MWC trio makes strong showing at nationals
Booth, Igielski earn All-American honors; Barr runs well

Grinnell senior Adam Booth became Grinnell's first ever All-American in cross country with a 4th-place individual finish at the NCAA Cross Country championships in Hanover, Ind. Booth's time of 25:12 had him finishing behind Josh Moen of Wartburg (24:34), Machiria Yupt of Widener (25:03), and Marcus Murphy of Loras (25:12). Now an All-American and with three individual conference titles under his belt, Booth leaves the program with the fastest 8k times in both Grinnell and MWC history (24:29).

Carroll senior Kristen Igielski finished 5th at the 2003 NCAA Championship to earn her second-consecutive all-American honor. She completed the 6-kilometer race in 21:44.5 Igielski finishes her career as a two-time individual MWC Champion as well as a three-time NCAA National qualifier. Igielski was in the top 30 at about the 1000-meter mark and moved up to 12th at the 2000-meter mark. At the 5-kilometer mark she caught up to 4th place runner but was unable to maintain that position in the final 200-meters.

Monmouth sophomore Zach Barr made his first appearance on the national stage at in Hanover, Ind., and the former Roseville High School star came away with a 68th-place finish, covering the 8K course in 26:22.1. All-American honors were awarded to the top 35 finishers, and Barr found himself a mere 30.9 seconds away from that level.
(Info provided by websites from Grinnell, Carroll and Monmouth)