Monday, October 19, 2009

Congrats Cardinal Runners!

By Brendan McDonough for
WeAreColerain.com

The cross country teams competed in the Greater Miami Conference Championships this week at Voice of America park in West Chester, Ohio, with both teams securing a third place finish in the 10 team conference. The girls were led up front by junior Allison Steinbeck, who finished 9th with a time of 19:49 followed by senior Kristen Wells, finishing 10th in 19:59, and junior Sam Work (13th, 20:04). Juniors Marisel Lopez (20:47), and Stacey Sulken (21:11) finished out the top 5. On the boy's side, the team's first top three finish in 10 years was led by a great front pack of senior Jeffrey Denny (8th, 16:42), sophomore Erik Tomczewski (10th, 16:47) and junior Craig Sulken (13th, 16:49). Senior Zach Burt ran well with a time of 17:06, and junior Victor Zeinner recovered from injury and sickness to run a 17:41. The girls are ranked 7th in the city, while the boys are currently ranked 6th. Several athletes also made the all-conferences teams:

1st Team All-Conference:
Jeffrey Denny
Erik Tomczewski
Craig Sulken
Allison Steinbeck
Kristen Wells
Sam Work

2nd Team All-Conference:
Zach Burt
Stacey Sulken
Marisel Lopez

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