2005 Honors

Three Bulldogs' named All-KCAC harriers

McPherson College placed two freshman and a sophomore on the 2005 All-KCAC (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) men's cross country honorable mention squad as a result of their finishes in the KCAC championship meet held October 29 at Winfield, Kan.

Tolan Lichty, a freshman from Gardner , Kan. , was the first of three Bulldogs to earn All-KCAC honors, finishing 12 th in 28:18.8. Jacob Merrick, a sophomore from Clearwater , Kan. , followed Lichty through the chute in 13 th place with a time of 28:26.6. Brent Bailey, a freshman from Simla , Colo. , finished 15 th with a clocking of 29:11.6.

“It is exciting to see three of our young men step up and place among the top 15 at conference,” said David Smith, McPherson College head cross country coach. “They have proven to be some of the best underclassmen in the KCAC this fall, and their future as collegiate runners is bright.”

Lichty dropped his season best by 8 seconds at the KCAC championship while Merrick lowered his best by 22 seconds.

Tolan Lichty, a 2005 graduate of and Gardner-Edgerton High School , posted his season best time at the KCAC championships, improving his previous best run on the Kansas Veterans' Home course, home course of Southwestern College.

Jacob Merrick, a 2002 graduate of Clearwater High School, duplicated Lichty's back-to-back season best runs at the Southwestern-Mid States Championships and then at the KCAC meet. Jacob is majoring in auto restoration technology.

Brent Bailey, a 2005 graduate of Limon (Colo.) High School, was best official time of the season came at the Friends Invitational at Lake Afton , followed by his KCAC championship mark. Brent is a business major at McPherson College .

At the Region IV championships, hosted by McPherson College on the hills of Rolling Acres Golf Course, Merrick and Bailey ran times within 20 seconds of their previous season bests, and which were intrinsically supreme due to the difficulty of the McPherson home course.

The 2005 Bulldogs' fourth place finish in the KCAC championships duplicated their finish from the year before, but was highlighted by a 28-point improvement in total team score with only one senior on the team.

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