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Frigid temps slow runners Soccer team falls n i n g in," G r a f said. "I would h a v e PETER EMERY staff r e p o r t e r
Frigid a r c t i c w i n d s , a n d s n o w s w e p t t h r o u g h the C r o s s C o u n t r y Regional hospitalizing r u n n e r s and f r e e z i n g the p e r f o r m a n c e o f the teams. T h i s past S a t u r d a y the M e n ' s and Women's Cross Country teams c h a l l e n g e d their mental a n d physical c a p a b i l i t i e s a s t h e y r a c e d in
waited until M o n d a y . " C o a c h Mark Northuis and other c o a c h e s voted o n w h e t h e r or not to p o s t p o n e the race d u e to the m e d i cal p r o b l e m s that c o u l d o c c u r . N o r t h u i s v o t e d that the r a c e s be p o s t p o n e d for at least t w o hours to see how c o n d i t i o n s were. "We n e e d e d to take a step back to look at the s e v e r q n e s s of race c o n d i tions," Northuis said. A f t e r hear-
deathly c o n d i t i o n s at the Regional
ing the meet w o u l d be run as s c h e d -
r a c e in A l m a , M i c h i g a n . At t h e meet, the w o m e n placed fifth and
uled, n o t h i n g c o u l d be d o n e to s t o p the f o r c e s o f nature and c h a n g e the m i n d s of the m e e t ' s o f f i c i a l s .
the m e n ninth. W i n d chill t e m p e r a t u r e s w e p t t h r o u g h at b e l o w t w e n t y d e g r e e s
Ellen S c h u l t z ( ' 9 8 ) missed qualif y i n g for n a t i o n a l s by one f o o l . S h e
Northuis said. Dan Bannink ('97), w h o put aside the mental a s p e c t s of the race, believed that he w a s physically strong in the race. "It w a s n ' t just w h o had the most heart, but w h o c o u l d stand on their feet," B a n n i n k said. Bannink did keep o n his feet and finished with a time of 29:42, p l a c i n g tw enty-second at the meet, missing nationals by eight s e c o n d s . " T h i s w a s the worst racing c o n ditions any of us h a v e ever raced in," he a d d e d . "I w a s happy with my effort and sad that I w o n ' t be joining Eric Carpenter at nationals."
with fifty m i l e - a n - h o u r gusts. T h e c o u r s e w a s buried u n d e r six inches
w a s n ' t a w a r e that s h e w a s s o close
Carpenter ( ' 9 6 ) , w h o also battled the e l e m e n t s , placing t w e l f t h over-
to n a t i o n a l s a s the girl in f r o n t of
all with a t i m e of 29:24, qualified
of slush and ice. In the m i d d l e of the c o u r s e laid t w o lakes, w h e r e ice
her sprinted the e n d . "I t r i e d t o r e m e m b e r that the
for nationals and will be racing next Saturday in La Crosse, W l . C a r p e n -
w a t e r reached the k n e e s of r u n n e r s ,
w e a t h e r is the s a m e for e v e r y o n e , "
f r e e z i n g l o w e r legs. J e s s e Graf ( ' 9 8 ) , w h o w a s hospi-
Schultz said. "I kept telling myself: ' y o u c a n m a k e it t h r o u g h t h i s . "
ter w a s d i s a p p o i n t e d that the w o m e n ' s and m e n ' s t e a m s will not
talized f r o m s y m p t o m s of hypoth-
Ellen said she w a s sad that the
e r m i a , d r o p p e d out o f the r a c e . O n c e on the g r o u n d , he started c o n -
w o m e n ' s and m e n ' s t e a m s w o u l d n ' t be t r a v e l i n g to nationals next w e e k
best. " D e s p i t e the c o l d w e a t h e r it
v u l s i n g and lost control of his body. " M y b o d y lost c o n t r o l and my
and w a s distraught at the meet results. " W e still have s o m e t h i n g left
b r o u g h t the t e a m closer," Graf said. The m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s teams
c o r e t e m p n e e d e d to b e r a i s e d , " Graf s a i d . He w a s r u s h e d to the
t o p r o v e ; t h i s is n o t t h e w a y it should have e n d e d , " Schultz added.
