Truman Men Finish 10th at NCAA Championships
Team Scores | Individual Results
The Truman State University men's cross country team finished 10th on today at the 43rd Annual Men's NCAA Division II Championships in Pomona, Calif.
Junior Andy Doering (Florissant, Mo./McCluer North) was the top finisher for Truman coming in 27th in a time of 32:42.3 over the 10K course.
Junior Ben Rosario (St. Louis, Mo./SLUH) was 43rd in 33:01.9; freshman Alan Heincker (Dittmer, Mo./Grandview) was 79th in 33:56.4; Junior Matt Helbig (Fenton, Mo./Rockwood Summit) was 92nd in 34:27.6; Junior Mark DeBold was 103rd in 34:46.3; Junior Brian McQueary was 148th in 36:18.3: and senior Nick Blackburn was 175th in 40:01.7.
Western State (Colo.) won the 2000 national meet, while MIAA foe MIssouri Southern was sixth.
Twenty-four men's teams competed at the national meet as well as the top two individuals from the eight regions across the country.
Truman, ranked 10th in the last Division II poll, was back competing as a team at the championships for the first time since 1996, when the squad finished 11th.
Last year, Doering went to the championships as an individual and earned all-America honors by placing 26th.
In both 1994 and 1995, the Bulldogs finished third at the national meet, but Truman's best finish is a second-place showing at the 1964 championships. That year, current Bulldog coach Ed Schneider was the individual national champion.
Schneider, who has coached the Bulldogs to eight team appearances at the NCAA Championships and three conference titles, was inducted into the NCAA Division II Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Nov. 17 at a banquet preceding the meet.
Truman Results Rank Name Time 27 Andy Doering 32:42.3 43 Ben Rosario 33:01.9 79 Alan Heincker 33:56.4 92 Matt Helbig 34:27.6 103 Mark DeBold 34:46.3 148 Brian McQueary 36:18.3 175 Nick Blackburn 40:01.7
NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships Nov. 18, 2000 10,000 meters Prado Park, Chino, Calif. MEN'S TEAM SCORES Rank School Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9 ==== ======================= ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== 1 Western State (CO) 29 3 4 5 7 10 24 26 Total time: 2:37:04.1 Average: 31:24.8 2 Abilene Christian 62 1 2 8 18 33 65 Total time: 2:38:18.8 Average: 31:39.7 3 Adams State (CO) 96 13 16 17 19 31 83 137 Total time: 2:41:39.8 Average: 32:19.9 4 Edinboro (PA) 124 6 11 12 44 51 94 103 Total time: 2:42:04.6 Average: 32:24.9 5 Cal-Davis 145 14 21 29 36 45 57 75 Total time: 2:43:40.2 Average: 32:44.0 6 Missouri Southern 210 9 30 50 54 67 124 162 Total time: 2:45:46.0 Average: 33:09.2 7 South Dakota 239 27 32 48 61 71 77 123 Total time: 2:46:50.2 Average: 33:22.0 8 Cal State Chico 243 35 40 49 59 