November 11

Vol. 128 No. 4 Nov. 11 ‘14

Ghost Hunting in Presser Page 4 Sings & Strings Pages 5 Students on Midterm Elections Pages 6 Soccer Stuns Pages 7

Opinion

Messenger 2 ABOUT US The Messenger has been serving Bethany College since 1892 and is an independently run newspaper. The Messenger is entirely produced by Bethany College students who are deeply committed to providing relevant, acurate, and timely information to Bethany College and Lindsborg Communities.

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THE MESSENGER STAFF Editor-in-Chief: Managing Editor: Secretary: Treasurer: Opinion Editor: Fine Arts Editor: Sports Editor: Photo Editor: Layout Editor:

LaRissa Lawrie Katia Matter Linzi Garcia Kyle Kruger Jenna Sickenius Micah Hirschler Karessa Nordyke Macey Dinkel Tyler Breneman

FRONT PAGE PHOTO: Gerdson Lubin scored the first goal of the game against Ottowa in the quarter finals within the first three minutes of play

Nov. 11, 2014

College Votes Count Dear Bethany Community,

This issue appears to be tailor-made to fit the needs of you history/ political science majors and aficionados.

We included articles on classical music pieces, fairy tales from yore, and historical figures “haunting” Presser Hall. We have also included an article on an issue that affects many (if not all) of us: voting and elections.

The Messenger wants to congratulate students, faculty, and staff that made it to the polls this past November 4th. The right to vote is afforded to us as citizens of the United States and even though it may seem pointless to vote (in midterm elections especially) the Messenger would like to urge everyone capable of voting to do so, regularly, and in every election.

The right to vote is an important right and one that many do not take seriously. It is a time to let your voice and opinion be heard. To participate in elections is a duty higher than all others. Voting not only helps shape the future by who we elect it is also honoring the past. Voting honors past sacrifices of those who died to maintain our right to vote. Voting is also a way to be part of history.

The Messenger believes it is particularly important to urge college students to become more politically active and vote regardless of party of affiliation. College students have so much at stake every election year that it is imperative that they vote.

Staff Standpoint

No one else goes to the polls with our best wishes in mind. Only we can show the government what college students’ care and are passionate about. Our vote is important and does matter. No one else is going to speak for us.

College students are particularly good at complaining about problems.

Voting is a chance to educate ourselves, get active, and demand change to happen. Otherwise it never will. The people we vote in now will be deciding the future on things like budget cuts, unemployment rates, healthcare changes, and whether our military will go to war. It’s frightening to think that these decisions will be made without the input of college aged students who did not vote.

Decisions that are made now are going on our tab. Within the next 4 years, most college students will be attempting to get jobs, owning/renting their own houses, getting married, starting family, making decisions on 401ks and insurance, or deciding to continue our education. Our decisions now will impact the rest of our lives. College students need to vote, because we have to live with the consequences.

So whether you want to be the next President of the United States, or are simply interested in knowing a little bit more about where we come from, we hope that you enjoy the latest issue of the Messenger.

Sincerely, The Messenger Staff

Nov. 11, 2014

Guest Columns

Greeks: #BeOmegaLoved This one’s for da Jenna Sickenius sickeniusj@bethanylb.edu ladies! For as long as women have been on this earth, outside sources have been telling us what to wear, what to weigh, what to eat, and so on! The Omegas have decided that they are tired of the constant societal pressure on women. In efforts to instill confidence in college women on campus and girls in the Lindsborg community, the Sigma Phi Omega sorority is launching a campaign about body-love. Self-image is one of the most important parts of life and the Omegas want girls and women to feel comfortable in their own skin. Everyone is different, and everyone is beautiful!

The long time saying of ‘Omega Love’ acts as a perfect title for the campaign as they kick it off in the month of giving thanks. The Omegas are thankful for their opportunity to impact the girls in the com-

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munity they love. Join them on November 19th at 7:00pm in The Pit for shirt decorating! The shirts will be a way to speak out in body love and those who attend will have a physical reminder of their beauty. The Omegas will provide the first 20 shirts so get there fast!

Look for upcoming events as the school year progresses. The Omegas will be handing out merchandise at Basketball games in December in hopes to spread the word about self-love and self-respect. Their hopes are to speak to girls in the Lindsborg community about self-confidence throughout the next semester at the middle and high school. Their wish is to launch an ever-growing campaign; a campaign that spreads love and friendship and awareness about how strong women can be if we work together and acknowledge each other’s potential. That being said, the Omegas cordially invite you to #BeOmegaLoved.

