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Posted by
Corey Westra
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Sat, Nov 8, 2008
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Women's Cross Country
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 Dordt's Kempers Places First in GPAC Women's XC Championships Dordt's Jen Kempers was the individual champion and Nebraska Wesleyan the team champion in the 2008 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women's Cross Country Championships in Hastings, Nebraska, today. The 5K race was run at the Elks Country Club. The temperature was 32 degrees with a 20 mile per hour wind at race time.
Kempers', a senior from Sioux Center, Iowa, winning time was 17:51.85. Jackie Spelts from Nebraska Wesleyan placed second with a time of 18:19.89, while Kara Nelson from Morningside was third with a time of 18:25.35. Nebraska Wesleyan scored 65 points to claim the league title, while Concordia was second with 89 points. Doane was third with 91. In the NAIA Qualifier portion of the meet (under Direct Qualification - New in 2008) Concordia and Doane will to the National Championships in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Saturday, November 22. The top seven individual runners, not on the two qualifying teams, that are in the top 20 will also advance to the NAIA Championships. These runners will be pulled from the NAIA Qualifier Results (which excludes Nebraska Wesleyan - NCAA Division III for postseason).
The Top 15 runners in the GPAC Race are considered All-Conference for 2008.
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