Scots to Run at First Scored Meet This Saturday

Nicole Calderone

After easing into the 2006 season with a non-scoring meet and a week off from competition, The College of Wooster men’s and women’s cross country squads will compete in their first regulation meet this weekend, as the Fighting Scots will be part of a seven-team field at Marietta College’s Carl Broughton Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 16. The meet will be scored and includes harriers from Bethany (W. Va.) College, Fairmont State University, host Marietta, Muskingum College, Ohio Valley University, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Wooster. The men’s 8K race will kick things off at 11 a.m., followed 45 minutes later by the women’s 6K.

First Meet: The Wooster cross country teams eased into their competitive season, running at the non-scoring Denison Fall Classic Friday (Sept. 1). Along with the Fighting Scots, individuals from host Denison University and Kenyon College competed in four races – men’s and women’s 3200 meters and men’s and women’s 5K’s.
Highlighting Wooster results was junior Nicole Calderone (Grass Lake, Mich. / Greenhills School), who crossed second in the 3200 meters with a time of 12:48. Two other Scots placed among the top-five, as senior Ashley Zervos (Wheeling, W. Va. / The Linsly School) took fourth (13:10) and sophomore Emily Elderbrock (Ashland, Ohio / Ashland) came in fifth (13:21). Wooster did not have any entrants in the women’s 5000.
In men’s action, seniors Rudy Gilman (Silverton, Ore. / Silverton Union) and Dave Thomas (Elyria, Ohio / Elyria) each finished among the top-10 in the 5K, with Gilman earning fifth-place (16:54) and Thomas 10th (17:28). Also of note, freshman Zane Shelter (North Canton, Ohio / Hoover) was 13th in the 5000 (17:31), and no Scots competed in the 3200 meters.