NEWS RELEASE - 09/19/03

Wombles and Taitt Finish 6th - Top Place for Team

Lincoln College competed in cross country against Illinois Central and Concordia with Clint Wombles finishing in sixth place for the top spot for the Lynx men.  Christien Taitt placed sixth to top the Lincoln College women runners.
 
 Wombles finished the course with a time of 28.62 and Mario Willbourn placed eighth in a time of 29.56.  Curtis Hughes finished ninth in the time of 30.06 while Ryan Maisenbacher was tenth in 30.99.   Jordan Gerard placed 14th with a time of 31.00
 
Taitt completed the course with a time of 21.04 with Jeanine Mills finishing in 21.22 for eighth place.  Toni Ortega was 13th in 22.54, Mary Daum was 14th at 23.39 and Betsy Scarpci was 18th with a time of 29.46.

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Lincoln College was founded in 1865 as Lincoln University, the only institution of higher education named for Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime. It is a selective, two-year, private, liberal arts college located in Lincoln, Illinois. Lincoln College is designed to prepare a student for university study through a structured, supportive approach to learning. Approximately 89% of Lincoln College graduates transfer immediately to a four-year school where they succeed as well as or better than the native student. Student-teacher ratio at Lincoln College is 13:1 and the average class size is 16 students.