Track/Cross Country Story

2003
NMJC CROSS COUNTRY
HARRIER REPORT #6

MEET: 67th ANNUAL COWBOY JAMBOREE
LOCATION: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
DATE: Saturday, October 4, 2003
DISTANCE: 5k OR 3.1 MILES
CONDITIONS: Clear and 68, no wind
THE COURSE: 98% grass with seven (7) hills on the course with the first hill of 450 meters at the start of the race. The remaining six (6) hills were about 80 meters in length, and, by Hobbs standards, very steep.

TEAMS PARTICIPATING AND SCORES: 1) Butler County (KS) – 74; 2) Oklahoma Baptist – 87; 3) New Mexico Highlands – 87; 4) Fort Hays State (KS) – 123; 5) Oklahoma Baptist – 147; 6) Southern Nazarene – 180; 7) Northwood (TX) – 199; 8) Colorado College – 227; 9) MidAmerican Nazarene (KS) – 228; 10) East Central – 240; 11) NMJC – 264; 12) Texas A&M Commerce – 293; 13) Newman (KS) – 356; 14) Dallas Baptist – 360; 15) Hutchinson Community (KS) – 365; 16) McMurry (TX) – 430; 17) Central Oklahoma – 446; 18) Oklahoma Panhandle – 515. Teams that did not score: Linwood, St. Gregory’s, Baker, Southwestern, Colby, Haskell, SIPI, Friends, Sterling, Cowley, Garden City, West Texas A&M, Pratt Community College, Coffeyville Community College, McPherson, and Bethany.

COACH’S COMMENTS:
This was a great pre-national meet for us. Our ladies learned that in a big race you cannot ease up for a second or 10 to 15 people will pass you. This will be a very important lesson for the national meet. I was very pleased with the entire team’s performance! Almost everyone ran personal best times on a very tough, hilly course. This was the first meet in three years in which our top five scoring girls all ran under 22 minutes. Our gap time was finally under 2 minutes (1:44), which means we packed together well. This is very important in this sport. Now we need our pack to continue to get faster.

The next 14 days will be critical in our improvement as a team. With an off week coming up, we will be in a 14 day training cycle and every workout will be important. The team has now improved five weeks in a row; and with a little more time to train and fewer races, we should be sitting in good shape when the national meet rolls around.

Our next meet will be at South Plains College on October 18, 2003. The college women’s race is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. (Texas time).

NMJC RUNNERS, PLACES, AND TIMES:
20th Jasmine Sanchez 20:02
72nd Becky Zubiate 21:22
77th Amanda Montes 21:30
78th Rita Ameri 21:31
97th Vanessa Marquez 21:46
137th Carmen Diaz 22:50
147th Ashley Dailey 23:14

T-BIRDS OF THE WEEK: This honor has to go to the entire team for successfully completing a very tough first half of the season. A special note, Jasmine Sanchez has now posted the #4 all-time performance at NMJC.