1996 Miracle Yearbook

Women's Cross Country Review The Cedarville College women'scross country team con- tinues to get stronger with time. The Lady Jackets were ranked as high as fifth in the NAIA poll, placed a best-ever seventh out of 31 schools at the NAIA Nationals, andwontheirfourthstraightMid- Ohio Conference championship. The women were seventh nation- ally in another category — aca- demics. They had the seventh- highest overall team grade point average and placed Jill Zenner, Julianne Pletcher, and Michelle Burson on the NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete team. Cedarville won six meets in all and placed second at the NCCAA Championships. JuliannePletcherwastheteam's toprunner. Pletcherfinished 13th out of 286 runners at the NAIA NationalstoearnAll-Americahon- ors for the second straight year. Thejuniorwasalsosecondin both the NCCAA and MOC Champion- ships. FreshmanBeckyJordan was the number two runner and fin- ished 21stin the NAIA to earn All- America recognition. Jordan was an NCCAA All-American and an All-MOC performer. Michelle Burson repeated as an NCCAA All- American and an All-MOC runner whileteammateHeatherCornelius joined her on both squads. Other all-conference runners were Kara Malone and Laura Boothe. "We accomplished more this season than we ever have before and that was exciting," saidElvin King,whowasnamedMOCCoach oftheYear."Weareveryoptimis- tic about the future. We will have six of our top seven runners re- turning next season." Mark Womack,Sports Information Director Heather Cornelius smiles as she nears the finish line and the end of another challenging race. Above: With a yell and a grimace, David Rae pushes up the hill to the finish. Right: A swarm of Yellow Jackets over- whelms the competition at John Bryan State Park. —CEDARVILLE CROSS COUNTRY- Meet Place Asbury Inv. Midwest Coll. Friendship Inv. Greensboro Inv. All-Ohio Wilmington Clsc. Gettysburg Inv. Mid-Ohio Conf. NCCAA Nat. NAIA Nat. 1 of7 10 of33 1 of9 1 of 15 7 of38 1 of 1 of21 1 of5 2 of 15 7 of31 Laura Boothe challengesafellow teammateto give a little more atthe Cedarville Invitational at John Bryan State Park. sports