60 70 119 Total time: 2:47:00.7 Average: 33:24.1 9 South Dakota State 280 41 42 46 64 87 96 148 Total time: 2:48:04.6 Average: 33:36.9 10 Truman State (MO) 305 25 39 69 81 91 134 159 Total time: 2:48:54.5 Average: 33:46.9 11 MN State-Mankato 319 34 37 55 92 101 120 150 Total time: 2:49:14.1 Average: 33:50.8 12 Harding (AR) 329 38 53 56 89 93 142 145 Total time: 2:49:45.6 Average: 33:57.1 13 Central Missouri 332 22 63 73 74 100 144 151 Total time: 2:49:37.0 Average: 33:55.4 14 Humboldt State (CA) 346 23 58 62 97 106 107 143 Total time: 2:50:15.4 Average: 34:03.0 15 Ashland (OH) 363 15 52 82 105 109 112 118 Total time: 2:50:36.9 Average: 34:07.3 16 Hillsdale (MI) 397 47 66 85 86 113 130 135 Total time: 2:51:53.2 Average: 34:22.6 17 UMass-Lowell 440 76 78 88 90 108 110 122 Total time: 2:53:17.4 Average: 34:39.4 18 Bentley (MA) 470 20 84 114 125 127 131 140 Total time: 2:54:23.1 Average: 34:52.6 19 Shippensburg (PA) 504 79 80 104 115 126 136 146 Total time: 2:55:21.7 Average: 35:04.3 20 Lock Haven (PA) 507 28 95 117 129 138 149 153 Total time: 2:55:45.9 Average: 35:09.1 21 Indianapolis 531 72 99 111 121 128 133 147 Total time: 2:56:04.7 Average: 35:12.9 22 Kennesaw State (GA) 544 43 98 116 132 155 161 Total time: 2:58:10.5 Average: 35:38.1 23 St. Augustine's (NC) 674 68 139 154 156 157 158 Total time: 3:06:35.6 Average: 37:19.1 24 Barton College (NC) 718 102 141 152 160 163 164 165 Total time: 3:10:49.8 Average: 38:09.9 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships Nov. 18, 2000 10,000 meters Prado Park, Chino, Calif. RANK COMP# ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME SCORE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6 Alfred Rugema' SO Abilene Christian 30:17.0 1 2 3 John Kemboi' SO Abilene Christian 30:58.3 2 3 179 Michael Aish' JR Western State (CO) 31:03.0 3 4 182 Josephus LeRoux' JR Western State (CO) 31:06.0 4 5 184 Rubin McRae' SO Western State (CO) 31:15.3 5 6 63 Jeff Barker SR Edinboro (PA) 31:19.5 6 7 183 Paul McRae' SO Western State (CO) 31:43.3 7 8 8 Gilbert Tuhabonye' SR Abilene Christian 31:44.6 8 9 119 Petri Kykyri' SO Missouri Southern 31:55.1 9 10 185 Scott Nagelkerke SO Western State (CO) 31:56.5 10 11 67 Aaron Rowe SO Edinboro (PA) 31:57.8 11 12 107 Arturo Cabral JR Lewis (IL) 31:58.3 13 69 YiMin Wu' JR Edinboro (PA) 32:00.5 12 14 10 Jason Hubbard SR Adams State (CO) 32:03.1 13 15 49 Jeff Kaiser SR Cal-Davis 32:04.9 14 16 18 Nick Cordes JR Ashland (OH) 32:05.1 15 17 134 Carlos Vasquez' SR Pittsburg State (KS) 32:06.3 18 14 Julio Serratos SR Adams State (CO) 32:07.7 16 19 11 Brandon Leslie SR Adams State (CO) 32:10.2 17 20 7 Arthemon Sindayigaya' FR Abilene Christian 32:28.5 18 21 13 Jose Merino JR Adams State (CO) 32:29.5 19 22 32 Gary Mello SR Bentley (MA) 32:31.9 20 