Hornets Cross Country
11/3/2012 State Meet
Oak Hills Golf Center at Jefferson City


     Chillicothe's Senior runner Andrew Jensen finished his Cross Country career with a 38th place finish out of 170 runners in the Class 3 State Meet held in Jefferson City. It was Jensen's third straight trip to the state meet, improving on his 85th place finish last year. Jenson also trimmed almost a minute off last year's time, finishing this year in 17:36 compared to last year's time of 18:34.
     "Andrew has been quite consistent this year" commented Head Coach Tim Riekena. "It has made him a mature competitor. I know he's already looking forward to (spring) track season."
     After a rare two false starts on the cross country field, Jensen started out strong, running his first mile in 5:09 for 12th place. At mile two he had dropped to 26th place with a mile split of 5:36 and at mile three he was in 39th place with a mile split of 6:09.
     "He was able to catch a runner on the last uphill toward the finish" stated Coach Riekena. Jensen was more than a minute behind the winning runner from St Louis MICDS, who won the event in 16:24.
      Riekena says Jensen will be missed next year. "It has been a joy working with Andrew these past four years. He's a hard worker and I wish him the best."
      Jensen is the only three time male cross country state qualifier in Chillicothe school history.

 

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