Rossbach finishes 2nd, earns bid to Nationals
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Monday, November 5, 2007
Emporia State’s Jonel Rossbach will be attending her second consecutive NCAA Championship meet — but once again, it won’t be as a Regional champion.
The ESU senior finished second at Regionals on Saturday in Joplin, Mo., finishing the 6-kilometer race in a time of 20:40.3.
Rossbach’s time was only a half-second off race-winner Winrose Karunde — an Abilene Christian freshman who was running in her first meet of the year.
With the top-five finish, Rossbach advanced to Nationals, which takes place in Joplin on Nov. 17.
On the men’s side, ESU fell short of its goal of making it to the National meet.
The Hornets placed fifth out of 16 teams with 160 points. The top three men’s teams at Regionals move on to Nationals.
Skyler Delmott earned All-Region honors, finishing 14th in the 10K with a time of 31:38.9.
Brock Ternes took 27th (32:30.2) and Sloane Kern was right behind him in 28th (32:32.1).
The ESU women, meanwhile, placed 15th out of 16 teams.
Kylie Bookout was ESU’s No. 2 finisher, taking 61st with a time of 23:47.8.
South Central Regional
Saturday at Joplin, Mo.
Women’s Team Results
1. Missouri Southern 65, 2. Abilene Christian 101, 3. Pittsburg State 139, 4. Fort Hays State 163, 5. Dallas Baptist 170, 6. Southwest Baptist 182, 7. NW Missouri 195, 8. Truman State 219, 9. Central Missouri 224, 10. East Central 251, 11. West Texas A&M 254, 12. Incarnate Word 264, 13. Tarleton State 272, 14. Central Oklahoma 328, 15. Emporia State 334, 16. Lincoln (Mo.) 431.
Individual ESU Results
2. Jonel Rossbach 20:40.3
61. Kylie Bookout 23:47.8
94. Kathryn Davison 24:54.5
97. Tiffany Baum 25:00.3
103. Morgan Frehe 25:33.0
109. Amy Craig 26:31.7
Men’s Team Results
1. Missouri Southern 41, 2. Abilene Christian 55, 3. Pittsburg State 84, 4. Southwest Baptist 98, 5. Emporia State 160, 6. East Central 194, 7. Fort Hays State 226, 8. Truman State 247, 9. Tarleton State 257, 10. Central Missouri 276, 11. Dallas Baptist 282, 12. NW Missouri 290, 13. Tex A&M Comm. 313, 14. Cameron 329, 15. Eastern N.M. 331, 16. Incarnate Word 402
Individual ESU Results
14. Skyler Delmott 31:38.9
27. Brock Ternes 32:30.2
28. Sloane Kern 32:32.1
46. Michael Stephens 33:14.0
51. Eric Wellman 33:24.6
64. Marcus Summers 33:54.1
84. William Hohmeier 34:36.7