UC Running Club

Charlotte, NC- The University of Cincinnati Running Club returned home this past weekend after competing at the NIRCA Nationals in North Carolina. There were a total of 40 teams and over 800 runners from across the Nation.

The Men finished 20^th out of 40 teams in the 8k race while the women finished 11 out of 26 teams in the 6k race. The weather was perfect and the course was for the most part flat and fast. Many runners set a personal best this weekend.

Derek Williams led all UC runners with a time of 26:04 setting a new running club record for the 8k. Followed by Derek was Matt Schluneker  (26:28) finishing second for the Bearcats. Kyle Lipton (27:32) finished third in his first nationals appearance followed by Adam Hehr (27:56) and Nick Kienzle (28:33) who rounded out the scoring for the men for a team score of 628. Other notable finishes for the men were Tyler Waldie (29:07) Sam Hahn (29:09) and Tyler Frazier who competed in his first ever cross country race finishing in 29:18. Rounding out the men were Jake Hahn (31:51) and Andrew Flanagan (31:56).

Running Club Alumni Jason Barhorst represented UC in the Open/Alumni 5k finishing in 6^th place with a time of 16:57.

As for the Women Melissa Helton led all UC runners with a finishing time of 23:40. Kelly Meyer finished second for UC just seven spots behind in 23:54. Emily Krumel (24:50) Tina Roessner (25:14) and Danielle Hoverman (25:24) rounded out the team scoring for the women for an overall team score of 335 beating out Florida by 5 points. Other performers were Brittany Hoverman (26:51) and Amanda Harris competing in her first race for UC in 27:21.

Illinois swept the event in both the Men’s race and Women’s. Andy Weaver (23:59) of Delaware and Elizabeth Suda (21:27) of Florida won individually. Saturday brings a close to the NIRCA Cross Country series. The club will continue to run throughout the winter and spring.

Dexter, Michigan- The University of Cincinnati Running Club competed in the Great Lakes Regional’s hosted by the University of Michigan Running Club this past weekend.

The Women’s team ran to a second place finish out of thirteen teams with an overall score of 98. There was a field of 115 runners. The UCRC was led by Melissa Helton, (23:37) who finished third overall and first for the team. Kelly Meyer (25:02) and Samantha Audet (25:41) placed second and third for the team and in the top thirty. Rounding out the scoring were Emily Krumel (25:57) and Claire Simpson (26:21).

Other runners for the women included back-to-back finishes by Rebecca Matthews (26:33) and Danielle Hoverman (26:34) and Brittany Hoverman (27:14) who all placed in the top 65. University of Michigan won the event with a score of 30.

The Men’s side had a 6^th place finish out of 16 teams with an overall score of 161. There were 181 runners in the race. The Men were lead by Matt Schluneker (27:28) who finished 16^th overall, and first for the team. Derek Williams (27:50) and Kyle Lipton (28:10) finished second and third for the team and in the top 30. Adam Hehr (29:14) and Sam Hahn (30:11) finished the scoring for the men.

Other finishers for the men were Matt Shideler (30:19) Jake Hahn (33:22) Andrew Flanagan (33:41) and Matt Roberts (38:43). Indiana University won the event with a score of 49 beating the University of Michigan by 1 point.

The UCRC returns to NIRCA nationals in three weeks, Nov. 12, where they travel to North Carolina to face the rest of the running clubs throughout the country.

MOUND PARK, Ind.- The University of Cincinnati Running Club had a strong performance at the MC5 invitational hosted by the Ball State Running Club this past weekend. This was the first NIRCA race for the UCRC this year. The men’s side took first place out of five teams with a score of 38 in the 8k event, while the women took second with a total score of 44 in the six-kilometer race.  There was some hardware taken home from this trip.

The UCRC had 4 runners in the top 10. Matt Schluneker (28:46) led all UC runners with a second place finish, followed by Kyle Lipton (29:32), Nick Kienzle (30:12), and Adam Hehr (30:25).  Matt Shideler (30:34) rounded out the scoring for the men finishing 12^th. Other UCRC runners included Sam Hahn (32:28) good for a 21^st place finish, Andrew Flanagan (33:43) finishing 28^th, and Matt Roberts (37:19) finishing 42^nd.

