Covenant News - North Park Athletes Complete Busy Weekend

Covenant News

North Park Athletes Complete Busy Weekend

CHICAGO, IL (September 13, 2004) - Grace Conrad finished third individually for the North Park University (NPU) women's cross country team, which placed second in team results Saturday at the 2004 Ted Hedstrand Cross Country Invitational at Legion Park.

Conrad ran five kilometers in a time of 19:04, just behind individual champ Melinda Sprague of Illinois Wesleyan University. Sprague was clocked in 18:59 to edge teammate Megan Byrne's 19:01 effort for first as the Titans won team honors in the five-team meet with 20 points. North Park had 46 team points while Trinity Christian College was third with 72 points.

Allison Weller also made it into the top 10 individually for NPU, placing sixth in a time of 20:21. Becky Gritter was 11th in 21:16, Rebecca Dawson was 14th in 21:31 and Kari Thompson was 15th in 21:32 for coach Emma Sandberg's squad.

In the men's race, Erik Shearer placed 18th overall to lead NPU to a fifth-place finish in the team standings. Shearer ran eight kilometers in 32:08. Teammates Luke Johnson and Marcus Simmons were 28th and 29th respectively.

In other North Park sports action last weekend:

Mike Haehn threw scoring passes of 56 and 36 yards to Jon Harris and Sherman Gant had a scoring run of 60 yards for the Vikings in a 40-20 nonleague loss at the University of Chicago Saturday. Haehn threw for 224 yards and Harris caught four passes for 129 yards. Ted Decatur had two sacks defensively for coach Robin Cooper's team, which hosts Eureka College in a 1 p.m. Saturday nonleague game at Holmgren Athletic Complex.
The volleyball team beat Illinois College 31-29, 30-26, 14-30, 22-30, 17-15 during the Illinois Wesleyan University Invitational Saturday and finished 1-3 for the weekend. On Tuesday, coach Susan Zimmer's team plays a 7 p.m. home match against Moody Bible Institute.
In men's soccer last weekend, the Vikings dropped a 1-0 decision to St. John's of Minnesota on Saturday and edged the University of Dubuque 2-1 in overtime on Sunday to move to 3-1 this fall. Coach John Born's team plays a 7 p.m. match at Milwaukee School of Engineering on Wednesday.
The women's soccer team lost 3-1 to the University of Dubuque on Sunday to fall to 0-3-2. Katie Rose of Mat-Su Covenant Church in Wasilla, Alaska, had the lone goal for the Vikings. Coach Bob Usselman's team plays a 4 p.m. home College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin match against Wheaton College on Wednesday.

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