23 48 Adrian DeWald SR Cal-Davis 32:35.4 21 24 59 Valdimir Golias' SR Central Missouri 32:36.5 22 25 85 Peter Clusener SR Humboldt State (CA) 32:40.1 23 26 181 Nelson Laux SR Western State (CO) 32:41.6 24 27 167 Andy Doering JR Truman State (MO) 32:42.3 25 28 180 Josh Eberly SO Western State (CO) 32:43.4 26 29 144 Noah Deyo SR South Dakota 32:43.7 27 30 113 Rob Mortensen JR Lock Haven (PA) 32:45.8 28 31 51 Ryan Miller JR Cal-Davis 32:46.9 29 32 117 Karl Gilpin JR Missouri Southern 32:48.0 30 33 12 Dave McQuitty SR Adams State (CO) 32:49.3 31 34 148 Jason Probasco SR South Dakota 32:49.7 32 35 2 Nick Branen FR Abilene Christian 32:50.4 33 36 128 Martin Rosendahl JR MN State-Mankato 32:51.2 34 37 131 Matthew Gonzales FR New Mexico Highlands 32:53.6 38 45 Jose Saenz SR Cal State Chico 32:55.5 35 39 108 Mike Cropper SO Lewis (IL) 32:56.8 40 52 Brad Poore SO Cal-Davis 32:57.6 36 41 127 James Mullenix SR MN State-Mankato 32:59.9 37 42 71 Linus Chepkwony' JR Harding (AR) 33:01.4 38 43 171 Ben Rosario JR Truman State (MO) 33:01.9 39 44 46 Eron Tello JR Cal State Chico 33:02.9 40 45 133 Zepherinus Joseph' JR North Florida 33:04.5 46 154 Kevin Doe SO South Dakota State 33:04.8 41 47 151 Nick Burrow' SR South Dakota State 33:10.3 42 48 103 Bob Sams SR Kennesaw State (GA) 33:12.5 43 49 68 Nat Wibberly SO Edinboro (PA) 33:13.9 44 50 53 Paul Wellman SR Cal-Davis 33:15.4 45 51 150 Andrew Blau SO South Dakota State 33:18.6 46 52 54 David Dunbar SO Cal-San Diego 33:19.0 53 70 Johnathon Campbell JR Emporia State (KS) 33:20.8 54 80 Eric Houghton SR Hillsdale (MI) 33:22.1 47 55 130 Christopher Irumva' JR Morehouse (GA) 33:26.8 56 146 Adam Lindahl SO South Dakota 33:28.1 48 57 41 Tyler Graff SO Cal State Chico 33:31.4 49 58 132 Chris Raabe JR North Dakota State 33:31.5 59 16 Tobias Schwoerer' FR Alaska-Anchorage 33:32.2 60 116 Larry Boswell SO Missouri Southern 33:32.6 50 61 64 Ryan Kelly JR Edinboro (PA) 33:32.9 51 62 21 Jeremy Lowry SO Ashland (OH) 33:33.0 52 63 77 Scott Wietecha FR Harding (AR) 33:34.5 53 64 118 Magnus Holmstrom' FR Missouri Southern 33:34.8 54 65 126 Ted Gustafson FR MN State-Mankato 33:35.3 55 66 73 Japheth Langat' SO Harding (AR) 33:36.2 56 67 47 Nate Bristow SO Cal-Davis 33:36.3 57 68 90 Damian Rogers SR Humboldt State (CA) 33:36.6 58 69 40 Daniel Embaye' SR Cal State Chico 33:44.2 59 70 43 Rafael Lopez SR Cal State Chico 33:46.7 60 71 143 Jacob Christensen SO South Dakota 33:50.2 61 72 91 Louie White SO Humboldt State (CA) 33:52.0 62 73 60 Jay Hill JR Central Missouri 33:53.2 63 74 153 Greg Darbyshire' FR South Dakota State 33:53.6 64 75 5 Jean-Marie Ndikumana' FR Abilene Christian 33:53.9 65 76 79 Dave Friedrich FR Hillsdale (MI) 33:54.6 66 77 120 Brian Lyons SO Missouri Southern 33:55.5 67 78 158 Alhaji Alhassan' SO