OTTUMWA --- Some career-best times highlighted the Indian Hills cross country team’s performance at their season-ending meet last Saturday. The Warriors men’s and women’s squads ended the fall campaign at the NJCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Peoria, Illinois.
Freshman Jon Gerling paced the Indian Hills men with a time of 27:55 over the 8K course to finish 93rd out of 280 runners. That broke Gerling’s school record he set earlier in the fall by 14 seconds.
“Jon may have been a little rusty because we hadn’t competed since the Lamb-Kohawk Invitational on October 10,” said Streeby. “Jon is proof of what consistent dedication to running will do for you,” said the IHCC coach. “He will be working to take a lot off that time next year.”
The other two men’s runners battled injury and illness during the race. Freshman Steele Fiscus had stomach cramps and was four-and-a-half minutes off his best time of the year. Freshman Brennen Wears started fast and was moving up in the field when a reoccurring leg injury forced him to stop just past the three-mile mark.
Monday, November 16, 2009
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