SAB: Pumpkin Schmumpkin Amelia Fabrizius fabriziusa@bethanylb.ed

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Pumpkin Schmumpkin it’s that time of year again!

We will meet in the amphitheater and at 9:30 pm we will begin!

That’s right, come ready to go for the scavenger hunt!

Get there early so when chasing pumpkins you’ll be in the front!

SAB, how wonderful are you for giving students prizes left and right!

This competitive event will be held November 13 at 9:30 at night!

Pumpkin Schmumpkin, how we love you so!

We will mark our calendars now, because we’re already so excited to go!

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Presidential Questions What will next year’s tuition be?

At this time I don’t know. We are currently looking at next year’s tuition, fees, room, and board – the total cost to attend Bethany. But nothing will be decided until February’s meeting of the board of directors.

I would take the opportunity of this question to point out that tuition only covers one-half of the college’s budgeted revenue. That is, on average a student is getting $2 of education for every $1 dollar of tuition. The rest of the budgeted revenues comes from the college’s endowment, fundraising, and auxiliary services.

Why is there no air conditioning in the gym?

Next summer when the new residence hall opens, we will have invested over $27 million on Bethany’s facilities and technology over the last eight years.

As you walk around campus there are a lot of renovated and new facilities. Air conditioning Hahn gym is on the capital expenditure list – at a cost of about $500,000 to air condition the entire building – but has not risen high enough to be done. The capital needs of Bethany are reviewed several times each year and we also review how we might fund improvements. It’s a balancing act President Leonard between priorities and resources.

Why don’t we have access to computer labs 24/7?

That’s a good question but is the question access to the computer labs or access to the printers in the computer labs. Almost 100% of our students have laptops so only a few need access to computers. Though there has been conversation about creating mini-labs around campus and in the residence halls rather than two large labs. If the question is about printers, we’ve also talked about placing printing stations around campus and in the residence halls. Let me finish by commenting these are good questions and questions that I look to SGA to help me answer. They participate in board meetings and priority setting for the college.

Take time to make your SGA representative aware of your thoughts and opinions. I look to them to represent our students and how we can make Bethany a better college.

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Opinion

Nov. 11, 2014

Ghost Hunting in Presser Hall Editorial

Micah Hirschler

hirschlerma@bethanylb.edu

Katia Matter

matterk@bethanylb.edu

We’ve all heard rumors about it. There have been reports of activity from almost every building on campus, and that is absolutely terrifying. Students and faculty alike have had their own encounters with this horror: ghosts.

Most all of the buildings on campus have their own ghostly legends. Whether it’s a strange encounter after messing with the Alma Swensson painting in ASH, or strange noises that can be heard in the hallways at night, our campus is ripe with supernatural stories. Lately, though, the building we’ve been hearing the most ghostly rumors about is Presser Hall.

Never wanting to pass up a good mystery, we decided to investigate.

We began our search by talking to some people who have encountered these strange spirits. Of course, we went to a source that would know about the spectral activity of Presser better than anyone else: the music majors. Because of many late nights in the practice rooms, we thought that surely they would have encountered something spooky. We were right.

The first myth we heard about was the ghost on the third floor. This ghost takes the form of a little girl. Students who have used the third floor practice rooms late at night have supposedly heard footsteps, running, and giggling. One music major, Freshman Landon Slipke said, “I was closing the door to one of the inner practice rooms and saw a foot run by. I looked out and saw a figure go around the corner. I called out to it and it didn’t respond so I just pretended like it was nothing.”

Another strange myth we have heard about occurs on the balcony of Presser. We’ve heard rumors of a teenage girl who jumps from the Presser balcony, as if jumping to her death.

Although we were not able to find any specific stories, we have heard many whisperings about this ghost.

The last Presser ghost we heard a rumor of has close to ties to Bethany College: the ghost of Alma Swensson. Students and faculty have reported seeing Alma Swensson on Presser stage late at night. One professor, Associate Professor of Theater Greg Legault, told us of an encounter that one of his former coworkers had experienced: “As they were leaving Presser one night, they turned to lock up the building.

