Scots Off This Week to Prep for All-Ohio’s

For The Week Of:
September 18, 2006

Written by Hugh Howard
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Katie Wieferich

After hosting the 23rd annual Wooster Invitational, The College of Wooster cross country teams will be off from competition this week. The Fighting Scot harriers will next be in action Friday, Oct. 6, at the annual All-Ohio Championships, which brings together NCAA Div. I, II, and III schools and NAIA institutions from across the Buckeye State for a meet at the Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio. Last season, the Wooster women came in 25th overall and 11th of the 20 Div. III squads, and then-junior Katie Wieferich (Marietta, Ohio / Marietta) ran the fastest time among Div. III individuals and placed ninth overall (18:38.8). The Scot men were 29th overall and 13th in Div. III as a team.

Last Week: On Sept. 23, Wooster senior standout Katie Wieferich (Marietta, Ohio / Marietta) won her second race of the year, setting a new course record in the process, in leading her team to a third-place finish at the Wooster Invitational. Case Western Reserve University won the women?s team competition with 23 points and Ashland University placed second (53). The Scots tallied 72 points to finish ahead of Keynon College (88), Notre Dame (Ohio) College (132), Ursuline College (194), Hiram College (196), and Cuyahoga Community College (223).
Wieferich, a two-time track All-American, cruised the 5K course in 17:50, over one minute ahead of the runner-up (18:51). Also in the top-20 for Wooster was Nicole Calderone (Grass Lake, Mich. / Greenhills School), who placed 12th overall (20:23), and Ashely Zervos (Wheeling, W. Va. / Linsly School), who placed 14th (20:34). Caitlin O?Riordan (Chagrin Falls, Ohio / Chagrin Falls) and Sarah Lloyd (Mt. Vernon, Wash. / Mount Vernon) rounded out the Scots? scorers, coming in 21st (21:33) and 25th (21:45), respectively.

On the men?s side, Wooster placed fourth of six teams, scoring 102 points, behind Ashland (16), Case (50), and Kenyon (97), and ahead of Notre Dame (121) and Hiram (190).
Individually, Rudy Gilman (Silverton, Ore. / Silverton Union) and David Thomas (Elyria, Ohio / Elyria) finished neck-and-neck to lead the Scots, placing 16th (27:59.01) and 17th (27:59.75), respectively. Also in the top-20 was Mark DeWine (Annandale, Va. / Bishop Denis J. O?Connell), who placed 20th exactly with a time of 28:25, and completing their scorers were freshmen Jeff Jacobs (Wilmette, Ill. / New Trier Twp.) in 34th (29:08), and Rick Workman (Hillsboro, Ohio / Greenfield McClain) in 37th (29:20).