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Issue date: 9/14/06 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Courtesy Photo Kate Dibbern, York, Neb., center, and Nicole Knowles, Garden City, right, compete in the Bob Timmons Invitational in Lawrence, Sept. 2. The men finished 6th and the women finished 8th overall.

Running against larger programs inspires smaller ones to strive harder, Buster harriers proved that at the Bob Timmons Invitational in Lawrence Sept. 2. Competing against Division I programs, Kansas and Kansas State and other universities, the Busters finished sixth with a score of 130. Kansas University won the meet with a team score of 26.

The Lady Busters finished eighth with a score of 199. Kansas University also finished first on the women's side with a score of 59.

"We did as good of a job as we could have given the conditions," Head Coach Dan Delgado said. "We aren't concerned with how we finish as a team right now running against the larger schools."

Individually, Dane Steward, Plains, Mont., finished 12th in the 8-kilometer run with a time of 26 minutes, 53 seconds.

"Almost everyone on the team has already improved their time and that is saying a lot because Rim Rock is one of the hardest courses in the nation." Jarret Katchel, Hooker, Okla., said.

Pur Khor, Grand Island, Neb., was the second Buster to cross the finish line posting a time of 27:53 finishing 27th place.

"The course was difficult to run on because I didn't know where I was going next," Khor said.

Nicole Knowles, Garden City, led the women with a 38th place finish with a time of 25:40 in the 6-kilometer race. Following close behind Knowles were teammates Leticia Padilla, Hugoton, Kan., 41st place and Kate Dibbern, York, Neb., 42nd. Padilla finished the race in 25:46 and Dibbern in 25:49.

Men's Results: Nick Rodgers 27:56, Nate Preston 28:00, Nolan Realbird 29:13, Cheto Cerda 29:14, Daniel Bucher 29:56, Muluken Osman 30:01, James Hataway 30:16, Riley Voth 30:22, William Miller 31:09, Matt Stephens 31:42, Lucas Algrim 33:06

Women's Results: Heather Patterson 30:21, Nichole Creed 30:24, Nichole Wilken 32:43

Cross Country at Colby

The men's and women's cross county teams came home victorious from the triangular at Colby on Sept. 9. Dane Steward, Plains, Mont., won the men's individual title with a time of 18:27.

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