When they looked back towards the stage, they saw a figure that wasn’t there moments before.”

At this, we had heard enough. It was time to see if we could spot these or any other ghosts for ourselves. At 9 p.m. on November 8, we entered Presser with flashlights in hand to see if we would have any ghostly encounters of our own.

We began our ghost hunt on Presser stage. Because two of our three ghosts had been spotted in that area, we thought it would be an ideal location for an ethereal encounter.

Because of the expansive size of the room, there was plenty of space for there to be a ghost somewhere in the room.

At first, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, but the longer we sat there, the creepier things seemed. Everything in the room creaked, even things that should not have been creaking.

While our eyes should have been adjusting to the darkness, the room seemed to be gradually getting darker.

That’s when we thought we saw the faint outline of a figure up on the balcony. We

shined our flashlights towards the figure and… it was just a railing. Because of the way the lights from the exit signs shined, it made the railing near the back entrance of the balcony look like the outline of a person. Perhaps this is what people have been mistaking as a ghost?

This could possibly explain the Alma Swensson sightings, but not the girl that jumps from the balcony. Nothing we saw or heard could explain why people would think they saw a girl jumping from the balcony.

After sitting on Presser stage for about forty-five minutes, we decided it was time to move on. We were getting nowhere in the ghost hunt, so we decided to move our search to the third floor. Because most of the third floor sightings have been near the practice rooms, we set up chairs so that we could monitor both the practice rooms, and the hallway.

This proved to be less eventful than Presser stage. The only movements we saw besides those coming from us were from the security guard who came to lock up for the night. At one point we thought we heard a strange high-pitched noise, but we determined that it probably just came from the elevator.

There were no footsteps, no ghostly laughter.

Just normal, everyday, old building noises.

So why didn’t we have any ghostly encounters? We had heard all of the rumors, and they seemed to be fairly consistent with each other. Was it because we weren’t there late enough at night? Maybe. Was it because there were too many lights on in the building?

Possibly. Was it because there would have been too many witnesses? Perhaps. Or was it because there is no such thing as ghosts and all of these ghosts myths truly are just myths? We believe that this is where the truth of these ghost stories lie.

Nov. 11, 2014

Fine Arts

Princess and the Pea & Rap-Punzel The night of Friday, Nov. 7, marks the premiere of the first two children’s productions, Rap-Punzel, directed

by Mikael Mertz, and The Commedia Princess and the Pea, directed by Greg LeGault, both performed in Burnett Center.

The actors enjoyed breaking out into a new genre that would appeal to the child in all of us. Sabrina Wollenberg says that she enjoyed entertaining the children of Lindsborg.

Landon Slipke, both a rapper in Rap-Punzel and Arlequin in Princess and the Pea says, “Both directors were completely different from directors I had in the past. That being said, I thought both LeGault and Mike did a wonderful job and had very clear directions they wanted their plays headed in.”

This was Mertz’s first time directing a play, and he seems to have made an impact on Allison Waymire, who played the princess in Rap-Punzel, when she says, “It was really awesome having Mike as a director. I think it was awesome that he was given the opportunity to direct as a senior. I know that he worked really hard. He was great to work with and I am going to miss doing productions with him over the next few years at Bethany.”

Carly Rosey roseycb@bethanylb.edu

Mertz speaks about his directing experience when he says, “It’s been a wild ride. Some days I’m prepared, but they’re not; and sometimes they’re prepared, and I’m not; but we need everyone to be there to make it good.”

The actors had mixed feelings about opening night. Waymire says, “I was nervous for the first performance on Friday night. My heart started beating really fast whenever I thought about it that day.” However, Slipke says he was not nervous for the first night. He says, “[I was] just really excited to show everyone what we had been working on for the past several weeks.” When asked about the actors he worked with, Mertz says, “I think they’re really awesome people. Sometimes I don’t agree with their tactics, but I still like them. They’re good people. Many positive comments were made about the opening night, and laughs were shared by the audience throughout both plays.

For those of you who were inspired to act by the two productions, both Waymire and Splike give out helpful advice. They say to at least try it and see if you like it. Both say you will get something out of it, whether it is breaking out of your shell, or creating relationships that would not usually be formed since it brings students from different majors together.

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Sings & Strings

On November 2, the Bethany College/Lindsborg Community Orchestra held their fall concert in Presser Hall at four o’clock in the afternoon.

