CU Qualifies Two for Nationals

Nov 7, 2009

) Aside from a blustery twenty mile per hour wind, conditions were ideal for the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Cross Country meet at Riverside P(Grand Rapids, Mich.) Cornerstone’s top two, Andi Owens-Ripley and Janelle Lindman wasted no time, racing to the front of the pack. After an opening mile in 5:53, Andi worked her way into a three-way battle for second with Katey Cramer of Aquinas and Sarah Sherwood of Madonna.  Lindman took her place in line as the pack strung out and held …

Three Personal Bests and Fourteen Stitches at Great Lakes Invitational

Oct 24, 2009

(Grand Rapids, MI) Three days of rain, left the 5,000 meter cross country course at Riverside Park soggy in several spots and the corners slick causing many of the 227 women in the race to add longer spikes to their shoes. As twenty-one teams left the starting …

Cornerstone Eleventh at Michigan Intercollegiate Championships

Oct 9, 2009

(Grand Rapids, MI) A cold drizzle greeted the runners and softened the otherwise fast course at the Calvin College Gainey Athletic Complex, the site for this year’s Michigan Intercollegiate Cross Country Championships. As she has all season, Andi Ripley …

Cornerstone Competes in Kentucky

Oct 3, 2009

(Louisville, KY) Billed as the largest cross country meet in the Southern United States, the CU Women’s Cross Country team took part in the Greater Louisville Classic in Louisville, KY. Running in the Gold division, the first of two collegiate events …

Golden Eagles Debut at Fifteen in NAIA Rankings

Sep 24, 2009

(Kansas City, MO) The Cornerstone University Women’s Cross Country emerged in the top twenty-five after spending two weeks between 30th and 32nd in the NAIA coaches poll. Last Saturday, the Golden Eagles finished seventh at the Calvin Knight Invitational, two places behind twelfth ranked Aquinas. Cornerstone tied its highest NAIA ranking from 2000 when the finished the season fifteenth in the final poll.

Women Have Record Setting Day at Knight Invitational

Sep 22, 2009

(Grand Rapids, MI) The combination of good weather, a good course, and good competition produced great results for the CU Women’s Cross Country team at the Calvin College Knight Invitational. With the temperature near 60 degrees the air was almost …

Cornerstone Finishes 4th At Hope

Sep 5, 2009

(Holland, MI) The Cornerstone Women’s Cross Country team opened the 2009 season at the Vanderbilt Invitational, hosted by Hope College. Andi Owens-Ripley led the Golden Eagles, running ten seconds faster than her winning time from 2008 and tying …