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the 2000 season eight different Kingsmen harriers have finished among the
top-20 in the conference championship meet at least once. Last season just
before the end of the decade, Ray Ostrander gave the program its first top-10
finisher in 10 years and became the first to compete at the NCAA Championships
since 1996.</p>]]></description><guid>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/6654</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010, 06:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Cal Lutheran to Release All-Decade Teams Over Upcoming Months</title><link>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/6568</link><description><![CDATA[<p>The CLU athletics department will be honoring its finest athletes over the past 10 years by releasing Cal Lutheran All-Decade Teams throughout the upcoming summer. The reigning SCIAC Champion football team will be the first of 19 programs to have its all-decade team announced, schedule to be released on Monday, May 24.</p>]]></description><guid>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/6568</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010, 22:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>CLU Scholar-Athlete Society Inducts 91 for 2009-10</title><link>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/6558</link><description><![CDATA[<p>The Cal Lutheran Scholar-Athlete Society held its annual
banquet on May 8 and inducted 91 student-athletes for achieving at
least a 3.4 cumulative GPA during the 2009-10 academic year. Seven CLU
senior athletes were honored after making their fourth appearance in as
many years.</p>]]></description><guid>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/6558</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010, 12:30:00</pubDate></item><item><title>CLU Student Athletes Gather for Inaugural Season Ending Event</title><link>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/6545</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Inside Gilbert Arena on Monday night members of all
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the 2009-10 Student Athlete Recognition Event.</p>]]></description><guid>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/6545</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010, 19:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Ostrander, Kahovec Named All-Academic</title><link>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/6288</link><description><![CDATA[<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal
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<![endif]-->Ray Ostrander and Toccoa Kahovec of the Cal
Lutheran men's and women's cross country teams were named to the U.S. Track and
Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic lists after
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<![endif]-->As the 2009 NCAA Division III Cross Country
Championship race kicked off on Saturday, junior Ray Ostrander of the Cal
Lutheran men's cross country team officially became the third Kingsmen to ever
compete in the event. By the end, he finished in 144th place out of 276 of the
top harriers in the country with a time of 27:03.4.</p>]]></description><guid>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/6007</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009, 16:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Ostrander Headed to National Meet in Ohio</title><link>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/5993</link><description><![CDATA[<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal


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cross country has sent a runner to the NCAA Championships and thanks to Ray
Ostrander that streak is over. The junior harrier will compete at the national
championship meet this Saturday in Highland
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<![endif]-->Cross country teams from around the west region
will meet in Claremont
on Saturday for the <a href="http://www.d3xc.com/">2009 NCAA Division III West Region Cross Country Championships</a> hosted
by Pomona-Pitzer Colleges. The Cal Lutheran men's and women's cross country
teams will compete amongst the top harriers in the region as they vie for an
automatic bid to the National meet.</p>]]></description><guid>http://www.clusports.com/mens_cross_country/news/5962</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009, 11:00:00</pubDate></item></channel></rss>