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Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational
Date: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007
Time: Women’s 6K-10 a.m.; Men’s 8K-10:45 a.m.
Site: Pioneer’s Park (3201 South Coddington Avenue)
Last Year: Men-1st; Women-1st
Internet: Check Huskers.com for results and a full recap. For immediate results, visit
www.AllSportCentral.com.
Next Meet: Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 29 in St. Paul, Minn.)
The Husker cross country teams will field full lineups this Saturday morning in hopes of defending their Woody Greeno titles as Nebraska co-hosts the 18th annual Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational at Lincoln’s Pioneer’s Park.
Consisting of more than 600 runners from colleges and universities across the Midwest, the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational is the largest cross country event in the state. Action gets underway from Pioneer’s Park at 10 a.m. with the women’s 6K, followed by the men’s 8K at 10:45 a.m.
Team scores will be split into University and College divisions. At the 2006 meet, both the Husker men and women were crowned champions in the University division, marking the 12th title for the women and seventh for the men of their home course.
Nebraska is coming off a solid performance from the Creighton/UNO Classic on Sept. 1, when freshman Lara Crofford won the women’s 5K to lead NU to the team championship, while freshman Todd Guilzia guided the men to a runner-up team finish with a second-place showing in the 8K. Dirksen held out many of the Huskers’ top returning runners due to training reasons, making this Saturday the first time the complete 2007 Nebraska squads will run together.
The Huskers will have another week off after Saturday’s meet, before traveling to St. Paul, Minn. for the Roy Griak Invitational.
Directions to Pioneer’s Park
From I-80 west and east: Due to construction on Exit 397, those coming from I-80 west should get off at Exit 396. Then turn left onto West O Street followed by a right on the Highway 77 exit. Heading south, take another right off Highway 77 onto Rosa Parks Way (formerly Capital Parkway). Rosa Parks Way will turn into S. Coddington Ave. Continuing south, after crossing Van Dorn Street, you will enter Pioneer’s Park on the east side. Those traveling from I-80 east, take Exit 401 (Interstate-180) into downtown Lincoln and follow the instructions below.
From Downtown Lincoln: Get on Rosa Parks Way (Formerly Capitol Parkway) off 9th Street (“L” Street turns into Rosa Parks Way after crossing 9th). Continue on Rosa Parks Way, which turns into S. Coddington Ave. After crossing Van Dorn Street, you will enter Pioneer’s Park on the east side.
Nebraska’s Entry List (Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational)
Women
Jennifer Pancoast
Men
Last Year: Huskers Win Woody Greeno
The Nebraska men’s and women’s cross country teams raced to a pair of University Division titles at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational at Pioneer’s Park Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006.
An estimated 1,500 fans witnessed the 17th annual event and watched Husker women Ari Goldstein (22:07.60) and Channing Anseth (22:16.90) race to a one-two finish in the 6K. Nebraska finished with 28 points in the University Division team standings and 32 points in the overall results. It was the 12th team title for the Husker women at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invite and marked the first time since 1997 and 1998 that the Huskers have captured back-to-back crowns.
For Goldstein, it was her second career victory in just her second year at Nebraska. Goldstein and Anseth, then a junior who competed sparingly in 2005, steadily pulled away from the rest of the pack in the second half of the race.
On the men’s side, Peter van der Westhuizen performed well and received support from some vastly improved times from Brian Parr and Kyle Custer. The Husker men scored 24 points in the University Division to easily outdistance runner-up Wyoming, which finished with 43 points.
Running in his first meet of the season, van der Westhuizen raced with the lead pack throughout the majority of the men’s 8K and finished fourth in 25:54.25. Parr and Custer, who placed 91st and 92nd respectively at the 2005 Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invite, made amazing strides. Parr finished eighth in a time of 26:14.15, while Custer came in 13th in a career-best 8K time of 26:38.15.
Alec Maduza also performed well for the men by placing 27th overall (27:12.80) in his first meet with the Huskers since 2004. Nebraska Wesleyan transfer Vince Sickler added a 37th-place finish in 27:28.55.