Directed by Dr. Daniel Masterson, those who attended were introduced to and awed by the works of Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Haydn.

Also making an appearance that evening was the Bethany College Choir and Dalkoren along with featured guest conductors Dr. Claudio Re and Dr. Mark Lucas. A reasonable sized crowd was in attendance, and those who were there were not disappointed with the evening’s entertainment.

The audience was moved by the incredible styling of each song, as the orchestra filled Presser Hall with the beautiful sound of an unfathomable talent and art that is slowly being lost – classical music. The combined choirs, accompanied by the orchestra performed “Te Deum” written by Joseph Haydn, a choral work written in Latin. Sitting in the audience, this piece sounded flawless and the voices melting together with the strings and brass created a rich, round sound that was hard to forget long after the concert was over. This was not something that could just be thrown together last minute. The choir has been working diligently on this piece over the start of this school year to have it ready to perform on their tour scheduled for the end of the 2015 academic school year.

We would like to encourage all Bethany students and staff to support our very own music department as there are extremely talented young individuals who are amongst us here on campus and are very deserving of our support.

We would love to see you all at the next performance.

Carrie Weisshaar weisshaarcj@bethanylb.edu

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News & Feature

Bethany Students on Midterm Elections

On Tuesday, November 4th, thousands of college students around the country made their way to the ballots to submit their votes in the midterm elections. Seats from the House of Representatives and Senate were contested, and there were also races on the state and local level.

Bethany College students were given multiple opportunities to register to vote if they wished to do so. Dr. Joyce Pigge, Professor of Political Science, set up a registration table at the cafeteria during lunch and dinner dining hours. This made registering extremely convenient for any unregistered student who wished to vote in the election.

Though there were many opportunities to register, many students were unable to. This became a common reason why some students at Bethany College did not vote. Not only was being unregistered a cause for students to not vote, but there were also multiple other reasons. Caitlin Boden, a freshman, stated that she simply “didn’t have time,” which was another frequently heard reason. “I did vote in my county election, but that’s it,” Boden said.

Aleah Seeman seemanam@bethanylb.edu

Another commonly heard reason why students didn’t vote involved what they did or didn’t know about the election, or politics in general. “It’s not that I don’t care, I just don’t want to vote unless I really know how it will affect me,” said Peterson Itugbu. A similar response was given by Tiffani Jackson. “I probably wasn’t going to vote even if I had registered. Politics aren’t really my thing...I just don’t get involved,” Jackson said. This reason corresponds with not having enough time. Students often state that they are too overwhelmed with academics, preparing for finals week, athletics, and extracurricular activities to spend time researching politics.

Generally, midterm elections produce a lower voter turnout than the presidential elections.

U.S. News reported that the voter turnout was only 36.6 percent of registered voters, down significantly from 40.9 percent in the 2010 midterm elections. These percentages likely correspond with voter turnouts that are college students. Kristen Hanks was one of the Bethany students who did vote. “It’s my responsibility and right as a citizen,” she said. “I feel like it’s kind of irresponsible to not vote, as a lot of people fought for that right for us.

LEFT: The Alpha Sigma Nu and the Pi Sigma Chi fraternities teamed up for the Men of Character event about what it means to be a true gentleman.

They showed their men of character traits by assisting ladies with their dishes in the cafeteria. They also took pledges from other campus men, stating that they, too, will be men of character.

Courtesy Photo

Oct. 28, 2014

Carr Brothers: Retrial in Midst of Doubt

Micah Hirschler, Carrie Weisshaar weisshaarcj@bethanylb.edu, hirschlerma@ bethanylb.edu

In the winter of 2000, Reginald (22) and Jonathan (20) Carr of Wichita went on a seven day crime spree that resulted in the deaths of four young adults, and a middle aged female. This crime spree included assault, rape, armed robbery and ultimately – murder. After being reported by a surviving victim and eyewitness H.G., the brothers were caught, tried and convicted of these crimes, then sentenced to death in 2002.

Earlier this year, the Kansas Supreme Court decided to overturn the death sentences of the Carr brothers. The court ruled that the trial judge should have not tried the brothers together, but separately in their proceedings. Justices Eric Rosen and Lee Johnson of the Kansas Supreme

Court were alleged to be the ones responsible for the overturning of the brothers’ sentences. Because their sentence was overturned, the Carr Brothers will be sentenced again this coming December.

