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Vikings Set For 2014 Horizon League Championship

Vikings Set For 2014 Horizon League Championship

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State cross country team will return to action this weekend, competing in the 2014 Horizon League Championship. This year's championship meet will take place on Saturday, November 1 at the Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wis.

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The 2014 Horizon League Championship will be a 6K race, and is slated to begin at 12:00 p.m. EST. The men's 8K race will begin at 1:00 p.m. EST following the women's race.

2014 RACE PHOTOS

Saturday's race will be CSU's second 6K of the season, as the All-Ohio Championship back on October 3 was also a 6K race. The quartet of Ashlyn Woods, Samantha Butterbaugh, Katie Webb, and Alanna Shamrock led the Vikings at the All-Ohio Championship with top-50 finishes. Woods recorded CSU's best 6K time of the season (23:37), while Webb (24:01) and Shamrock (24:18) both posted career-best times.

2014 RACE-BY-RACE RESULTS

Entering this weekend's championship race, Woods has been Cleveland State's top finisher for five consecutive races, and has recorded three top-20 finishes during that span. Webb and Butterbaugh have combined to be CSU's second and third finishers four times this season – both recording career-best 5K and 6K times.

ALL-TIME TOP PERFORMANCES

Four Vikings recorded top-35 all-time 6K performances at the All-Ohio Championships earlier this season, led by Woods' time of 23:37 which ranks eighth. Butterbaugh (23:53 – 13th), Webb (24:01 – 20th), and Shamrock (24:18 – 31st) also made the list.

Cleveland State has also posted 11 top-50 5K performances this year, with Woods owning five of the times and Webb owning three.