius (EKU) - 19:37.5 9 Dijkema, Jason (EKU) - 19:40.6 10 Long, Chris (UK) - 19:42.4 11 Hordusky, Bruce (UK) - 19:43.5 12 Richardson, John (UK) - 19:48.6 13 Smith, Stephan(UK) - 19:59.4 14 Finn, Ryan(UK) - 20:02.0 15 Daly, Pat (EKU) - 20:21.5 16 Machungo, James - 20:34.1 17 Nelson, Jon (MU) - 20:35.8 18 Holley, Josh (MU) - 20:39.9 19 Ramell, Andrew (MU) - 20:51.4 20 Epling, Travis (MU) - 21:01.4 21 Null, Matt (MU) - 21:24.3 22 Dorsey, Darryl (MU) - 21:28.9 23 Morgan, Ryan (EKU) - 21:32.2 24 Schernel, Straten (MU) - 21:32.6 25 Jacoby, Mike - 21:55.6 26 Hassell, Robert (EKU) - 22:39.7 27 Burr, Stephen(MU) - 24:11.4
Women's team results: Eastern defeated Marshall 19 to 44 but fell to UK by a score of 20 to 37. Kentucky defeated Marshall 17 to 46.
Women's Results 1 Way, Georganne (UK) - 11:15.4 2 Miller, Taylor (UK) - 11:18.0 3 Ankrom, Katy (EKU) - 11:25.8 4 Sparkes, Liliane (UK) - 11:42.3 5 Brooks, Marian (MU) - 11:42.4 6 Laverty, Claire (UK) - 11:43.5 7 McMaster, Ali (EKU) - 11:44.9 8 Crofford, Carrie (EKU) - 11:51.5 9 Petri, Lindsay (UK) - 11:53.9 10 King, Emily (UK) - 11:54.8 11 Miller, Shannon (EKU) - 11:56.3 12 Nieporte, Sondra (EKU) - 12:13.6 13 Doerger, Maria (EKU) - 12:15.8 14 Tobias, Shannon - 12:16.8 15 Dressman, Darcie (EKU) - 12:29.6 16 Halasek, Andrea (UK) - 12:31.6 17 Lavioe, Megan (EKU) - 12:39.9 18 Jones, Vicky (EKU) - 12:43.1 19 Engle, Courtney (EKU) - 12:43.3 20 Cox, Allison (MU) - 12:43.6 21 Sturgill, Sara (MU) - 12:48.5 22 Gilbreath, Emily (EKU) - 13:08.0 23 Moore, Courtney (EKU) - 13:10.5 24 Jacobs, Jaleeca (MU) - 13:22.5 25 Bailey, Emily (MU) - 13:24.9 26 Chaney, Anna (MU) - 13:45.3 27 Jacobs, Jasmine(EKU) - 13:47.5 28 Minardi, Rebecca(MU) - 13:53.7 29 Marshall, Jana(EKU) - 14:03.1 30 Brooks, Lakisha(EKU) - 14:26.3 31 Brooks, Lauren(MU) - 15:27.5
