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Borner Named MIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week

November 2, 2009

Dale Eng, Sports Information Director

Marie Borner is a three-time MIAC Champion in cross country.

MIAC Release

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Bethel University's Marie Borner (Sr., Cottage Grove, Minn.) has been named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for her performance last weekend.

Borner collected her third consecutive MIAC championship victory, covering the six-kilometer course in 21:43 on Saturday at Como Park Golf Course. Borner beat Carleton’s Simone Childs-Walker by 32 seconds in chilly temperature on a soft, muddy course. As a team, Bethel finished in second place out of 12 teams for the second year in a row. Borner surged to the front of the race immediately, building a ten to twelve second lead within the first two miles. She is the first woman to win the individual MIAC Championship three years in a row since Julia Kirtland of Macalester did it from 1984-86.

Borner and the Royals' next scheduled meet is the regional race in Grinnell, Iowa, on Nov. 14

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Sat, Nov. 21, 2009

Women's Cross Country
at NCAA Division III Championships
11 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Athletes of the Week

Kyle Dynan

Men's Hockey

Kyle Dynan (Sr., Orono, Minn.) was a major factor in Bethel's 2-0 conference start as he earned five points in both victories over Saint John's last weekend. The senior defenseman took just two shots on goal, but made them both count as he scored a goal early in the third period on Friday night to help Bethel take a 3-2 lead in a game the Royals eventually won 5-3; and then on Saturday, he scored what proved to be the game-winning goal late in the second period of Bethel's 3-1 win. Dynan also added three assists to give him a five-point weekend, and the Royals were the only active team to win their first two games of the MIAC season.

Heather Jelen

Women's Cross Country

Heather Jelen (Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D.) will join fellow Bethel runners Marie Borner and Dan Greeno at the NCAA Cross Country national championship meet thanks to her performance last weekend. Jelen finished 15th out of 183 runners with a time of 22:36 to secure her second straight appearance at the national meet. As a team, the Royals finished 8th out of 26 squads.