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Cross Country - Sat, Oct 4, 2008
Men's Results - no team results
Women's Results - 4th of 5 teams
 
Marion, Ind.- In only her third meet of her collegiate career, Judson University women's cross country freshman Rachel Dean (Lindenhurst,IL) won her second medal of the season by winning the Indiana Wesleyan University Invitational with a time of 18:39 in the 3K race. The Judson University women's team finished fourth out of five teams. The men only ran four runners due to team violations as Nick Sustersic (Palos Hills, IL) was the top runner.
 

Rachel Dean
medalist

Nick Sustersic - 17th

After a miscommunication by the Indiana Wesleyan meet manager, the Judson University women's cross country team had to run their race with the men for the first 2K before splitting off to finish the 3K race. The starting time was moved up from 10:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and was not communicated very well to Judson. In order for the women's team to run, they ran the course with the men's runner until the final mile.

Even with the confusion, Dean ran a personal best 18:39 to claim first place in the meet and was her second overall championship of the season. She won the Aurora University Invitational and finished third at Cedarville University. Abbie Dupont (Springfield,IL) finished as the 39th overall runner but scored at 25 with a time of 21:01. Claiming the 28th point for Judson was Sandra Hubbarb (Hickory Hills, IL) finishing 45th (21:43) overall just 43 seconds behind DuPont. Crossing as the 53rd runner and 28th place was Lisa Reitz (Oak Lawn,IL) with a time of 22:40. Rounding out Judson's top five was Sharon Hubbard (Hickory Hills, IL) with a 29th place finish at 23:53 and 55th overall.

With his best finish of the season, Sustersic finished in the top 20 in 17th place with a time of 27:29 in the 8K race. The Judson University men's cross country runners improved their times on the year as Dakota West (Antioch,IL) ran a 29:00 for 33rd and Robert Altenburger (West Salem,OH) finished 34th at 29:08. Nate Faulkner (Davis,IL) also improved his time in the 8K with a 29:44 for 36th place.

Judson will now run on Friday, October 10th, at 3:30 p.m. in the Benedictine University Invitational.