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Three Mustangs Named Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes
Nelson Has Mustangs' Top Finish At Region III Championships
Three Mustangs Receive All-GPAC Honors
Mustangs Have Three Top 10 Finishers At GPAC Championships
Danga Is GPAC Co-Runner Of The Week
Mustang Women Are Les Duke Invitational Co-Champions
Gesink Is GPAC Runner Of The Week
Gesink Leads Mustangs To Dordt Invitational Crown
Erin Lynn Keitges, a sophomore from Allen, Neb., made the Mustangs’ best showing with a 58th place finish with a time of 18:48.2 in the women’s competition. Teammate Kara Nelson, a freshman from Cherokee, Iowa, finished 75th with a time of 18:57.6.
 Morningside College had three athletes compete in the 2007 NAIA Cross Country National Championships held Saturday at the Dr. Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wis.
Jeremiah Danga, a senior from Des Moines, Iowa, finished 128th in the men’s competition with a time of 26:30.1.
Kenosha has the nation’s only pure cross country course and a long-standing history as a community that embraces the sport. The city has hosted 26 NAIA National Championship cross country events since 1976.
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Christopher Nordstrom |
Emily Grabow |
Brooke Pottorff |
Christopher Nordstrom, Emily Grabow, and Brooke Pottorff have all been named 2007 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes in the sport of cross country.
Nordstrom, a junior from Minneapolis, Minn., has a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.52 with a major in psychology counseling.
Grabow, a senior from Fort Calhoun, Neb., has a 3.52 cumulative GPA with majors in nursing and Spanish.
Pottorff, a junior from Corning, Iowa, has a 3.73 cumulative GPA with a major in nursing.
Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher.
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Erin Keitges |
Kara Nelson |
Jeremiah Danga |
Morningside College men’s and women’s cross country head coach Dave Nash has announced the Mustangs’ individual award winners for the 2007 season.
Jeremiah Danga, a senior from Des Moines, Iowa, received the Most Valuable Player award for the men’s team, while Erin Lynn Keitges, a sophomore from Allen, Neb., and Kara Nelson, a freshman from Cherokee, Iowa, were Co-MVPs for the women’s team.
All three athletes have qualified for the NAIA Cross Country National Championships to be run Saturday at Kenosha, Wis.
Danga received the Morningside men’s MVP award for the fourth year in a row.
Most Improved Runner awards went to Trisha Johnson, a junior from Salix, Iowa, for the women and Cody Galvin, a freshman from Early, Iowa, for the men.
Summer Mileage award winners were Brooke Pottorff, a junior from Corning, Iowa, for the women and Brian Gesink, a freshman from Sioux Center, Iowa, for the men.
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Morningside's women placed fourth in the 18-team field of the NAIA Region III Cross Country Championships held Saturday at Sioux Falls, S.D.
The Mustangs, who finished with 123 points, were led by freshman Kara Nelson, who finished eighth in the individual standings with a time of 18:42.52.
Morningside had two other runners finish in the top 20. Erin Keitges was 13th with a time of 18:53.81 and Val Crutchley was 18th with a time of 19:18.07.
The Mustangs finished ninth in the team standings of the men’s competition. Morningside’s top runner was Jeremiah Danga, who finished 12th with a time of 26:03.24.
The qualifying teams and individuals for the upcoming NAIA Cross Country National Championships will be announced next week.
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Erin Keitges |
Kara Nelson |
Jeremiah Danga |
Erin Keitges and Kara Nelson were both named to the All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Cross Country Team and Jeremiah Danga was named to the All-GPAC Men’s Cross Country Team announced on Nov. 1.
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Keitges, a sophomore from Allen, Neb., also made the All-GPAC team last year as a freshman. She finished seventh at last Saturday’s GPAC Championships at Crete, Neb., with a time of 18:59.40.
Nelson, a freshman from Cherokee, also made a strong showing at this year’s GPAC Championships with a time of 19:06.28 to finish ninth.
