Nov. 11, 2000

WATERLOO, IOWA - So close, but yet so far away.

Freshman Jenni Goebel finished seven seconds short of a berth in the NCAA Cross Country championships at the Division I Midwest Regional at Northern Iowa on Saturday.

Goebel completed the 3.78-mile course in 21:46 to finish 31st overall. The top 25 individuals move on to the following week at the NCAA Championships.

Goebel's fellow freshman Sarah Teren was the only other runner from UIC to compete for the women. Teren placed 140th overall with a time of 24:16.

The men's team finished 18th out of the 23-team field with 531 points.

Leading the way for the Flames was junior Danny Smith. Smith finished the 6.34-mile course in 32:55 for a 86th place finish.

Smith was followed by Russ Riberto (103rd, 33:30), sophomore Joe Marren (108th, 33:42), senior Brian Brady (115th, 33:51) and Rich Daubert (119th, 33:55).

Kansas State sophomore Amy Mortimer's first-place finish of 20:34 helped the Wildcats to the women's team title with 61 points.

Oklahoma State senior David Vasquez' runner-up finish of 30:29 propelled the Cowboys to the team-title with 68 points.