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Women place fourth, men sixth at HCAC Championships
Hanover College's men's and women's cross country squads competed in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships Saturday, Oct. 31. The meet, hosted by the College of Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), was held at Heritage Park in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sophomore Sarah Lucas (Avon, Ind.) earned all-conference honors to lead Hanover's women's team to a fourth-place finish in the meet. The Panthers totaled 114 points as a unit.
Lucas placed ninth among 76 runners with a time of 24:44 on the six-kilometer course.
Junior Shawna McLetchie (Lexington, Ky.) and sophomore Rachael Moreland (Lawton, Mich.) each had top-20 finishes to earn honorable mention all-HCAC honors for the Panthers. McLetchie placed 16th in 25:15, while Moreland was 20th overall in 25:30.
Senior Angie Sells (Pekin, Ind.) turned in a 26th-place finish with a time of 26:23. Freshman Caitlyn Bowman (Rising Sun, Ind.) rounded out Hanover's scoring by placing 46th in 27:42.
Manchester College won the women's team championship with 38 points. The Spartans placed four runners in the top 10 spots to earn the crown.
Franklin College junior Heather Waterman was the top individual in the race. Waterman turned in a time of 23:29.
Hanover tallied 183 points to earn a sixth-place finish in the men's eight-kilometer finale.
Sophomore Shawn Van Hoose (Floyds Knobs, Ind.) led the Panthers' effort with a 45th-place finish in a field of 82 athletes. Van Hoose covered the course in 29:37.
Sophomore Andrew Kinman (Greenwood, Ind.) was 53rd in 30:06, while freshman Brock Harkness (Indianapolis, Ind.) placed 58th in 30:26.
Sophomores Alex Kain (Plainfield, Ind.) and Chris Tookey (Washington, Ill.) finished back-to-back for the squad. Kain was 60th in 30:31, while Tookey finished 61st with a time of 30:43.
Manchester completed the HCAC title sweep by winning the men's championship with 21 points. The Spartans had the first four runners to cross the finish line, including senior Andy Williams, who won the race in 26:34.
Heartland Conference Championships: Women's Results / Men's Results
Harriers in the middle of HCAC pack
Both Hanover College's men's and women's cross country teams were picked to finish fifth in the race for the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference's championships in 2009.
Hanover's women's squad grabbed 48 points in a balloting of the conference's nine head coaches. The Panthers finished fifth at the HCAC championship last season and were led by senior Angie Sells (Pekin, Ind.), who earned honorable mention all-conference honors with an 18th-place finish.
2009 Heartland Conference Preseason Women's Cross Country Poll
Hanover's men's team earned 40 points in the coaches' poll. The Panthers were fifth overall at the Heartland Conference finale in 2008.
2009 Heartland Conference Preseason Men's Cross Country Poll
The HCAC's coaches tabbed Manchester College as the favorite to win both the men's and women's titles in 2009. The Spartans picked up 77 points in both polls, including six first-place votes in the men's poll and five first-place votes in the women's poll.
Franklin College was second in the women's poll with 76 points, including four first-place votes. Anderson University was third with 63 points and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology finished fourth with 49 points.
Rose-Hulman placed second in the men's poll with 71 points, including a pair of first-place votes. Anderson was third with 62 points, while Franklin was fourth in poll with one first-place vote.
Hanover's harriers open the 2009 season Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Franklin Invitational in Franklin, Ind. The Panthers will host the annual Madison Kiwanis Invitational Saturday, Sept. 12, at the L.S. Ayres Athletic Complex. The Heartland Conference championship is slated for Oct. 31 in Cincinnati, Ohio.