Men's Cross Country News
WEIDNER WINS ALL-AMERICAN HONOR IN CLASSROOM -- posted Monday, February 18 2008
Sophomore Shayn Weidner is an academic All-American.
Incarnate Word sophomore Shayn Weidner has been named an Academic All-American by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
A mathematics major at UIW, Weidner has maintained 3.82 grade point average in the classroom.
In the fall of 2007, he finished fourth in the Heartland Conference championships and advanced to the South Central Regional meet where he placed 40th which put him in the top 30 per cent making him eligible for All-American honors.
Based on his Heartland performance he was all-conference for the second straight year.
To be eligible for USTFCCCA national honors, runners must have completed 24 semester hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better, plus the finish in the regional competition.
CARDINAL MEN PACED BY SHAYN WEIDNER AT REGIONAL -- posted Saturday, November 3 2007
Incarnate Word sophomore Shayn Weidner posted the best time for the Cardinals at the South Central Regional cross country meet run Saturday in Joplin, Mo.
Weidner covered the 10K course in 33:06.8 and that placed him 41st among the 116 runners representing 16 schools in the NCAA Division II region.
Despite two Abilene Christian runners finishing one and two, host Missouri Southern captured the team title by placing four athletes in the meet’s top 10 individuals.
Freshman Adrian Carrillo was the second UIW runner to finish. His 34:01.4 put him in 68th place overall.
MEN TEAM RESULTS
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1. MISSOURI SOUTHERN
3 7 9 10 12 (39) (70) = 41
2. ABILENE CHRISTIAN
1 2 4 11 37 (93) = 55
3. PITTSBURG ST.
5 8 20 22 29 (34) (50) = 84
4. SOUTHWEST BAPTIST
6 15 23 24 30 (41) (55) = 98
5. EMPORIA ST.
13 26 27 45 49 (61) (80) = 160
6. EAST CENTRAL
19 38 42 47 48 (84) (98) = 194
7. FORT HAYS ST.
16 17 59 63 71 (82) (85) = 226
8. TRUMAN STATE
31 35 51 52 78 (89) = 247
9. TARLETON STATE
18 36 46 76 81 (90) (99) = 257
10. U OF CENTRAL MISSOURI
33 54 58 64 67 (69) (73) = 276
11. DALLAS BAPTIST
25 32 57 74 94 (103)(108) = 282
12. NW MISSOURI
43 44 56 60 87 (92)(101) = 290
13. TEX. A&M-COMMERCE
28 62 68 72 83 (97)(102) = 313
14. CAMERON
14 53 75 91 96 (100)(106) = 329
15. EASTERN NEW MEXICO
21 66 77 79 88 (95)(105) = 331
16. INCARNATE WORD
40 65 86 104 107 = 402
SHAYN WEIDNER, ADRIAN CARRILLO, ROMAN JACOBO, MICHAEL CORTEZ, ESTEVAN
FLORES
Place Name School Time
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1 Serge Gasore ABILENE CHRISTIAN 30:28.3
2 Julius Nyango ABILENE CHRISTIAN 30:33.8
3 Dustin Dixon MISSOURI SOUTHERN 31:02.0
4 Philip Birgen ABILENE CHRISTIAN 31:07.5
5 Tim Testa PITTSBURG ST. 31:08.6
6 Michael Pierce SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 31:21.7
7 David Fuentes ST. EDWARD'S 31:25.0
41 Shayn Weidner INCARNATE WORD 33:06.8
68 Adrian Carrillo INCARNATE WORD 34:01.4
91 Roman Jacobo INCARNATE WORD 34:49.9
111 Michael Cortez INCARNATE WORD 37:08.5
115 Estevan Flores INCARNATE WORD 39:30.6
WEIDNER, CARRILLO RECEIVE HONORS -- posted Monday, October 22 2007
Two Incarnate Word runners have picked up Heartland Conference post-season honors following the annual championships held in San Antonio.
Following the Heartland meet at the San Antonio State School, sophomore Shayn Weidner was selected all-conference for the second consecutive year. He ran a 26:32.7 for the 8K event to finish fourth among all individuals.