The women had three finishers in the top 10. Melissa Helton (25:05) led all UC women with a third place finish, followed by Emily Krumel (26:27), and Tina Roessner (26:48) who finished back to back for a seventh and eighth place finish. Kelly Meyer (27:38) and Danielle Hoverman (28:26) rounded out the scoring finishing 11^th and 15th. Brittany Hoverman (30:40) finished in 21^st for the women.

The trails and spiraling mountain seemed to be no match for the UCRC as they look to continue success in the NIRCA. The next scheduled race is the Great Lakes Regional’s, which will be held October 22, in Michigan.

ALEXANDRIA, KENTUCKY-The University of Cincinnati Running Club took part in the Queen City Invitational this past Friday at A.J. Jolly Park in Alexandria Kentucky. There were a total of 10 of our runners at the event. The race was a 5k consisting of teams all over the tri-state, including Xavier, Cincinnati, and NKU. There were a total of 13 teams for the men’s race and 15 for the women’s. The men had 132 total runners and women had a total of 135.

The men’s team was lead by second year runner Nick Kienzle with a time of 17:03. Finishing second for the team was UC Running Club Alumni Jason Barhorst with a time of 17:19 and Tyler Waldie third with a time of 17:35. Sam Hahn 19:05 and Running Club Alumni Charlie Stratton 19:33 rounded out the team scoring for the men’s side. The men finished 9^th overall beating four division three teams. Former UC Running Club member Dan Scurry ran a 16:50 for the Men’s varsity team. The results were as followed:

• Dan Scurry 16:50-47^th
• Nick Kienzle 17:03-62^nd
• Tyler Waldie-17:35-75^th
• Sam Hahn-19:05-103^rd
• Charlie Stratton-19:33-109^th
• Jake Hahn-20:45-119^th

The Women’s team was lead by Claire Simpson with a time of 22:32. Finishing seconds after Claire was Tina Roessner 22:38 and Emily Krumel running in 22:50. Sisters Danielle Hoverman and Brittany Hoverman finished the team scoring with a time of 24:33 and 25:30. The results were as followed:

• Claire Simpson 22:32-89^th
• Tina Roessner-22:38-90^th
• Emily Krumel 22:50-95^th
• Danielle Hoverman-24:33-120^th
• Brittany Hoverman-25:30-127^th

The UC Running Club returns to action October 1^st at Mound State Park for the MC5 Championship, their first NIRCA race of the year.

Eating as many donuts as you can, then running a short and sweet mile around campus, while helping out the community, winning sweet prizes and getting the chance to be crowned the Donut Eating Champion. Sound Sweet?  Then come join the UC Running Club at the first annual Donut Dash.

Date: Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Time: 11:00 am

Location: McMicken Commons

Race Description

The Donut Dash is a 1 mile race on campus.  It will start and finish on McMicken Commons.  Five minutes before the race, each runner will get the chance to eat as many donuts as they can.  Each donut you consume will subtract 5 seconds off of your mile time.  (If you can eat 12 donuts that’s a WHOLE minute…just something to think about.)  As delicious as donuts are, if eating them right before running doesn’t sound sweet to you, you can “dough-nate” canned goods instead.  Each canned good “dough-nated” is equivalent to eating a donut.  If you enjoy eating donuts AND helping out your community then you can do both!

You can run the Donut Dash as an individual in an attempt to be crowned the Donut Eating Champion, or you can make a team of up to 8 people and compete against the other teams.  There will be special prizes awarded to both!

Individuals:

Competing against mile time, donuts eaten, and canned goods donated.  Unlimited amount of cans can be donated.

Cost: $8 or 3 canned goods + $5 (each canned good is equivalent to $1)

Race day registration beginning at 10:30 for individuals only!

Teams:

Competing collectively on time, donuts, and  canned goods donated.  So the total cumulative time will have the amount of donuts and canned goods subtracted off.  Composed of 8 people.  Any team members WILL NOT be part of the individual competition, you are unique to the team competition.  All members must run and finish to avoid disqualification.  The lowest time wins.  Unlimited cans can be donated!

Cost: $20 + 20 canned goods per team

Pre-registration for teams using the survey monkey link.

Please register before May 10th.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K3KCCLZ

All donuts will be provided by the Dunkin Donuts on Glenway and Beechmont.

All canned goods will be donated to St. George Food Pantry on W. McMillan Street!

