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Rogers AR boys at Missouri Southern Stampede
SO#7 Mountaineers win a big one
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007 Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO
Report from Bob Kelly, ArkansasTrackStats.net: The Rogers (Arkansas) Mounties were on an early season mission to test themselves and took a solid win at the Southern Stampede (Missouri Southern State University, Joplin) in the 39-team Boys Division 1 Meet by 53-138-149-158 over regionally-ranked Potosi (MO), Emporia (KS) and Tulsa (OK) Union. The Mounties were led by Aaron Hamilton in 3rd at 15:21 for 5K with their top 5 all under 16 minutes. Potosi juniors Jacob Swearingen and Nick Niggemann finished 1-2 with excellent clockings of 15:00 and 15:10, respectively. Steven Baker (Tulsa Union) edged out Taylor Surly (Rogers) for 5th by 15:22-15:23. The always fast grass course through the lightly rolling hills saw 22 runners finish at 16:01 or better.
Rogers Coach Carlton Efurd: "This is one of the bigger wins that I've been a part of coaching the Mounties. What a great surprise! Our practices times told me we were in good shape. I thought if we ran well we would have a chance to win and obviously we ran well against some great competition!"
"We ran about as good as we could as a team. We didn't have our 4th and 5th guys due to a soccer tournament so I was really pleased with Jordan Falls 20th place finish. He really stepped up big! Forrest Roth had an outstanding race. He really finished strong!"
Highlights - “We had 5 guys under 16:00.” “Beating Potosi who is ranked 8th in the Heartland region and won the Chile Pepper last year.”
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Rogers jr Cameron Efurd (left) and sr Forrest Roth finishing on the track, 14th and 13th respectively
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Link to full DyeStat on-site coverage of Missouri Southern Stampede For more on the Arkansas teams and finishes, check www.arkansastrackstats.net
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