Freshman Adrian Carrillo ran a 27:32.4 to finish 11th overall and in doing so gained all-conference honorable mention.
WEIDNER AND UIW FINISH THIRD IN HEARTLAND -- posted Saturday, October 20 2007
Freshman Adrian Carrillo finished 11th in the Heartland Conference championships.
CARDINALS FINISH THIRD IN HEARTLAND MEET
Paced by an individual fourth place finish by sophomore Shayn Weidner Incarnate Word finished third in the team standings at Saturday’s Heartland Conference cross country championships.
Weidner, with his 26:32.7 for the 8K course at San Antonio State School, and freshman Adrian Carrillo who was 11th over all paced the Cardinals to one place higher than was predicted in the pre-season coach’s poll. Carrillo turned in a 27:32.4.
The 2007 title was captured by Dallas Baptist with a cumulative 44 points to race past pre-season favorite Newman of Kansas with came home with 66 total points.
The individual title went to Davie Fuentes of St. Edward’s and his 25:43.9.
Other UIW finishers were freshman Estevan Flores in 18th at 28:50.7, and freshman Roman Jacobo whose 28:52.9 was 19th. Also the Cardinals got a 22nd position from freshman Michael Cortez at 29:16.7 and a 27th place from sophomore Blake Bartosh who ran a 30:21l.5
FINAL MEN’S TEAM RESULTS
1) Dallas Baptist, 44 points
2) Newman (Kan), 66
3) Incarnate Word, 74
4) Texas A&M International, 95
5) St. Edward’s, 102
6) Texas / Permian Basin, 112
7) Oklahoma Panhandle, 205
FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Place Name School Time
1 David Fuentes St. Edward's Univ. 25:43.9
4 Shayn Weidner Incarnate Word 26:32.7
11 Adrian Carrillo Incarnate Word 27:32.4
18 Estevan Flores Incarnate Word 28:50.7
19 Roman Jacobo Incarnate Word 28:52.9
22 Michael Cortez Incarnate Word 29:16.7
27 Blake Bartosh Incarnate Word 30:21.5
WIEDNER, CARRILLO PACE UIW AT INVITATIONAL -- posted Saturday, October 6 2007
TEAM IS FOURTH, WEIDNER IS THIRD AT UIW INVITATIONAL
Incarnate Word got top 10 finishes from two runners at the Cardinals as a team finished fourth in their own Invitational Saturday morning at the San Antonio State School.
Sophomore Shayn Weidner covered the 8K course in 26:05 to finish third among individuals. This was his personal best for a GPS certified 8K course, and his best propelled the Cardinals to the fourth place finish as a team.
Freshman Adrian Carrillo put up a time of 29:03 which was several things. It was his best time at the college level, it was a record for UIW freshmen, and it put him in 10th position overall for individuals.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1) Trinity, 51 points
2) Texas State, 72
3) Prairie View A&M, 75
4) Incarnate Word, 116
5) Texas A&M International, 134
6) St. Edward’s, 140
7) Palo Alto, 165
8) Huston-Tillotson, 195
9) Texas A&M / Kingsville, 215
FINAL INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
Place Name School Time Pace
1 David Fuentes St. Edward's 25:31.3
2 Chass Armstrong Trinity (Tex.) 25:50.7
3 Shayn Weidner Incarnate Word 26:05.5
4 Bryant Wright Trinity (Tex.) 26:05.8
5 Matthew Jone Prairie View 26:28.7
6 Jeremy Daum Trinity (Tex.) 26:29.7
7 Roel Elizalde Texas State 26:32.1
8 Gedyon Kiflezgi Tex. A&M-Int'l 26:34.4
9 Michael Richards Texas State 26:41.4
