Tranel to Compete at NCAA Championships

Nebraska tri-captain Kayte Tranel will cap a magnificent senior season by competing at the NCAA Cross Country Championships Monday, Nov. 21, in Terre Haute, Ind.

Tranel will represent the Nebraska women for the 22nd time in school history at the NCAA meet when she competes in the women’s 6K, which will start at 1:15 p.m., following the conclusion of the men’s 10K.

Tranel was one of four individual automatic qualifiers from the NCAA Midwest Regional with her eighth-place performance, along with Desiraye Osburn (Wichita State), Ashley Anklam (Drake) and Meghan Armstrong (Iowa).

Tranel has been a major reason for Nebraska’s success this campaign, just one year removed from a redshirt season.

The Hampton, Neb., native was the women’s top finisher in all but one race this year. She placed in the top 10 in four races, and set career-best marks in the 5K at the South Dakota State Invitational (17:42) and in the 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional (21:09).

Media Coverage

Indiana State University is the host for the 2005 NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Information on the meet can be found at the following address:

http://www.indstate.edu/athletics/cross/championship/2005ncaa.html

A full recap will be posted on Huskers.com after the meet.

Review: Husker Women Finish Fifth at NCAA Midwest Regional

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Senior Kayte Tranel and freshman Ari Goldstein were named to the All-Midwest Regional Team as they led the Husker women to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Iowa City, Iowa, on Nov. 12.

Tranel placed eighth in a career-best 6K time of 21:09 to edge out Meghan Armstrong of Iowa and secure a spot in the NCAA meet, while Goldstein placed 10th in a career-best time of 21:14. She was the top freshman finisher at the meet.

"Both Kayte (Tranel) and Ari (Goldstein) ran really good races," Head Coach Jay Dirksen said. "They were lights out. As a team, we ran our best race of the year. This is a big improvement from a year ago. The future certainly looks bright for our women’s team."

All seven NU women placed in the top 80.

After Tranel and Goldstein, freshman Natalja Zarcenko and junior co-captain Kim Pancoast were 37th (22:26) and 39th (22:30), respectively.

A trio of sophomores in Channing Anseth (48th, 22:43), Betsy Miller (63rd, 23:02) and Joslyn Dalton (23:25) rounded out the Nebraska women’s contingent,

The Husker men were led by freshman Brian Parr, who placed 82nd in 33:26.

Junior co-captain Bryce Dickmeyer was the next male finisher in 92nd-place (33:45).