This overruling has raised much speculation about the potential outcome of this resentencing. Many believe that the outcome of these trials will remain the same. Others believe a retrial will correct the injustice that the district attorney may have produced. As the retrial approaches, more information is to come.

Sports

Nov. 11, 2014

Women’s Soccer Scores Big

LEFT: Jovana Canales saved two penalty kicks during the penalty shootout against Tabor College to give the Swedes the win which advances them to the semi-finals Photo by Jasmine Zaker

Jasmine Zaker zakerj@bethanylb.edu

The Swedes pulled out an exciting win for senior night. The Swedes had many opportunities with 31 shots on with a few shots hitting off the posts. Finally with only 6 minutes left in the game, sophomore Sarah Henderson had the game-winning goal.

Senior night was November 1st against Bethel College. The three seniors are Mariana Cerenio- Jordan, Kristina Garcia and Jasmine Zaker.

Next the Swedes faced McPherson College. The lady Swedes were leading the game in the first half when Henderson had a goal from outside the box.

Later in the first half, a foul was called against the Swedes in the box letting the McPherson Bulldogs tie the game at 1-1.

Regulation time ended with the score tied. During the first half of overtime Christina Noonan had the game-winning goal.

Coach Sean McMannis said after the game, “We had two goals for tonight’s game: to get the win, and then kick McPherson out of the playoffs and that’s what we did. The girls grinded it out especially after a questionable call that gave McPherson life late in the first half. McPherson battled hard but at the end of the day the game belonged to us.”

The win over McPherson gave

Bethany fourth place in conference. The Swedes have their first game in playoffs with home field advantage against Tabor College.

The Swedes started out strong when Arianna Anaya had a goal to put the Swedes ahead. Tabor fought back hard and scored just a few minutes later tying the game.

The Swedes scored again when Noonan kicked a rocket shot into the back of the net. Tabor came back fighting again and scored another goal to tie the game.

Tabor scored another goal to lead the game 3-2 in the second half. With only two minutes left in the game Cerenio-Jordan scored a goal to tie the game.

Regulation time ended in a tie leading the game into overtime. After a hard fought overtime the game remained tied. The game came down to a penalty shootout.

Andrea Vidales-Guzman, Nicole Washburn, Henderson and Noonan all scored in the penalty shootout. Jovana Canales came up with two huge saves to give the Swedes the win over Tabor College to allow them move on to semi-finals in the conference tournament.

The Swedes continue in the conference tournament on Thursday November 13th at Hummer Sports Park in Topeka. The Swedes will face Kansas Wesleyan at 11:30 am.

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Men’s Soccer Stuns

The men’s soccer team has 13 seniors; Kayo Vaz, Jackson McClure, Jacob Spilker, Christopher Telemoque, Arman Hoque, Angel Cotito, Charles Beckhauser, Lucas Procopio, Braeden DeLong, Angel Figueroa, Paulo Vieira, Gerdson Lubin and Amilkar Dicostanzo.

The senior night game was on November 1st against Bethel College. The game got off to an exciting start when Lucas Procopio had a shot outside the 18-yard box. The goalie made a good save by deflecting the ball. Senior Jackson McClure was there to kick the ball into the goal giving the Swedes a 1-0 lead.

Bethel fought back and scored just three minutes later to tie the game. After a scoreless second half the game went into double overtime and ended in a 1-1 tie.

Next, the Swedes faced McPherson College in McPherson. McPherson College was in first place when they took on the third place Swedes. Junior Trevor Kistler had the only shot on goal for the Swedes. The Swedes lost a tough battle 2-0.

The Swedes ended conference play in third placed giving them a home game against 6th ranked team, Ottawa University on November 8th.

The Swedes started out strong with Gerdon Lubin scoring within the first few minutes of the game assisted by Beckhauser. The Ottawa Braves responded quickly scoring a goal a few minutes later.

Procopio responded scoring on an assist from Luis Fernando Pinto giving the Swedes a 2-1 lead. The Swedes tallied on another goal with a penalty kick from Pinto.

The Braves tried to fight back but came up short only scoring one more goal giving a win for the Swedes with a final score of 3-2.

