NCAA CROSS COUNTRY: FLACKS HELPS STANFORD WIN TITLE FORMER H.-W. STAR PART OF EFFORT.Byline: KIRBY LEE Special to the Daily News TERRE HAUTE Terre Haute (tĕr`ə hōt, tĕr`ē hŭt), city (1990 pop. 51,483), seat of Vigo co., W Ind., on the Wabash River; inc. 1816. , Ind. -- The exhilaration of winning the 2005 NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association team title as a Stanford freshman hasn't worn off on Lindsay Flacks yet. The Harvard-Westlake graduate will have more to reminisce rem·i·nisce intr.v. rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing, rem·i·nisc·es To recollect and tell of past experiences or events. [Back-formation from reminiscence. about this year after adding a second title in the NCAA Cross Country Championships at the Wabash Valley The Wabash Valley is a region with parts in both Illinois and Indiana. It is named for the Wabash River and spans the middle to the middle-lower portion of the river and is centered at Terre Haute, Indiana. The term Wabash Valley is frequently used in local media. Family Sports Center on Monday. Flacks, a sophomore, finished 56th as Stanford's No. 3 runner in 21:43 over the rain-soaked 6,000-meter course, to help the Cardinal defeat Colorado for the title 195-223, its third championship in four years. UC Santa Barbara was ninth with 318points. Stanford was a surprise winner in 2005 over defending champion Colorado. This season the Cardinal had been ranked No. 1 throughout the season, with every runner back from last year's championship squad. ``This is just as exciting,'' Flacks said. ``When we all crossed the finish line, we weren't all sure if we had won it again. I wanted to run with the best runners and Stanford has the greatest runners. This is the perfect place to be.'' Sophomore Arianna Lambie was Stanford's top finisher in fourth in 20:44, followed by Teresa McWalters in 31st in 21:18 and Flacks. Sally Kipyego of Texas Tech was a wire-to-wire winner in 20:11 for a 26-second victory over Colorado's Jennifer Barringer. Flacks didn't match her 2005 finish, when she finished 25th to earn All- American honors, but made a strong push over the final half of the multi- loop course over bumpy grass. ``I started far back but I worked my way up there and finished strong for the team,'' Flacks said. In the men's competition, Colorado defeated defending champion Wisconsin 94-142 for the title and Josh Rohatinsky was the individual winner in 30:44 over the 10,000-meter course. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. finished 13th as the Southland's top team led by Phillip Reid, formerly of Rio Mesa High of Oxnard, and Canyon High of Canyon Country graduates Luke Llamas and Jameson Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. . Reid, a senior, was in 21st in 31:35 over the 10,000-meter course, to earn All-American honors. Llamas and Mora, teammates on Canyon's 2001 state Div. I championship team, were 128th in 32:52 and 147th in 33:03, respectively, as the Mustangs' Nos. 3 and 4 runners in their final collegiate meet. UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX finished 23rd with 546 points in its first nationals appearance since 1985, paced by brothers Kyle and Drew Shackleton. Kyle, a junior, was 58th in 32:05, and Drew, a sophomore, finished 85th in 32:27. David Torrence of Cal, a Loyola High of Los Angeles alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. , was 92nd in 32:31. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Harvard-Westlake graduate Lindsay Flacks finished 56th in the NCAA Cross Country Championships to help Stanford to its second consecutive women's team title on Monday. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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