10 Adrian Carrillo Incarnate Word 26:43.3
11 Nick Pena Tex. A&M-Kingsville 26:47.4
12 Jeremy Juarez Unattached - UIW 26:59.3
13 Josh Bart Texas-San Antonio 27:02.4
14 Alonzo Thomas Prairie View 27:23.0
15 Roland Dejean Prairie View 27:28.2
16 Ashton Brown Prairie View 27:32.1
17 Raul Toscano Unattached 27:33.3
18 Zach Brush Trinity (Tex.) 27:36.4
19 Jon Hernandez Texas State 27:43.1
20 Jacob Wells Texas State 27:53.2
21 Bill Rogers Huston-Tillotson 27:55.5
22 Eddie Gonzalez Tex. A&M-Int'l 27:59.9
23 Cody Beaman St. Edward's 28:04.8
24 Luis Beltran Tex. A&M-Int'l 28:08.8
25 Alex Gay St. Edward's 28:13.9
26 Matt Novak Texas State 28:23.8
27 Adam Cribb Trinity (Tex.) 28:38.8
28 Alexander Solano Palo Alto 28:39.4
29 Eric Pedrosa Texas State 28:59.4
30 Blake Bartosh Incarnate Word 29:03.3
31 Jesse Puente Palo Alto 29:07.8
32 Ryan Luby Trinity (Tex.) 29:13.3
33 Victor Santiesteban Texas State 29:21.1
34 Ruben Ortiz Unattached 29:21.2
35 Elstein Wyatt Prairie View 29:21.6
36 Ruben Cruz Palo Alto 29:24.6
37 Henry Chen Trinity (Tex.) 29:26.2
38 Maurice Cavitt Prairie View 29:32.7
39 Terry Barton Prairie View 29:33.4
40 Estevan Flores Incarnate Word 29:36.9
41 Marcus Kisner Palo Alto 29:37.7
42 Agustin Montoya Huston-Tillotson 29:50.4
43 Robert Coronado Tex. A&M-Int'l 29:55.1
44 Al Johnson Unattached 29:56.6
45 Michael Cortez Incarnate Word 30:06.2
46 James Woolley Trinity (Tex.) 30:12.7
47 Tyrone Russell Prairie View 30:18.8
48 Roman Jacobo Incarnate Word 30:34.2
49 Rosangel Rodriguez Huston-Tillotson 30:44.8
50 William Harvey Palo Alto 30:50.5
51 Mike Warner Trinity (Tex.) 30:55.8
52 Benjamin Green Prairie View 30:58.6
53 Ray Acuna Tex. A&M-Kingsville 31:59.9
54 Edward Kozel Huston-Tillotson 32:02.6
55 Jason Okoro Prairie View 32:24.1
56 Jason Alvarez St. Edward's 32:28.1
57 Javi Soto Tex. A&M-Int'l 32:34.4
58 Sylvester Pettis Prairie View 32:54.9
59 Jose Ruiz Incarnate Word 33:04.2
60 Anthony Ayala Tex. A&M-Kingsville 33:18.3
61 Art Acosta Palo Alto 33:19.8
62 Jeff Thomas St. Edward's 33:29.6
63 Javier Jimmnez Huston-Tillotson 34:18.6
64 Alfraid Manning Huston-Tillotson 34:50.7
65 Garfield Sinclair Huston-Tillotson 34:51.3
66 Myron Mayfield Huston-Tillotson 35:52.3
67 Joseph Dawson Huston-Tillotson 36:57.5
68 Rene Garcia Tex. A&M-Kingsville 37:55.7
69 Ryan Johnson Huston-Tillotson 37:56.5
70 Jimmy Harper Huston-Tillotson 38:06.0
71 Issac Saldivar Tex. A&M-Kingsville 38:16.4
72 Larry Perez Tex. A&M-Kingsville 38:27.5
73 Jorge Nazarin Tex. A&M-Int'l 39:41.7
74 Christopher Humphries Huston-Tillotson 40:15.7
75 Antonio Wallace Huston-Tillotson 43:52.8
WEIDNER TURNS IN TOP UIW RUN -- posted Saturday, September 29 2007
Shayn Weidner's 18th place finish paced all Incarnate Word runners at the annual Cowboy Jamboree cross country event hosted by Oklahoma State University in Stillwater Okla.
The 8,000-meter event attracted 25 collegiate teams with a total of 232 runners. Conducted annually, the Jamboree is thought to be the only cross country run conducted entirely on a college or university campus.
Weidner's time of 26:30 put him in the 18th finishing slot, less than two minutes behind winner Daniel Maina of Cowley College of Kansas. The winning time was 24:36.
UIW teammate Adrian Carrillo finished in 44th place with a time of 27:25.
