Wurtz and Parisi represent Wheaton at the 2009 Division III Cross Country Championships
11/21/2009 4:12:07 PM
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Cleveland, Ohio – Senior Brian Wurtz and junior Jennifer Parisi represented Wheaton College on Saturday at the 2009 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. This year’s National Championships were hosted by Baldwin-Wallace College at Highland Park Golf Course in Cleveland.
Wurtz closed out his collegiate cross country career on Saturday with his second consecutive individual appearance in the 8k Division III Men’s Cross Country Championship. He ran the course in a time of 26:39.6 to finish 87th in a highly competitive field of 276 runners. Wurtz finished 53rd last year at the 2008 NCAA-III Championships in Hanover, Indiana.
Parisi posted a time of 23:30.6 on the 6k Division III Women’s Championship course to finish 88th in a talented field of 279 runners on Saturday. Last year, Parisi competed as a member of the Wheaton women’s cross country team at the 2008 Championships, as the Thunder earned a team selection. She finished 138th as a sophomore in last years National Championship race.