Race toward the top

Michael Bauer | Sports Reporter The Pittsburg State cross country teams recovered from a disappointing showing at the Roy Girak Invitational with a strong performance at the Jackling Invitational on Saturday, Oct 6. The women’s team finishe cheap cialis online d second while the men finished third at the meet in Rolla, Mo. The women’s team was led by Bridgette McCormick, who finished eighth with a time of 18 minutes, 18 seconds in the 5-kilometer race. Hannah Devries was not far behind, clocking in at 18:23, good enough for 10th place. “It was a lot better than the week before,” said Russ Jewett, head coach. “We kind of stunk it up a little bit up…

Ready to make his mark

Michael Bauer| Sports Reporter He is only a redshirt freshman now, but the competition at the Rio Olympics in 2016 might want to take notice of Devon Young. He may be younger than most of the team, but he still has everyone looking up to h cheap lasix online im. After all, he does have the repertoire of a champion, including being among the best runners in Missouri during high school. Prodigy? Young is an underclassman who has worked his way to becoming the No. 1 runner on the Pittsburg State men’s cross country team this season, though it did not come easy. His transition to the collegiate level led to a number of changes…

Gorillas look to rebound

Michael Bauer | Sports Reporter The Pittsburg State cross country teams will be looking to regroup this week after failing to achieve their goals at the Roy Griak Invitational as the men’s team finished 16th while the women took 10th. On Saturday, Sept. 29, the Gorillas made the much-anticipated trip up to St. Paul, Minn., to compete in one of the biggest races in the NCAA, but the end results left PSU with a bitter taste. “It was a little disappointing, to be honest,” head coach Russ Jewett said. “We went up there with a lot of objectives and goals to accomplish and we accomplished very few of those objectives and goals.” But it wasn’t…

Mud hinders runners’ performance

Michael Bauer | Collegio Writer The PSU men’s and women’s cross country teams took on the wet conditions at the Southern Stampede in Joplin, Mo. on Saturday, Sept. 15. The men placed seventh out of 16 teams and the women placed fifth out of 18 teams. The men were led by freshman Devon Young, who placed 19th with a time of 25 minutes, 53 seconds. Connor Stark finished 30th in 26:19, and Austin Bogina rounded out the Gorillas top three with a 45th place finish in 26:42. Ethan Silovsky crossed the line three seconds later in 50th place and Cale Heiniger came in 65th with a time of 27:03. Division I Tulsa University took the…

Pitt State Cross Country team opens up

Zach Wagner | Collegio Reporter The Pitt State cross country teams started their seasons last weekend at the Alumni Invitational held at Countryside Golf Course. Head coach Russ Jewett says he is pleased with the performance of the younger men, after losing four of the top runners from last season. “I was fairly pleased with my freshmen, even a couple of redshirt runners,” Jewett said. “Out of all them, I’d have to say Connor Stark did better than what his training would have indicated.” Stark finished the 6K race in 19 minutes and 46 seconds, just four seconds behind Senior Ethan Silovsky who placed fourth in 19:42. The Senior says he has high hopes for…