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Creighton/Nebraska-Omaha Classic
Date: Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007
Time: Women’s 5K-11 a.m.; Men’s 8K-11:30 a.m.
Site: Chalco Hills Recreation Area (8901 South 154th Street)
Last Year: Men-1st (15); Women-1st (19)
Internet: Check Huskers.com for results and a full recap
Next Meet: Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational (Sept. 15 at Lincoln’s Pioneer’s Park)
The 2007 Nebraska cross country season gets underway this Saturday at Chalco Hills Recreation Area in Omaha when the Huskers open their season at the Creighton/UNO Classic for the sixth straight year.
Nebraska is aiming to defend its 2006 team titles, with the women’s 5K starting at 11 a.m., followed by the men’s 8K at 11:30 a.m.
Due to training reasons, many of Nebraska’s top returnees will not be competing in Omaha. The women will have the services of junior captain Ari Goldstein, however, the winner of last year’s race, as well as the team’s 2006 Most Improved Runner, junior Jen Pancoast. The men will look to senior Vince Sickler for leadership, as well as a talented recruiting class that will get its first taste of collegiate running.
Before the 2006 Creighton/UNO Classic team titles, the NU women were also crowned champions in 2005 and 2003. The men were 2002 champions in addition to 2006.
The Huskers return 11 total letterwinners (seven women and four men) for 2007 and lost just two from last year’s squads.
After Saturday’s meet, the Huskers will have an off-week as they prepare for the 18th annual Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational at Lincoln’s Pioneer’s Park on Sept. 15.
Directions to Chalco Hills Recreation Area
Chalco Hills Recreation Area is located in west Omaha at 8901 South 154th Street. Coming from Lincoln, take Exit 440, turn left onto South 144th Street and then left onto Giles Road. Admission to the meet is free.
Nebraska’s Entry List (Creighton/UNO Classic)
Women Men
Rachel Carrizales Matt Conahan
Jennifer Pancoast James Laville
Last Year: Huskers Win Creighton/UNO Classic Again
For the second consecutive year, the Nebraska men’s and women’s cross country teams opened up the season by taking home the titles on Sept. 2 at the 2006 Creighton/UNO Classic in Omaha.
Running without top runners Kim Pancoast and Peter van der Westhuizen, Kyle Custer and Ari Goldstein ran impressive races to take first in the men’s 8K and women’s 5K, respectively. Custer, who finished in 27:55, placed 10 spots higher than in the 2005 Creighton/UNO Classic to lead the men to a victory in a head-to-head contest over Creighton with 15 points. Goldstein ran a 5K time of 18:33 as the women defeated both Creighton and Nebraska-Omaha with 19 points.
Not far behind Custer was Bryce Dickmeyer, who earned runner-up honors in a time of 28:03, his third top-three finish at the meet in four years. Nebraska also had the runner-up finisher in the women’s 5K, as captain Betsy Miller shattered her 5K best by nearly half a minute, finishing in 18:56.
Trailing Custer and Dickmeyer were three more NU runners, giving the Huskers all top-five places in the men’s race on a course that head coach Jay Dirksen noted was very wet and sloppy after morning showers. Two of the three were newcomers to the Nebraska program, as Ethan Luebbe was fourth in 28:11 and Vince Sickler, a transfer from Nebraska Wesleyan, was fifth in 28:13. Alec Maduza, who competed for the Huskers in 2003 and 2004, made a strong return to finish third in 28:09. A trio of freshman, Tom Johnson, Bryce Somer and James Laville, were eighth, ninth and 10th respectively for the Big Red.
The Huskers had five of the top seven finishers in the women’s race. Natalja Zarcenko (19:03) and Joslyn Dalton (19:16) were fourth and fifth, while Jennifer Pancoast placed seventh in 19:27. Pancoast’s mark was more than two minutes faster than her best in 2005.
CSTV to Televise NCAA Championships Live
For the first time in history, the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships will be televised live, announced Tuesday by College Sports Television (CSTV).
“The 2007 Division I championships will be historic because of the live coverage,” said Mark Bockelman, NCAA assistant director of championships. “The NCAA is committed to creating ways to make our championships exceptional for our student-athletes and fans. Adding live television coverage is an exciting step in reaching that goal and in promoting collegiate cross country.”
The event will be hosted by Indiana State on Nov. 19 in Terre Haute, Ind., marking the fourth straight year that the Sycamores have served as the host school.