FINAL TEAM RESULTS
1) Cowley, 53 points
2) Butler, 117
3) Oklahoma Baptist, 117
4) Colorado College, 132
5) Tarleton State, 186
14) Incarnate Word, 377
FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1) Daniel Maina, Cowley, 24:36
18) Shayn Weidner, Incarnate Word, 26:30
44) Adrian Carrillo, Incarnate Word, 27:25
113) Roman Jacobo, Incarnate Word, 29:15
140) Estevan Flores, Incarnate Word, 29:58
148) Blake Bartosh, Incarnate Word, 30:12
155) Michael Cortez, Incarnate Word, 30:25
208) Jose Ruiz, Incarnate Word, 32:59
CARDINALS HEARD FROM AT CATHOLIC CHAMPIONSHIPS -- posted Monday, September 17 2007
Sophomore Shayn Weidner leads UIW at Catholic championships.
For the first time, Incarnate Word sent a team to the National Catholic Cross Country Championships hosted by the University of Notre Dame and the Cardinals carved out a presence for themselves.
The five-mile event was conducted over the Notre Dame Golf Course in South Bend, Ind., with a two-level competition.
In the all-comers division which included 33 schools from Divisions I, II, III and the NAIA, the Cardinals men finished 20th. In the second competition, with the Division I teams eliminated, UIW moved up 10 slots to 10th overall.
Individually, Incarnate Word was paced by sophomore Shayn Weidner. For the five miles, Weidner ran a 26:16. In the overall standings, that was good for a 38th place finish. In the category without Division I schools, he moved up to a highly respectable 8th place. He was just 55 seconds behind the winner.
There were 263 individual runners entered including 176 in the non-Division I competition.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
ALL DIVISIONS
1) Notre Dame, 29 points
2) Duquesne (Pa), 70
3) Dayton (Ohio), 72
4) Xavier of Ohio, 151
5) DePaul (Ill), 213
20) Incarnate Word, 553
FINAL INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
ALL DIVISIONS
1) Mike Andersen, Dayton (Ohio), 24:36
2) Dan Jackson, Notre Dame, 24:50
3) Paul Springer, Notre Dame, 24:53
38) Shayn Weidner, Incarnate Word, 26:16
88) Adrian Carrillo, Incarnate Word, 27:22
117) Roman Jacobo, Incarnate Word, 27:54
183) Estevan Flores, Incarnate Word, 29:19
184) Blake Bartosh, Incarnate Word, 29:20
192) Michael Cortez, Incarnate Word, 30:08
254) Joe Ruiz, Incarnate Word, 32:48
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
DIVISIONS II, III, NAIA
1) Bellarmine (Ky), 75 points
2) Loras (Iowa), 94
3) St. Vincent (Pa), 191
4) Walsh (Ohio), 141
5) Siena Heights (Mich), 164
10) Incarnate Word, 277
FINAL INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
DIVISIONS II, III, NAIA
1) Ben Grant, Loras (Iowa), 25:21
2) Robert Deo, Siena Heights (Mich), 25:34
3) Steven Bogarin, St. Xavier (Ohio), 25:57
8) Shayn Weidner, Incarnate Word, 26:16
28) Adrian Carrillo, Incarnate Word, 27:22
48) Roman Jacobo, Incarnate Word, 27:54
106) Estevan Flores, Incarnate Word, 29:19
107) Blake Bartosh, Incarnate Word, 29:20
138) Michael Cortez, Incarnate Word, 30:08
167) Jose Ruiz, Incarnate Word, 32:48
CATHOLICS CONVERGE ON INDIANA -- posted Tuesday, September 11 2007
Incarnate Word is a faith-based, Catholic-related university. No discussion needed. Each fall for the past 29 years there has been the National Catholic Cross Country Invitational. And for the first time ever, UIW will have both men’s and women’s teams entered.
The championships are set for Friday (September 14), and they begin at 4:15 p.m. for the women’s 5K race followed closely at 5 p.m. by the men’s five-mile event. A year ago, 30-plus Catholic colleges and universities from across the nation were represented.
