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2001 NWC CC Student-Athletes of the Week

2001 Northwest Conference Cross-Country Runner of the Week

Oct. 14

Women's Runner of the Week: Dana Boyle (UPS, Sr., Carbondale, Colo.) won the Pacific Lutheran Invitational in a course and meet record time of 17:23.4 over the 5k course, leading the Loggers to a second place team finish.
Honorable Mention: Liz Rodda (Willamette) finished 5th overall at the Clark College Invite in a time of 19:26 to lead the Bearcats to the team victory; Leslie Nelson (Whitworth) took 12th at the PLU Invite in a season-best time of 18:17.7.

Men's Runner of the Week: Dan McLean (UPS, Sr., Seattle, Wash.) finished 3rd at the PLU Invitational in a time of 25:21.8, leading the Loggers to a 3rd-place team finish.
Honorable Mention: Aaron Hollingshead (Willamette) finished 6th at the Clark College meet in a time of 25:52; Braden Burkholder (Whitman) was third at the LCSC meet in a season-best time of 26:33.

Oct. 7

Women's Runner of the Week: Lia Ossiander (Pacific Lutheran, Sr., Chugiak, Alaska) was the top NWC finisher at the Willamette Invitational. She ran the 5k course in 18:16.18. There were 388 runners in the race.
Honorable Mention: Liz Rodda (Willamette) finished 23rd in a time of 18:20.65, which ranks fourth all-time in Bearcat history.

Men's Runner of the Week: Neil Weare (Lewis & Clark, Sr., Santa Rita, Guam) finished 8th at the Willamette Invitational, the highest place among NWC runners. His 8k time of 24:30.5 set a new Pioneer record. There were 400 runners in the competition.
Honorable Mention: Jake Stout (Willamette) finished 9th in a time of 24:34.04, which ranks fifth all-time in Bearcat history.

Sept. 30

Women's Runner of the Week: Dana Boyle (UPS, Sr., Carbondale, Colo.) won the Augustana Invitational, essentially a national championship preview, in a 5k time of 17:23, defeating defending NCAA Div. III national champion Johanna Olson of Luther College. The Logger women finished 7th out of 34 teams.
Honorable Mention: Leslie Nelson (Whitworth) won the Silverwood/NIC Invitational in a 5k time of 19:14.5, leading the Pirates to a team victory; Cassie Weyhmiller (L&C) finished first in the dual meet with Pacific in a 5k time of 19:29; Shelan McClung (Pacific) finished 5th in the dual meet with L&C in a time of 19:53.

Men's Runner of the Week: Dan McClean (Puget Sound, So., Seattle, Wash.) finished 3rd at the Augustana Invitational in a time of 25:02, leading the Loggers to an 11th place finish out of 32 teams.
Honorable Mention: Neil Weare (L&C) finished first in the dual meet with Pacific in a time of 26:02, leading the Pioneers to victory; Nathan Love (Willamette) finished third at the Western Oregon Invitational in a 4 mile time of 21:06; Carl Hoogesteger (Pacific) finished sixth in the dual meet with L&C in a time of 26:39.

Sept. 23

Women's Runner of the Week: Dana Boyle (UPS, Sr., Carbondale, Colo.) won the open division at the Sundodger Invitational in a time of 17:31 over 5 kilometers, which was a personal record.
Honorable Mention: Lia Ossiander (PLU) finished 12th at the Sundodger (18:24); Liz Rodda (Willamette) finished 22nd at the Sundodger (18:45), leading the Bearcats to a 2nd-place team finish; Emily Erwin (L&C) finished 34th at Sundodger (18:55).

Men's Runner of the Week: Dan McLean (UPS, So., Seattle, Wash.) was the top NWC finisher at the Sundodger meet, placing 5th in the 8k race in a personal record time of 24:43.
Honorable Mention: Jake Stout (Willamette) placed 6th at Sundodger in a time of 24:47; Neil Weare (L&C) placed 9th at Sundodger (24:48); Ryan Reed (PLU) placed 16th at Sundodger (25:13).

Sept. 16

Women's Runner of the Week: Leslie Nelson (Whitworth, So., Omak, Wash.) finished second at the Whitman Invitational in a time of 18:51.7 (5k) to lead the Pirates to a second place finish.
Honorable Mention: Kira Seifert (Linfield, Jr.) finished 4th at the Lewis & Clark Invite in a time of 20:14.9; Shelan McClung (Pacific, Fr.) ran 20:34.7 to place 8th at the L&C meet.

Men's Runner of the Week: Carl Hoogesteger (Pacific, Jr., Gold Beach, Ore.) finished 8th in the Lewis & Clark Invitational in a time of 27:47.4

Sept. 9

Women's Runner of the Week: Dana Boyle (UPS, Sr., Carbondale, Colo.) finished 5th (18:16) at the Emerald City Invite, competing against mostly NCAA Division I competition.
Honorable Mention: Leslie Nelson (Whitworth) finished 8th (15:39) at the University of Idaho Invitational, to lead the Pirates to the women's non-Division I title; Janelle Goeres (George Fox) finished second (19:14.2) at the Boxer Rebellion to lead the Bruins to a second place finish.

Men's Runner of the Week: Carl Hoogesteger (Pacific, Jr., Gold Beach, Ore.) finished 8th, top collegiate finish, at Boxer Rebellion in 27:01.08 over five miles.