National Cross Country Meet | Video

Lee Timmerman | 11/13/2012

Ten days ago, the University of Mary women`s cross country team earned a spot in the Division-II national meet. The Marauders took third in the Central Region with Melissa Agnew leading the way with a second place finish. The national meet is on the same course in Joplin, Missouri.

"This course we`re going to go out a lot faster. It`s one thing we`ve changed in our training the last couple of weeks is we`re putting more a more special emphasis on the things we`re going so we`re prepared to go down there and we go through the mile 15 seconds faster than we used to it`s not going to be a shock to us. We`re going to be ready for it again. a lot of our kids are track kids 800 and milers so this could play into our favor a little bit," said coach Dennis Newell.

Newell says structure and routine helps any team. The Marauders travel plans and flight schedule is exactly the same as the trip to the region.

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