St. Augustine's (NC) 33:56.0 68 79 168 Alan Heincker FR Truman State (MO) 33:56.4 69 80 44 Vernon Ruiz FR Cal State Chico 33:57.5 70 81 149 Edward Whetham JR South Dakota 33:58.5 71 82 96 Khelli Leitch JR Indianapolis 34:00.5 72 83 58 Brayce Forsha SR Central Missouri 34:04.0 73 84 56 Paul Bennett' JR Central Missouri 34:04.3 74 85 50 John Kuehn SO Cal-Davis 34:09.5 75 86 176 Jonathan Murphy SO UMass-Lowell 34:18.0 76 87 145 David Farnsworth SR South Dakota 34:19.5 77 88 172 Kevin Alliette SO UMass-Lowell 34:20.4 78 89 141 James Stehle JR Shippensburg (PA) 34:23.6 79 90 106 Derick Williamson SO Lees-McRae College (NC) 34:24.6 91 139 Michael Rothermel SO Shippensburg (PA) 34:25.7 80 92 169 Matt Helbig JR Truman State (MO) 34:27.6 81 93 20 Tim Hufford SO Ashland (OH) 34:28.5 82 94 15 Austin Vigil SO Adams State (CO) 34:30.0 83 95 142 Roch Furguiele SR Slippery Rock (PA) 34:32.3 96 37 Derek Watulak JR Bentley (MA) 34:35.8 84 97 78 Kevin Blacquiere JR Hillsdale (MI) 34:36.1 85 98 84 Randy Scherer SO Hillsdale (MI) 34:36.6 86 99 156 Martin Wennblom SR South Dakota State 34:37.3 87 100 174 Nathaniel Jenkins SO UMass-Lowell 34:39.4 88 101 75 Andrew Scharff JR Harding (AR) 34:43.1 89 102 175 Carl Mease SO UMass-Lowell 34:44.3 90 103 166 Mark DeBold JR Truman State (MO) 34:46.3 91 104 124 Nate Coleman FR MN State-Mankato 34:48.5 92 105 74 Scott Penick JR Harding (AR) 34:50.4 93 106 65 Kimmo Lasilla' SO Edinboro (PA) 34:50.7 94 107 114 Shawn Sparks SR Lock Haven (PA) 34:50.8 95 108 155 Chris Kopp SO South Dakota State 34:53.1 96 109 88 Lehrin Morey FR Humboldt State (CA) 34:53.7 97 110 102 Greg Mason FR Kennesaw State (GA) 34:55.2 98 111 39 Eric Narcisis SR Bryant College (RI) 34:57.8 112 93 Danny Butler JR Indianapolis 34:58.3 99 113 62 Joe Mack JR Central Missouri 34:59.0 100 114 125 Quinn Dauer FR MN State-Mankato 34:59.2 101 115 25 Ryan Carroll FR Barton College (NC) 34:59.7 102 116 66 Joe Reynolds FR Edinboro (PA) 35:02.3 103 117 135 Eric Demorice FR Shippensburg (PA) 35:09.8 104 118 23 Vince Swartzentruber SO Ashland (OH) 35:12.4 105 119 87 Adam Hall JR Humboldt State (CA) 35:13.0 106 120 86 Nick Gai JR Humboldt State (CA) 35:14.2 107 121 178 Eric Sherry JR UMass-Lowell 35:15.3 108 122 22 Joe Soehnlen FR Ashland (OH) 35:17.9 109 123 177 Joseph Sans JR UMass-Lowell 35:18.2 110 124 97 John Parson FR Indianapolis 35:20.9 111 125 24 Jeff Tomcho FR Ashland (OH) 35:21.9 112 126 81 Steve Larson SO Hillsdale (MI) 35:23.8 113 127 33 Mike Merrill SR Bentley (MA) 35:26.3 114 128 136 Boris Dinaburg' SO Shippensburg (PA) 35:29.3 115 129 100 Edwin Bii' SR Kennesaw State (GA) 35:31.5 116 130 110 Ryan Comstock SR Lock Haven (PA) 35:34.1 117 131 19 Matt Hangen SO Ashland (OH) 35:37.3 118 132 42 Christopher Layman FR Cal State Chico 35:38.7 