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By Chad Hensley, NKU Sports Information KETTERING, Ohio – Going into Saturday’s Dayton Flyer 5K, Northern Kentucky University cross country head coach Steve Kruse thought that his team had a shot at winning both the men’s and women’s college division races. Kruse also figured the Norse would have a runner finish high in the overall standings against the field that included Division I competitors. The NKU men took the college division title, but it was the performance of Norse women’s runner Julianne Hoekzema that was the story of the day. Hoekzema finished an amazing race in 18:32 to take second place overall and first in the college division. Hoekzema, a graduated of Badin High School, finished more than a minute ahead of the runner-up in the college division as NKU finished second out of three teams in its division. The men’s team completed a perfect score of 15 by placing the top five runners in the college bracket. The Norse placed Adam Stoppelwerth, Matt Shoulta, Keith Knapp, Zach Koehler and Drew Harris in the top five. Stoppelwerth, a senior from Erlanger, Ky., finished the five-kilometer race in a time of 15:56. The time was good enough to edge Shoulta by three seconds. The Norse will return to the course next Saturday as they co-host the Queen City Invitational in West Chester, Ohio. Official start time is set for 10 a.m. |
