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NOV. 3 — Beels' Season's Best Paces Leafs In Last Meet Of Year
Senior
finishes 53rd in leading Goshen to 11th place finish in Michigan
Senior Marten
Beels |
Jackson,
MI — Running his best time this season by four seconds, senior
Marten Beels led Goshen to an 11th place team finish in the 14-team
Cross Country Championships at Elia Sharp Park in Jackson, Michigan
this Saturday. The NAIA Region VII championship meet concluded
the season for Goshen.
Beels’ time of 27:31 placed him at 53rd out of an overall
130 participants. Beels was followed by a host of Leafs finishing
within a minute of his mark — sophomore Justin Wikerd placed
56th, freshman Justin Gillette 63rd and junior Merlin Miller 80th.
Goshen beat conference rivals St. Francis and Marian in the team
event. Siena Heights University took the team medallist honors.
John Ngure of Huntington took first individually with a time of
24:04.
Goshen Individual Results
Marten Beels (53rd) — 27:31
Justin Wikerd (56th) — 27:35
Justin Gillette (63rd) — 27:52
Merlin Miller (80th) — 28:27
Daniel Stowe (115th) — 30:26
Brock Birky (124th) — 32:24 |
OCT.
20 — Wikerd Leads Men To 16th Place Finish In Kentucky
Team
runs strong at Georgetown College event
Sophomore Justin
Wikerd |
Versailles,
KY — The Goshen College men’s cross country team finished
with a 16th place overall finish in the 24 team Southeastern Classic
hosted by Georgetown College Saturday.
Pacing the Leafs was sophomore Justin Wikerd, who took 59th place
with a time of 28:37 out of 200 runners. Senior Marten Beels finished
at 72nd with a 28:57 clip.
Life University took home team medallist honors at the event. Life’s
Joseph Mutui finished first individually, with a time of 25:22.
Goshen Individual Resutls
Justin Wikerd (59th) — 28:37
Marten Beels (72nd) — 28:57
Justin Gillette (100th) — 29:45
Merlin Miller (109th) — 30:04
Daniel Stowe (166th) — 32:22
Brock Birky (186th) — 35:03 |
OCT. 13 — Runners Take 23rd In Major Invitational
Thirty-two
teams compete at UW-Parkside Championships
Freshman Justin
Gillette |
Kenosha,
WI — The men’s cross country team took home a 23rd place
finish in a massive, 32-team race this weekend at the University of
Wisconsin Parkside.
Running against schools from NCAA Divisions I, II and III along with
several NAIA schools, the Leafs were paced by freshman Justin Gillette
who finished 116th out of 328 competitors. Gillette finished with
a time of 28:39. Following closely behind was senior Marten Beels
who finished 130th with a 28:48 time.
Indiana State University took the team event, while the Unversity
of Wisconsin’s Cornelius Hill took the individual championship
with a time of 25:51.
Goshen Individual Results
Justin Gillete (116th) — 28:39
Marten Beels (130th) — 28:48
Merlin Miller (156th) — 29:10
Daniel Stowe (277th) — 31:43
Brock Birky (316th) — 34:54 |
OCT.
6 — Leafs Fall To Fourth In GC Invite
Cold
conditions produce slower times for men at home
Recovering:
Sophomore
Justin Wikerd
paces after his ninth place finsih at the
Goshen College-Ponderosa Invite
Saturday.
Finishing Strong:
Freshman
Justin Gillette
crosses the finish line in 9th place
Saturday. Gillette was the first place finisher for the Leafs squad.
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Goshen,
IN — The Goshen men had a tough time at Saturday’s Goshen College-Ponderosa
Invite, taking home a fourth place team finish out of the four-team field.
Freshman Justin Gillette paced the Leafs with a time of 27:49 in the 8K
run, good enough for a seventh place finish. Sophomore Justin Wikerd wasn’t
far behind, finishing ninth with a 27:52 clip.
Bethel’s Gregg Howard won the individual race with a time of 26:57.
Kalamazoo took the team event with a score of 42. Bethel was second, Manchester
third and Goshen fourth — the Leafs tallied a 69 score.
Goshen Individual Results
Justin Gillette (7th) — 27:49
Justin Wikerd (9th) — 27:52
Marten Beels (11th) — 27:59
Merlin Miller (16th) — 28:29
Daniel Stowe (26th) — 30:03
Brock Birky (27th) — 34:10
Matt Nyce (28th) — 34:14
SEPT. 29 — Goshen Takes Eighth Place at Invite
Beels
paces team with 18th place finish at Indiana Wesleyan
Senior Marten Beels |
Marion,
IN — Goshen finished with an eighth place finish in Saturday’s
Indiana Wesleyan Invittational meet. Goshen’s total team time
was 2;26:29.0, for an average time of 29:17.8. Leading the way for
the Leafs was senior Martin Beels, finishing 18th with a time of 27:35.
Sophomore Justin Wikerd finished 29th with a 28:03 finish, while junior
Merlin Miller finished 32nd with a time of 28:08.
Indiana Wesleyan won the team event, finishing with an average time
of 27:09. Preston Grey, Cornerstone, won the individual meet finishing
with a 25:34 time.
Goshen Individual Results
Marten Beels (18th) — 27:35
Justin Wikerd (29th) — 28:03
Merlin Miller (32nd) — 28:08
Daniel Stowe (48th) — 30:42
Matthew Nyce (51st) — 33:20
Brock Birkey (52nd) — 33:34 |
SEPT.
8 — Men Finish Ninth At Taylor
Beels
leads leafs at 11-team invitational
Sophomore Justin
Wikerd |
Upland,
IN — Goshen came away with a ninth place finish at the Taylor
Invitational Saturday. Leading the pace for the Leafs was senior Marten
Beels, finishing 30th out of the 110 runners. Sophomore Justin Wikerd
finished 37th, just 18 seconds off of Beels’ pace.
The University of Indianapolis finished first in the team event, while
John Ngure of Huntington College took first in the individuals, finishing
with a time of 25:34.
Goshen Individual Results
Marten Beels (30th) — 29:17
Justin Wikerd (37th) — 29:35
Justin Gillette (44th) — 29:59
Merlin Miller (52nd) — 30:51
Daniel Stowe (72nd) — 33:20
Matthew Nyce (74th) — 35:13
Brock Birky (75th) — 39:09 |
SEPT. 1— Leafs Start Season With Fourth Place Finish
Gillette
is first Leaf to cross finish line
Freshman Justin
Gillette |
Defiance,
OH — The Goshen College men’s cross country team took a
fourth place finish out of nine teams in Saturday’s Defiance
Invitational. Freshman Justin Gillette paced the Leafs, finishing
with in the fifth slot with a time of 27:14. Senior Marten Beels was
ninth overall with a time of 27:50 on the 8K course.
“This is the best start we’ve had since I came to Goshen,”
Goshen head coach Phil Hostetler said. “I’m very pleased.”
Goshen Individual Results
Justin Gillette (5th) — 27:14
Marten Beels (9th) — 27:50
Justin Wikerd (12th)
Matt Nyce (39th)
Brock Birkey (44th) |
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