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Bluffton wraps up 2009 season at NCAA Regionals

Posted: Nov 16, 2009

November 16, 2009
By: Jordan Hill, sports information assistant

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Bluffton University cross country teams competed in the Great Lakes Regional championship meet hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Saturday, November 14, 2009. The women placed 31st while the men took 36th overall.

Sophomore HEATHER SMITH (Elkhart, IN/Concord) had the best 6k time for the Bluffton women, as she came in 164th place with a personal-best time of 26:26. Rounding out the Bluffton squad was ALISON JANZEN (Whitewater, KS/Remington), who placed 186th with a time of 27:20, senior SARAH BINKLEY (Bluffton/Cory-Rawson) placed 207th with a time of 28:47, KAITLYN KELLY (Middlefield/Cardinal) who crossed the line 214th with a time of 29:15, and KATY HEFFNER (Troy) placed 218th with a time of 29:25.

For the men, ANDY CHAFFEE (Clarkston, Mich.) put together Bluffton's top performance in the 8k run, finishing in 186th place with a time of 29:28. Second for Bluffton was BEN SIEBERT(Celina) who crossed the line at 32:27 for 236th place. The other Bluffton men's participants included JEREMY KIDDER (New Carlisle/Tecumseh) who finished in 33:18 for 242nd place, KEVIN HICKMAN (Centerburg) who crossed the finish line at 34:48 for 245th place, and ROBERT HOOLEY (Bluffton) who placed 248th with a time of 35:53.

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