The Swedes continue to the semi-finals in the conference tournament on Thursday November 13th at Hummer Sports Park in Topeka. The Swedes will face Kansas Wesleyan at 7:30pm

Jasmine Zaker zakerj@bethanylb.edu

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Swedes Fall To Tabor

Matthew Hubbard hubbardmr@bethanylb.edu

Coming off a heartbreaking come-from-behind loss to Friends University last week that left the Swedes out of playoff contention, Bethany College looked to finish the season strong, giving their seniors a winning record for their last season. After today’s loss at home against Tabor College, that goal is going to require some great teamwork and preparation to be successful.

Tabor allowed 14 unanswered points in the second half, but because of their big 35 point performance in the first half, they were still able to pull out the victory.

Tabor were the first to put points on the board today on a quick 35-yard touchdown run by Marshal McShan, and after the missed extra point, led by six points. Bethany threatened to pull ahead on the next drive but were stalled deep in Tabor territory.

The Blue Jays would use almost the rest of the quarter and seventeen plays to score again and led the Swedes by 14 with less than three minutes to play. On the last Bethany drive of the first quarter they drove to the 33-yard line and a 48-yard field goal attempt by Adam Maisch was no good. The Tabor Blue Jays led by 14 at the end of the quarter.

In the second quarter, Virgil Bridges was sidelined by a foot injury and Bo Savage took the helm for the Bethany offense. Savage was still trying to shake off the rust when he threw an interception that eventually led to a 5-yard touchdown run by D’Marco Smith. The Swedes made a good kick return to the 38-yard line by Kelton Evans but ended up punting, giving the ball back to

Tabor in Bethany territory. Smith proceeded to take the ball for a touchdown on a 20yard run just a few plays later. The Blue Jays scored one more time and took a 35 point lead into halftime.

Nearing the end of the third quarter, the Swede offense started clicking after Tabor turned the ball over with a lost fumble.

Floyd Allen caught a pass for 21 yards and then two plays later, punched it in himself on a handoff. In the beginning of the final quarter, the Swedes converted a fourth and 17 to move the ball into the redzone. Savage scrambled out from behind the offensive line for eleven yards all the way down the 1-yard line.

Jean Charles scored on the next play on a dive up the middle. After the extra point, Tabor only led 35-14 with over 13 minutes to play, but the Swedes offense failed to score again.

The second half effort by both sides of the ball was worth noting, but because of the first half, the box score looks lopsided.

The Swedes defense, after putting up worthwhile performances up in their last 3 games, put together an impressive second half, not allowing a single point, but because of the first half, the Blue Jays did not need to score.

Floyd Allen had over 100 yards of total offense and a touchdown. Steven Williams and Raahmil Brantley led the Swedes defense with 10 tackles each.

The Swedes are 3-4 in KCAC play and 4-5 on the year. After traveling to McPherson Nov. 8, Bethany will host Bethel for their last two games of the season, hoping they can send their seniors out on a positive note.

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KCAC Cross Country Conference Meet Women 88 runners Lizzie Benoit- 19th place/ 20:12- lifetime PR Araceli Aburto- 32 place/ 20:51- lifetime PR Melissa Olson- 48th place/ 21:41- lifetime PR Macey Dinkel- 69th place/ 23:24- lifetime PR Layne Gilliland- 84th place/ 25:40 Men 93 runners Zach Hartwell- 67th place/ 29:44 Seasonal PR Erving Altamirano- 73rd place/ 30:17- Lifetime PR

Ivan Perez- 77th place/ 30:27- Lifetime PR Steven Ortiz- 78th place/ 30:34- Lifetime PR Robyn Haynes- 87th place/ 33:39- Lifetime PR

The highlights from today was that every girl had lifetime PR today. Lizzie Benoit led the way with a top 20 finish and a near minute PR. Zach Hartwell pulled the men to great times! Zach and Macey both received the KCAC Champions of Character Award and Layne Gilliland stepped up big for our team to cover for Kylee Martinez!

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I could not ask any more of our individuals because our entire team set new personal records. We had 9 lifetime personal records and one seasonal personal record. I am so proud of how we concluded our season. It is too hard to single out one performance since everyone competed so well and that is a good problem to have. We are very encouraged going into the indoor season!

Lizzie Benoit recorded the highest finish of the day with a 19th overall place, 4 spots off of all conference.

- Head Coach Aaron Yoder

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Elizabeth Benoit benoited@bethanylb.edu