Butler Cross Country Season Ends At NCAA Meet
Butler runners Andy Baker and Madison Roeder closed out a
successful cross country season for the Bulldogs at the 2009 NCAA
Men’s Cross Country Championship, hosted by Indiana State at
the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute on Monday
(Nov. 23). The two Butler runners were among 250 competitors
in the men’s championship.
Baker, a two-time cross country All-American, wound up placing
78th at the national meet, crossing the finish line in
30:42.7. That time was about 28 seconds slower than his
finishing time a year ago, when he placed 33rd.
Roeder, competing in his second consecutive national meet, came in
167th in 31:29.4. That was nearly a minute faster than he ran
a year ago as a sophomore, when he placed 190th at the NCAA
Championship.
Both runners earned bids to the national meet as individuals,
after finishing in the “Top 10” at the Great Lakes
Regional Meet. Their performance at the NCAA Championship
ended a season that saw the Bulldogs capture a 12th consecutive
Horizon League Championship. Baker captured a third straight
Horizon League individual championship and joined Roeder as a first
team All-Horizon League performer.