Dan Greeno of Bethel University, the great grand-nephew of Woody Greeno, finished 17th overall.
Overall, nine Nebraska runners, including all six women, who competed at the 2005 Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invite improved their finishes from last year’s meet.
Natalja Zarcenko finished 10 spots higher with a sixth-place showing (22:49.55), while Jennifer Pancoast moved up 74 spots from 83rd to ninth in a 6K career-best time of 23:14:15.
Husker Women Ranked Fourth in USTFCCCA Midwest Region Poll
The Nebraska women are ranked fourth by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in their first poll, released Sept. 10.
The fourth-place ranking is one spot higher than last year before the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational, when the Huskers were fifth. Only Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa are ranked above the Huskers in the first poll of the 2007 season, while NU is above Big 12 opponents Oklahoma State (5th), Missouri (8th), Oklahoma (10th), Kansas State (11th), Kansas (12th) and Iowa State (14th).
The Nebraska men also made an appearance among the 15 teams ranks, coming in at No. 12.
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.
Review: Husker Women Claim Team Title at Chalco Hills
Omaha - For the fourth time in the past five years, the Husker women’s cross country team won the team championship at the Creighton/UNO Classic, winning the season-opening meet with 22 points Sept. 1 at Chalco Hills Recreation Area in Omaha. The Nebraska men turned in a solid performance as well, finishing runner-up with 40 points.
Leading the way for the Huskers were two freshmen, as Lara Crofford won the women’s 5K (18:34), while Todd Gulizia finished runner-up in the men’s 8K (27:27). The NU women took five of the top 10 spots, with junior Ari Goldstein (2nd, 18:50), sophomore Rachel Carrizales (3rd, 19:09), freshman Jen Webers (6th, 20:18) and junior Jen Pancoast (10th, 20:52) following Crofford’s winning performance.
Freshmen Matt Conahan and Mikel Thomas earned top 10 performances in the men’s race as the newcomers finished sixth and ninth.
Between the 13 runners competing on the men’s and women’s squads, seven were running in their first collegiate cross country meet.
USTFCCCA Women’s Cross Country
Midwest Region Rankings - Sept. 10
1. Illinois
2. Minnesota
3. Iowa
4. Nebraska
5. Oklahoma State
6. Wichita State
7. Tulsa
8. Missouri
9. Missouri State
10. Oklahoma
11. Kansas State
12. Kansas
13. Northern Iowa
14. Iowa State
15. Illinois State
USTFCCCA Men’s Cross Country
Midwest Region Rankings - Sept. 10
1. Oklahoma State
2. Iowa State
3. Minnesota
4. Kansas
5. Iowa
6. Missouri
7. Tulsa
8. Illinois
9. Oklahoma
10. Southern Illinois
11. Drake
12. Nebraska
13. Illinois State
14. Kansas State
15. Bradley
History of the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational
The Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational enters its 18th year of competition this Saturday. Over 600 athletes from across the Midwest are expected to compete, with a champion crowned in the university-open field, which includes NCAA Division I schools and club teams, and the college field, which includes non-Division I teams. The women’s competition was lengthened in 2002 from 5K to the current 6K distance.
The competition, held at Pioneer’s Park in southwest Lincoln, began in 1990 when Nebraska Wesleyan combined its meet ? the Woody Greeno Invitational ? with Nebraska’s meet ? the Nebraska Invitational ? to form what is now the largest cross country event in the state. Although both university and college competitors run in the same race, divisional champions are determined by each team’s finish within its own division. In the 2001 meet the Husker men and women ran unattached following a ruling from the Big 12 after the Sept. 11 national tragedy.
In all, Nebraska has captured eight men’s titles and 11 women’s titles. Most recently, the Huskers swept the 2006 titles. In addition, seven Husker athletes have captured nine individual titles, including Fran ten Bensel, who won three consecutive titles as a Husker in the early 1990s, and Ari Goldstein, the 2006 winner. Former Husker Anne Shadle was the 2003 champion, and went on to win 2005 individual title as well while running for Reebok. The former Husker standout’s winning time of 20:51.0 ranks as the second-fastest 6K performance in the history of the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational.