Women Take Fifth Place at Nebraska Meet
By Doug Fitzgerald
published September 18,
2004
Sarah Shepard took sixth in the College Division to lead the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs women's cross country team to a fifth-place finish Saturday at the Woody Greeno Invitational at Lincoln, Neb.
Other Mountain Lions runners to count toward the team score were Shannon Payne (11th), Tina Gray (19th), Chelsey Cerrillo (62nd) and Kari Samuelson (70th).
Shepard completed the six-kilometer course in 22 minutes, 54 seconds, 1:16 behind Wartburg's Missy Buttry who won the race.
The meet, hosted by Nebraska Weslyan, featured six NCAA Division I schools competing in the University Division and 28 Division II, III and NAIA schools competing in the College Division.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Chelsey Cerrillo | |||
| Chelsey Cerrillo | Jr. | ||
| Chelsey Cerrillo | |||
 | Kari Samuelson | Distance | Sr. | |
| Kari Samuelson | Sr. | ||
| Kari Samuelson | Sr. | ||
 | Sarah Shepard | Distance | Fr. | |
 | Sarah Shepard | Distance | Fr. | |
 | Sarah Shepard | Distance | Fr. | |
| Sarah Shepard | Fr. | ||
| Sarah Shepard | Fr. | ||
| Sarah Shepard | Fr. | ||
| Sarah Shepard | Fr. | ||
 | Tina Gray | Jr. | ||
| Tina Gray | Jr. | ||
| Tina Gray | Steeplechase | ||
| Tina Gray | Steeplechase | ||
 | Shannon Payne | |||
| Shannon Payne | |||
| Shannon Payne | |||
| Shannon Payne | |||
| Shannon Payne | |||
| Shannon Payne | |||
| Shannon Payne | |||
| Shannon Payne | |||
| Shannon Payne | |||
| Shannon Payne | |||
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| December 2, 2004 |  | Cross Country Adds Three Recruits | Fresh off its third Top 20 national ranking in the past five years, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs women's cross country team added three outstanding recruits during the NCAA's early signing period. |
| November 23, 2004 |  | Women's Cross Country Takes 16th at Nationals | The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs women's cross country team finished 16th at nationals Saturday. Considering what they went through to get there, the Mountain Lions' season was nothing short of amazing. |
| November 6, 2004 |  | Women's Cross Country Qualifies for Nationals | Shannon Payne, Tina Gray and Sarah Shepard were each among the top 21 finishers as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs qualified for nationals with a fourth-place showing Saturday at the NCAA Division II North Central Regional Cross Country Meet at Vermillion, S.D. |
| October 23, 2004 |  | Teamwork Lifts Lions to Third at RMAC Championships | On the surface, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs women's cross country team's third-place finish at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships presented a contradiction a team effort in what is usually considered an individual sport. |
| October 6, 2004 | | Cross Country Teams Appear in National Rankings | For the first time this fall, both the men's and women's cross country teams at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs have made the national rankings. |
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