On Saturday, April 9th, in Bloomington, Indiana from about 8:30 to 10:30 the Cincy Ducks were busy dominating the first annual NIRCA Road Nationals.  There were 11 teams and a total of 120 runners racing against one another in a half marathon (13.1 miles).  The race was scored by combining the times of the first three finishers from each team.  UCRC women had 6 finishers in the top 15 and the men had 5 finishers in the top 20.  With these results there is no surprise that the UCRC women WON the NIRCA Road National Championships and the men were Runners Up, with only a few minutes keeping them away from 1st place.  To say the least, the University of Cincinnati Running Club pretty much dominates on the road! :)

Results:

WOMEN:

Melissa Helton (2nd), Megan Reiger (3rd), Julia Clements (5th), Kelly Meyer (7th), Rebecca Matthews/Claire Simpson (10th), Danielle Hoverman (32nd)

MEN:

Tom Lee (4th), Dan Scurry (8th), Matt Schluneker (10th), Jason Barhorst (13th), Adam Herh (20th), Tyler Waldie (26th), Nick Kienzle (28th), David Holmberg (39th), Derek Huelsman (61st), Andrew Flanagan (74th)

You can visit:  http://clubrunning.org/nationals_half2011results.php to view full results!!

Also there is a 3 minute recap of the race and we appear in it quite often! Just follow the link below!

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238607-NIRCA-2011-Road-Championships/video/482030-3-Minute-Recap-Race-Day

GO DUCKS!!!!!

Thanks to Adam’s expert snow driving skills we made it to Illinois last Saturday to compete in an indoor track meet put on my the Illinois Track Club.  There were 10 teams competing in all different lengths of races.  From the 55 meter to the 3000, all were run in the 5 hour long track meet.  Cincy Ducks appeared in every single race except for the 55 (because come on guys that would have just been wrong haha), with the men finishing 7th out of 10 teams and the girls 5th out of 7 teams.  All in all it was a long, exciting, and tiring day of running fast followed by some delicious Chinese Food! :)

To view full results visit: http://mrun.clubrunning.org/Track/Track_New_Results/2011_Illinois_Relays_results.pdf

Over exam week and Winter break, we will still be meeting at the regular time&place: 5:15 pm Monday through Friday at the track. So if you are in town, feel free to come out!!

As a general guideline, we will not run outside if it is under 20 degrees. In this situation, we will meet in the lobby of rec center and decide whether to run inside or outside depending on group consensus. Either way, an email will be sent out if we are going to meet in the rec.

Have a WONDERFUL break and Stay Warm!

This year NIRCA Nationals was in Bloomington, IN.  The course was a hilly one and took place on a golf course.  The men’s race was made up of 459 runners and the women’s race had 224.  Both teams did very well with the women’s team finishing in 5th place out of 21 teams.  First time UCRC has placed so well!!

RESULTS:

MEN: Jason Barhorst 28:53, Daniel Scurry 28.58, Nick Kienzle 20:04, Matt Schluneker 29:22, David Holmber 29:31, Adam Hehr 30:06, Bryce Tiell 33:47, Andrew Flanagan 34:14

WOMEN: MeganRieger 23:12, Melissa Helton 23:45 Claire Simpson 24:32, Kelly Meyer 24:58, Rebecca Matthews 25:32, Tina Roessner 28:22, Brittany Newell 28:26, Danielle Hoverman 29:00

For full results visit the NIRCA website!!

A few weeks ago the team traveled all of the way to South Carolina to compete in the 2010 NIRCA Regional Cross Country race.  The women ran a 6k and the men ran an 8k.  This course was a little faster (and easier) than the course we ran at Ball State.  Which basically just means everyone PR-ed! The Clemson race was a very exciting and enjoyable race, mostly because we ran on a peach farm, although it wasn’t peach season (major bummer) it was still a fun experience and everyone ran really well!

Results:

Women: Melissa Helton (21:40)  Megan Rieger (21:46)  Kelly Meyer (22:45)  Tina Rossner (23:42)

All of our girls finished in the top 25!!!!

Men: Jason Barhorst (28:01) Daniel Scurry (28:14) Nick Kienzle (29:07) Matt Schluneker (29:15) Bryce Tiell (32:28) Andrew Flanagan (33:05)

If you would like to see the full results you can at http://clubrunning.org/ (or just type NIRCA into Google)

Nationals are next weekend, stay tuned for results!!