Danga, a senior from Des Moines, Iowa, also made the All-GPAC team last year. He was the Mustangs’ top finisher at this year’s GPAC Championships with an eighth place time of 26:27.64. He received GPAC Cross Country Co-Runner of the Week honors earlier this season after he was the individual runner-up with a time of 26:47 in a field of 152 runners at the Grinnell College Les Duke Invitational.
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Morningside finished fourth in the team standings in the women’s competition and fifth in the men’s competition at the GPAC Cross Country Championships held Saturday on the campus of Doane College at Crete, Neb.
The Mustangs had two top 10 finishers in the women’s 5K run and one top 10 finisher in the men’s 8K run.
Erin Keitges had the Mustangs’ best overall finish with a seventh place time of 18:59.40 in the women’s event, while teammate Kara Nelson was ninth in 19:06.28.
Jeremiah Danga had the top finish for the Mustang men with the eighth place time of 26:27.64.
The Mustangs will compete in the NAIA Region III Championships on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Sioux Falls, S.D.
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 Morningside College’s Jeremiah Danga, a senior from Des Moines, Iowa, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Cross Country Co-Runner of the Week.
Danga was the individual runner-up with a time of 26:47 at last Saturday’s Grinnell Les Duke Invitational. The field included 152 runners.
Brian Eicher of Hastings College shared the award with Danga. Eicher placed second at last week’s Dakota Wesleyan Invitational.
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Erin Keitges |
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Morningside’s women’s cross country team shared the team championship with host Grinnell College at Saturday’s Les Duke Invitational at Grinnell, Iowa.
Morningside and Grinnell each finished with 60 points to reign over a 10-team field. Grinnell is ranked fifth in the nation in the NCAA Division III ranks.
Erin Keitges, a sophomore from Allen, Neb., was the Mustangs’ top individual finisher with a seventh place time of 24:14 over the 6K course. Kara Nelson, a freshman from Cherokee, Iowa, also cracked the top 10 with a 10th place time of 24:29.
The other Mustang runners who figured in the team score were: Brooke Pottorff, a junior from Corning, Iowa, with the 12th place time of 24:46; Val Crutchley, a junior from Mount Vernon, Iowa, with the 13th place time of 24:46; and Emily Grabow, a senior from Ft. Calhoun, Neb., with the 18th place time of 24:55.
Jeremiah Danga, a senior from Des Moines, Iowa, was the Mustangs’ top individual finisher in the men’s 8K race to lead Morningside to a fourth place finish in a 14-team field. Danga was the individual runner-up with a time of 26:47.
The Mustangs will compete in the Woody Greeno Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Lincoln, Neb.
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Brian Gesink, a freshman from Sioux Center, Iowa, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for his performance at last Saturday’s Dordt College Early Bird Invitational in Sioux Center.
Gesink, who was competing in the first collegiate meet of his career, ran a time of 21:39 over the four-mile Sandy Hollow Golf Course track to finish first in the individual standings.
The Mustangs will compete in the Grinnell College Les Duke Invitational on Saturday at Grinnell, Iowa.
Morningside's men's cross country team opened the 2007 season by winning the team championship at Friday's Dordt College Invitational at Sioux Center, Iowa.
The Mustang women were also solid in their season's debut with a second place finish in the team standings.
Freshman Brian Gesink made a sparkling debut by winning the men's individual race with a time of 21:39, while teammate Jeremiah Danga finished right behind in second place with in 21:40. Kasey Hoffman finished fifth with a time of 22:26 and Christopher Nordstrom also cracked the top 10 with the 10th place time of 22:55.
The Mustangs finished with 29 points to triumph by a 32-point margin over runner-up Northwestern College.
Morningside totaled 64 points fo finish second behind Northwestern's 27 points in the women's team standings.
Brooke Pottorff had the Mustangs' best finish in the women's race with a sixth place time of 16:23. Hanna Keesler added a 10th place effort with a time of 16:28.
The Mustangs will compete in the Grinnell College Les Duke Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 8.
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