119 133 123 Jason Chaput SO MN State-Mankato 35:43.7 120 134 92 Sean Branch SO Indianapolis 35:44.1 121 135 17 David McCollam SO Alderson Broaddus (WV) 35:45.7 136 173 Robert Duffy FR UMass-Lowell 35:47.7 122 137 147 Andrew Nelson SO South Dakota 35:48.1 123 138 121 Chris Morris JR Missouri Southern 35:49.3 124 139 38 Dan Yifru JR Bentley (MA) 35:51.7 125 140 137 Justin Gindlesperger JR Shippensburg (PA) 35:53.3 126 141 35 Rob Perkins SR Bentley (MA) 35:57.4 127 142 98 Nolan Richhart JR Indianapolis 36:00.9 128 143 115 Mike Trumbull FR Lock Haven (PA) 36:04.8 129 144 82 Dave Pressgrove JR Hillsdale (MI) 36:07.9 130 145 36 Lou Raffetto SO Bentley (MA) 36:08.9 131 146 101 Albert Chepyator' JR Kennesaw State (GA) 36:10.3 132 147 94 Scott Dewitt SR Indianapolis 36:14.1 133 148 170 Brian McQueary JR Truman State (MO) 36:18.3 134 149 83 Nick Rorick SR Hillsdale (MI) 36:23.6 135 150 157 Eric Brousseau SR Southern Connecticut St. 36:26.1 151 138 Terrence Lillicrapp FR Shippensburg (PA) 36:26.7 136 152 9 Chris Gabriel SR Adams State (CO) 36:28.1 137 153 112 Chad Lloyd FR Lock Haven (PA) 36:30.4 138 154 164 Wesley Yeldell SO St. Augustine's (NC) 36:35.8 139 155 34 Dave O'Grady FR Bentley (MA) 36:37.0 140 156 29 Josh Godfrey SO Barton College (NC) 36:40.0 141 157 55 Jesse Howes FR Catawba (NC) 36:42.4 158 76 David Scharff JR Harding (AR) 36:45.0 142 159 89 Gregory Phillips SR Humboldt State (CA) 36:46.0 143 160 61 Leif Kennedy FR Central Missouri 36:49.9 144 161 72 Dustin Knudsen SO Harding (AR) 36:52.4 145 162 140 Timothy Skoezen SR Shippensburg (PA) 36:55.3 146 163 95 Cory Ferguson SO Indianapolis 36:58.5 147 164 152 Salvador Cruz JR South Dakota State 36:58.6 148 165 109 Daniel Bobo FR Lock Haven (PA) 37:19.0 149 166 129 Andrew Swanson FR MN State-Mankato 37:23.5 150 167 57 Joe Conley SR Central Missouri 37:26.7 151 168 30 Robert Lane FR Barton College (NC) 37:27.8 152 169 111 Mike Gomes SR Lock Haven (PA) 37:45.5 153 170 161 Victor McLauren SO St. Augustine's (NC) 37:52.0 154 171 99 Mehrdad Amini FR Kennesaw State (GA) 38:21.0 155 172 163 David Thornton SO St. Augustine's (NC) 38:51.9 156 173 162 Damian Simmons' FR St. Augustine's (NC) 39:19.9 157 174 159 Garrye Chavis SO St. Augustine's (NC) 39:53.2 158 175 165 Nick Blackburn SR Truman State (MO) 40:01.7 159 176 31 Nathan Twomey JR Barton College (NC) 40:08.6 160 177 105 David Watkins SO Kennesaw State (GA) 41:05.0 161 178 122 David Owens SO Missouri Southern 41:18.9 162 179 28 Brian Fowler FR Barton College (NC) 41:33.7 163 180 26 Stephen Dees JR Barton College (NC) 43:15.8 164 181 27 Wade Finch FR Barton College (NC) 51:40.0 165 - 4 Francis Kimeli' SO Abilene Christian DNF - 160 Timothy Cummings SO St. Augustine's (NC) DNF - 104 Jari Venalainen' SO Kennesaw State (GA) DNF