There will be an overall winner determined plus a winner in a college division including NCAA Division II, III and NAIA schools. The top 10 individual runners will receive awards as well.
And, it will be run over the Burke Memorial Golf Course at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, which is, many will contend, the most Catholic of them all.
SIXTEEN SECONDS THE DIFFERENCE IN RELAYS -- posted Saturday, September 1 2007
Shayn Weidner and his partner were second in the UIW Relays.
Adrian Carrillo was on the second place team at the UIW Relays.
Incarnate Word’s twosome of sophomore Shayn Weidner and freshman Adrian Carillo made it a true race Saturday at the annual UIW Cross Country Relays but came up just seconds short of a victory.
The Cardinals twosome hovered near the front of the pact in the 5K relay event at Live Oak City Park and took the lead in the final leg before seeing a team of Trinity runners capture the title with a 16-second margin.
The format had schools entering two-man teams with each runner covering 5K and the combined times determining final placings.
A team of Cardinals, sophomore Jay Wilson and freshman Jeremy Juarez ran unattached and finished fifth overall while the UIW twosome of freshman Michael Cortez and sophomore Blake Bartosh ended in 13th. The other Incarnate Word team of freshman Estevan Flores and freshman Jose Ruiz were 20th overall.
FINAL RESULTS
1) Wright-Armstrong, Trinity, 33:40
2) Weidner-Carillo, UIW, 33:56
3) Rodriguez-Williams, unattached, 34:13
4) Fuentes-Beaman, St. Edward’s, 34:16
5) Wilson-Juarez, unattached (UIW), 34:31
6) Sloan-Gideon, Southwestern, 34:48
7) Armstrong-Cribb, Trinity, 34:52
8) Bounds-Davidson, McMurry, 35:20
9) Daum-Luby, Trinity, 35:20
10) Gonzalez-Beltran, Texas A&M International, 35:27
11) Rudd-Mullens, McMurry, 36:14
12) Chen-Woolley, Trinity, 36:37
13) Cortez, Bartosh, UIW, 36:49
14) Broussard-Smith, Southwestern, 36:50
15) English-Pruit, Southwestern, 37:14
16) Coronado-Kiflezgi, Texas A&M International, 37:18
17) Winkler-Evans, Southwestern, 37:22
18) Roehr-Wright, Concordia, 37:43
19) Passell-Jones, Concordia, 38:08
20) Flores-Ruiz, UIW, 38:41
21) Warner-Zikias, Trinity, 40:31
22) Scahefer-Wilson, Southwestern, 40:54
23) Alvarez-O’Dwyer, St. Edward’s, 41:35
Efurd-Tarver, St. Edward’s, no time
FORMAT SET FOR UIW RELAYS -- posted Monday, August 20 2007
Incarnate Word’s Cardinals are set to host the 2007 UIW Relays in cross country and the details have been set.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, September 1, at the Live Oak City Park in northeast San Antonio nearby the intersection of I-35 North and Pat Booker Road.
Eight schools will compete and each school can enter as many two-person teams as desired. On the men’s side, competition begins at 8 a.m. Both members of each two-man team will cover 5K with the times added together to determine placings.
The women also will run as two-person teams with individual runners covering two miles each. Again for placement purposes the times will be added together.
Schools entered in the Relays are UIW, Southwestern, McMurry, Trinity, St. Edward’s, St. Mary’s (women only), Texas A&M International and Northwest Vista JC.
MEN RUNNERS PICKED FOURTH -- posted Thursday, August 16 2007
In the annual pre-season poll conducted for the Heartland Conference, Incarnate Word’s male runners are expected to finish fourth in the league’s title chase.
The coach’s poll just announced says newcomer Newman of Kansas is the favorite going into the 2007 fall season. A year ago the Jets did not compete for the team title but did place three runners in the Heartland’s top 10. That showing pushes Newman into this year favorite’s roll.
The inclusion of Newman in 2007 pushed Incarnate Word down one notch from last year’s third place finish.
2007 HEARTLAND PRE-SEASON POLL
1) Newman (Kan)
2) St. Edward’s
3) Dallas Baptist
4) Incarnate Word
5) Texas A&M International
6) Texas / Permian Basin
7) Oklahoma Panhandle
