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College national cross country meets
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Today: The Quad Cities will be represented by three factions at the National Cross Country Championships. Both the St. Ambrose men's and women's teams will be competing in the NAIA National Championships at Fort Vancouver Historic Site in Vancouver, Wash., after winning their respective Midwest Collegiate Conference team titles. The women run at 12:30 p.m. (CST) and the men follow at 1:45 p.m. It is the first tip to nationals as a team for the men since 2009 and the first women's team nationals appearance since 1991. The Top 30 individuals earn NAIA All-America honors. Augustana College senior Jonathan Smith, a former Moline prep, is competing as an individual at the NCAA Div. III Championship at 10 a.m. (CST) at LaVerne Gibson Course in Terre Haute, Ind. Top 35 individuals earn NCAA All-America honors. SAU men: John Darmody (Sr., Everett, Wash.), Kevin Randle (Sr., Kenosha, Wis.), Ryan Buchanan (Sr., Charles City, Iowa), Tanner Arntzen (Soph., Quincy Notre Dame HS), Tyler Norby (Sr., Dubuque Wahlert HS), Dean Knieps (Soph., Tinley Park Andrew HS), and Jay Whitmore (Sr., Calumus-Wheatland HS). SAU women: Chelsee Lisk (Sr., Rushville) Tina Eden (Sr., Moline), Becca Wilder (Soph., Davenport Central HS), Morgan Meseke (Jr., Pleasant Valley HS), Nicole Wager (Fr., Kewanee Wethersfield HS), Megan Miller (Soph., Orion), Kate Groenhagen (Fr., Oregon, Ill.). SAU notes: Coach Dan Zeimet said today's national meet is a lot like the local Bix 7 road race where there is always a strong international flavor among the leaders. Zeimet would like to see his men's team finish in the 28th position with the women in the 25-30 range. He thought that Darmody, running again in front of friends and family, and Randle could crack the top 100 finishers. Darmody and Randle are both four-time national qualifiers. "We are already in select company with the Top 32 teams here," Zeimet said. " We're not going to put a whole lot of pressure on them place-wise. We just want them to go out and run their race.'' Zeimet said an already soft course – comprised of a 2K-loop – could get even trickier with rain expected overnight. He says the grass on the course is ankle deep, which could make for treacherous conditions. Augie notes: Smith, the senior captain in his first national trip, has been running well of late. He ran 24:56.30 to finish 15th at the tough Midwest Regional to earn his nationals trip. He also finished fifth at the CCIW Meet in a time of 24:45 over 8K. -- By Tom Johnston, tjohnston@qconline.com 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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