Tigers Run Well In Tune-Up For NCAC Championship Meet

Jacob Kuntz turned in a top-10 finish for the Tigers as they got an advance look at the course to be used by the NCAC for its 2012 championship meet.

Wade Westbrook was second on the Tigers in the Pre-NCAC Invitational, hosted by the College of Wooster. File Photo | Erin Pence
Wade Westbrook was second on the Tigers in the Pre-NCAC Invitational, hosted by the College of Wooster. File Photo | Erin Pence
September 15, 2012
Results

WOOSTER, Ohio – The Wittenberg men's and women's cross country teams got a closer look at the course to be used by the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) to decide its 2012 championship later this season at the Pre-NCAC Invitational, hosted by the College of Wooster.

Wittenberg's men placed sixth in the 8K race, 10 points behind Kenyon in the six-team field. Wittenberg's women also placed sixth in the 6K race.

Individually, the top Tiger men's finisher was junior Jacob Kuntz (Versailles, Ky./Woodford County), who placed eighth in a time of 27:21. Junior Wade Westbrook (Columbus, Ohio/Whetstone) was next in 20th place in a time of 28:05, followed by sophomore Adam Kapuscinski (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore) in 29th place in 28:53.

On the women's side, the leader of the Wittenberg pack was junior Molly King (Springfield, Ohio/Northeastern) with an eighth-place finish in a time of 23:57. Next up for Wittenberg was senior Chelsey Williams (Fort Wayne, Ind./Canterbury) in 37th in a time of 26:26 and freshman Sarah Webb (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg) in 38th in 26:28.