Women's Cross Country
Argos Finish 9 th at PacWest Championships
October 31 – The Notre Dame de Namur women’s cross country closed out their 2010 season with a 9 th place finish at the Pacific West Conference Championships. The Argos had six runners finish with a total score of 208.
BYU Hawaii took home the conference crown with a score of 24 and had five of the top seven finishers. Frida Aspnaes won the individual crown for Hawaii Pacific with a time of 22:18.
Natalie Benoy was the top finisher for the Argonauts, placing 34 th with a time of 27:48. Kayla Hightower finished just behind her in 37 th while Stephanie Fedick and Stephanie Biehl placed 42 nd and 45 th respectively. Sophia Mabelitini rounded out the NDNU score with a 50 th place finish. RESULTS
Argos Place 19 th at Santa Clara Invitational
October 16 – The Notre Dame de Namur women’s cross country team finished 19 th at the Santa Clara Invitational. The Argos finished their final regular season race of the season before heading to Hawaii for the PacWest Championships.
Natalie Benoy was the top finisher for the Argonauts, placing 89 th with a time of 21:16 in the 5k race. Kayla Hightower finished 50 seconds behind Benoy to place 101 st while Stephanie Biehl finished 110 th. Stephanie Fedick placed 111 th with Sophia Mabelitini coming in 124 th to round out the NDNU score.
hico State won the team title with a total score of 19 while Eicholtz Anna took home the individual crown with a time of 18:28. RESULTS
Argos Finish 5th at Westmont Invitational
September 25 – The Notre Dame de Namur women’s cross country team placed 5th at the 5K Westmont Invitational. The race which took place at Levik Field was won by Westmont College with Amanda Johnson of Fresno Pacific taking home the individual title.
Natalie Benoy was the top runner for the NDNU, finishing 23rd with a time of 24:09. Stephanie Biehl, Kayla Hightower and Stephanie Fedick finished in succession at 26th, 27th and 28th while Hannah Giger finished off the Argonauts scoring, placing 33rd.
The Argos race again on October 8th when they will compete in the San Francisco State Invitational. RESULTS
Argos Place 9th at First Annual NDNU Invitational
September 4 – The Notre Dame de Namur women’s cross country team kicked off their 2010 schedule with an appearance in the first NDNU Invitational at the Crystal Springs Cross Country Course. The Argos placed 9th with five runners finishing the 2.95 mile course.
San Jose State took home the team title with a team score of 36, narrowly edging out Cal State East Bay’s 40 points. The Spartans had the top two runners with Kate Lambdin taking winning the individual title and Beth Raymond finishing second. Agnes Silvestro of Holy Names placed third and led the Hawks to a third place team finish.
De Anza CC placed fourth with Pacific, CSU Monterey Bay, Mills College, Bethany and NDNU rounding out the field.
Stephanie Fedick was the top runner for NDNU, placing 36th with a time of 22:23 while Stephanie Biehl finished 39th. Natalie Benoy, Kayla Hightower and Hannah Giger rounder out the Argonaut runners. RESULTS
BYU Hawaii Claims Second Straight PacWest Title
October 31 – For the second year in a row BYU Hawaii won the Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference women’s cross country championship. The 5k race, held at Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park featured 39 runners from seven PacWest schools.
The Seasiders placed five runners in the top-7 to score a total of 22 points followed by Hawaii Pacific (42) and Hawaii Hilo (99). Academy of Art took home fourth with a score of 104 while Grand Canyon (126), Notre Dame de Namur (151) and Chaminade (154) rounding out the team scores.
Quinn Horochuk of Hawaii Pacific overtook three BYU Hawaii runners halfway through race to claim the individual championship with a time of 18:53. Horochuk was followed by a trio of Seasiders as Lacey Krout, Lacee Kurtz and Katherine Buxton finished second, third and fourth respectively.
Natalie Benoy was the top finisher for Notre Dame de Namur, placing 19th with a time of 21:34. Iranel Zamfir finished 8th for Academy of Art while Hawaii Hilo’s Kirsta Andrew (9th), Grand Canyon’s Renee Peck (9th) and Chaminade’s Shelley Wee (29th) were the top runners for their respective schools.
In addition to Benoy, four other Argonauts completed the race with Jezabel Ortiz leading the group in 25th place. Stephanie Biehl (34th), Morganna Hayes (35th) and Hannah Giger (38th) rounded out the NDNU scoring.
The top seven runners were named First Team All-PacWest with the next seven garnering Second Team honors. BYU Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific finished with five All-Conference runners while Hawaii Hilo and Academy of Art placed two each. RESULTS
Argos Place 15th at San Francisco State Invitational
October 9 – The Notre Dame de Namur women’s cross country team competed in their third race of the season, earning a 15th place finish at the San Francisco State Invitational.
The Argonauts had five runners finish, led by Jezabel Ortiz’s 77th place finish with a time of 26:13. Natalie Benoy finished just over a minute behind Ortiz and placed 81st while Morganna Hayes (97th), Kathleen Romero (99th) and Hannah Giger (101st) rounded out the NDNU scoring.
The 16-team race was won by Alaska Anchorage who had the top-5 runners, including individual winner Ruth Keino.
The Argos race again on Saturday when they head down to Sunnyvale to run in the Bronco Invitational hosted by Santa Clara University. RESULTS
Argos Finish 6th at CSUMB Invitational
September 5 – The Notre Dame de Namur women’s cross country competed in their first event of the 2009 season with a 6th place finish at the CSU Monterey Bay Invitational.
Five Argonauts ran in the event that was won by San Francisco State. Denali Foldager from CSU Stanislaus won the individual crown with a time of 17:21.
Jezabel Ortiz was the top performer for NDNU with a 25th place finish while Stephanie Biehl placed 31st. Natalie Benoy (33rd), Elaine Gutierrez (38th) and Kathleen Romero (39th) rounded out the Argonauts score. RESULTS
Argos Finish 22nd at DII Western Regional
November 8 – The Notre Dame de Namur women’s cross country team finished 22nd at the NCAA Division II West Regional meet in La Jolla, CA on Saturday.
The Argos were one of 24 teams to participate in the Championship hosted by UC San Diego. Chico State took home the Regional Title with a combined team score of 60 while Jessica Pixler of Seattle Pacific won the individual title.
Ashley Hughey was the top performer for NDNU with a 116th place finish while Stephanie Biehl came in right behind her at 134th. Katelyn Mills (150th), Cyndi Castor (152nd) and Kathleen Romero (154th) rounded out the Argonaut’s score at 704. RESULTS
Argos Finish 5th at PacWest Championship
October 25 – Senior Ashley Hughey helped lead the Notre Dame de Namur women’s cross country team to a fifth place finish at the PacWest Championship in Laie, Hawaii.
The Argos finished behind conference champs BYU Hawaii as well as Hawaii Pacific, Hawaii Hilo and Dixie State. The Seasiders won the championship with 29 points, narrowly beating out HPU at 36 points.
Hughey was the top individual runner for NDNU, finishing in 16th place while Stephanie Biehl was less than one minute behind to earn to 22nd place. Cyndi Castor and Katelyn Mills finished 33rd and 34th respectively with Kathleen Romero rounding out the Argonaut scoring in 42nd place.
BYU Hawaii’s Amanda Whitford took home the individual title with a time of 18:22, finishing 43 seconds ahead of second place runner Johanna Berggren of HPU.
NDNU is back in action in two weeks when they travel to La Jolla for the Division II Regionals. RESULTS