looked out for o n e a n o t h e r in their
hospital a l o n g with f o u r other runners f r o m d i f f e r e n t t e a m s , w h e r e he w a s treated and released. " T h e c o n ditions w e r e r i d i c u l o u s to be run-
TITLE from
be j o i n i n g him at nationals, but rem a i n e d c o n f i d e n t he w o u l d d o his
of P e n n s y l v a n i a , Staten Island o f New York, a n d North Park of Illinois. Both W i d e n e r and Staten Is-
T h r o u g h o u t history there have been countless sports teams w h o s e talent s e e m s to o u t n u m b e r the players. An e x a m p l e of s uch a sports team is the H o p e College m e n ' s s o c c e r squad w h o finished the s e a s o n at 1 5 - 2 - 1 , w o n t h e M I A A , and placed nine p l a y e r s on the A l l - M I A A team. A l s o t h r o u g h o u t history s uch highly touted t e a m s h a v e lost in the clutch g a m e s and d i d n ' t m a k e it past the first round of the playo f f s . An e x a m p l e of such a sports team is the H o p e C o l l e g e m e n ' s soccer squad, w h i c h went into the p l a y o f f s ranked fifth in the nation a m o n g Division III s c h o o l s a n d harbored the M I A A M o s t Valuable P l a y e r in M i d - F i e l d e r J o h n
rankings, records,
tally d i d n ' t have o u r h e a d s in the g a m e . I d o n ' t think it had an e f fect o n the H i r a m g a m e really. T h e loss d i d n ' t carry over into the post s e a s o n in the m e n t a l state." D e s p i t e the early exit f r o m the t o u r n a m e n t , the D u t c h m e n placed an a l l - m i g h t y nine players o n the A l l - M I A A intercollegiate s q u a d . T h e p l a y e r s on the first team w e r e goal keeper Aaron
ing Dutchmen w a l k e d o f f the field
Paul R o s e n b r o o k ( ' 9 6 ) , and f o r w a r d
with a pain in their hearts that w a s a 1 -
Geoff
Rodocker
( ' 9 7 ) . T h e p l a y e r s on the s e c o n d t e a m All-
0 l o s s to t w e n t y -
Ellen placed first on the team with a t i m e of 21:06. M a r i e Matchett ( ' 9 7 ) and M i c h e l l e Neal ( ' 9 6 ) ran a
of the season. N o w it's time for runners to thaw out and rest a s track
M I A A were Riker, mid-fielder co-captain Nathan
great race d e s p i t e the bad weather,
season quickly a p p r o a c h e s .
H i r a m C o l l e g e in the first round of the Great L a k e s Col leges Association Tournament. " T h e y d i d n ' t really o u t p l a y
Josh S h e l d o n ( ' 9 7 ) . T h e g o o d n e w s a b o u t next y e a r ' s t e a m is that the D u t c h m e n
will most assuredly h a v e c o m p e t i -
h a n d e d j u m p shot, w h i c h he c a n
t i o n in t a k i n g t h e M I A A c r o w n again. T h e D u t c h m e n , a c c o r d i n g to Van Wieren, are y o u n g e r this y e a r
easily hit f r o m outside. D e s p i t e losing only t h r e e se-
fourth
ranked
us, w e just c o u l d n ' t s c o r e against them and t h a t ' s it," R y a n G r o u l x ( ' 9 8 ) said. " I t ' s not that we played poorly,
last s e a s o n . Matt B r o w n ( ' 9 7 ) is back f r o m an ankle injury that he
ter." A step into the w a y b a c k m a -
suffered last year that caused him
better," Van Wieren said. " W e are
d e r i n g is h o w l o n g it will take for the y o u n g e r p l a y e r s to m a t u r e .
chine reveals that H o p e ' s first loss of the season c a m e against M e t h -
absolutely thrilled to m e e t the potential that t h e s e t e a m s p o s s e s s . I
A m o n g t h o s e y o u n g p l a y e r s is s t a n d o u t n e w b i e Pat S t e g e m a ( ' 9 9 )
think that by a l i g n i n g o u r s e l v e s with tougher teams, w e will b e c o m e
w h o b r e a c h e d the rarely passable
Van Wieren. All M I A A t e a m s , with the exception of A l m a and Adrian, have
just s i m p l y not p r e p a r e d . We to-
fielder C o n l o n , forward co-captain
p l a y e r s to g r a d u a t i o n . T h e question Van Wieren is pon-
in e s s e n c e m o r e c o m p e t i t i v e , " said
that g a m e at a l l , " C h r i s R i k e r ( ' 9 8 ) said. "The whole team was
and talent, the Fly-
and have lost t h r e e A l l - C o n f e r e n c e
n a m e n t last year. " T h e m o r e p e o p l e w e play the
a s g o o d a t e a m a s Hope, j u m p e d out q u i c k at the D u t c h m e n and c a u g h t t h e m s l e e p i n g in. " W e w e r e just not ready for
Angeli ( ' 9 6 ) , f u l l b a c k Tyler Will i a m s ( ' 9 6 ) , f u l l b a c k Jason C u r r i e ( ' 9 6 ) , mid-
Conlon ('97). Despite the g l a m o u r ,
niors f r o m last y e a r ' s t e a m , the varsity s q u a d is much different f r o m
land w e r e in the Division 111 tour-
h o m e g a m e of the s e a s o n against K a l a m a z o o C o l l e g e on Wednesday, O c t . 25. K - Z o o , w h o is not
races, k e e p i n g the e n t h u s i a s m alive as the team finished the last meet
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T h e D u t c h m e n ' s second loss of the y e a r c a m e 2 - 0 at the last
GLYN WILLIAMS staff r e p o r t e r
barrier b e t w e e n varsity and j u n i o r varsity, a n d will play for the b i g b o y s this s e a s o n . Van Wieren described his rising
to sit out through all of the s e a s o n . B r o w n w a s a starter on varsity as a
season.
year n a m e d Rodocker.
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