Rams Place Sixth

The Shepherd College men's cross country team defeated two conference schools on their home course on September 9.

Sophomore Chris McCully led the way for the Rams finishing 14th out of about 60 runners with a time of 31:20. Matt Wamsley and Danny Channell were the next Shepherd finishers, placing 23rd and 27th, respectively.

Senior Richard Keplinger placed 30th in his first race of the year and Bill Reinckens finished 37th.

Shepherd's team score was 125 points, good for 6th place at the invitational and only five points behind fifth place, Washington and Jefferson. Eastern Mennonite University won the meet with a score of 64 points.

Other WVIAC teams were Davis and Elkins, which finished 8th with 180 points, and Fairmont State, whose team was incomplete.

The men's team tried a new strategy at the beginning of the race, staying together for most of the first mile. The runners then attempted to keep moving up places for the rest of the race.

-Chris McCully

Beat but Not Defeated

On September 9th the Shepherd Cross-Country team got to take a break from traveling when they hosted the Shepherd Invitational. Nine teams joined Shepherd on Saturday, including top teams such as Western Maryland, Southern Virginia, Catholic University and fellow conference team, Davis and Elkins. The weather faired a little too hot with the sun shining down on almost the whole course. The runners were lucky to have a slight breeze and some shade.

Leading the way for the Rams was Liz Lowrie and Tiffany Moskel. Lowrie finished second behind winner and course record breaker, Jill Krebs from Western Maryland. Moskel finished a close seventh with strong performances following from Rebecca Keeney (21st), Jeanette Wilson (26th), Jessica Schneider (48th), Lisa Bailey (36th), Marsha Soergel (36th), and Stephanie Brazell (66th).

These eight girls were able to place forth as a team scoring 86 points. Catholic University defeated the title winners from last year, Western Maryland, by scoring 52 points. Western Maryland pulled together 60 points to place third and beat forth place team Southern Virginia (81 points).

Even though the Lady Rams were beat this weekend they have not yet been defeated. The team will ram onto Davis and Elkins on September 16th to face up against many other conference teams.

-Elizabeth Lowrie