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Rathke, Meyer lead Tarleton to first, second place finishes at ASU

Chase Rathke recorded a first-place finish Tuesday evening in his first race of the 2012 season.
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SAN ANGELO – Chase Rathke and Celeste Meyer led the Texans and TexAnns to a first and second place finish, respectively, in the final regular season cross country meet of the season – the Angelo State Blue and Gold – Tuesday evening.
 
“I'm proud of the way our teams competed tonight,” said Tarleton head coach Pat Ponder. “But we have 10 days until the Lone Star Conference Championships and we still have a lot of work to do. We still have goals and things we want to accomplish, and we won't be satisfied with this. We're going to get back to work.”
 
In his first race of the season, Rathke claimed a first-place finish in the 8,000-meter event to lead Tarleton. The sophomore runner completed the race in a time of 26:41.21, while freshman Dylan Willet came in behind Rathke with a time of 26:49.37 for a season-best time in the 8K and a second-place finish.
 
James Polasek (27:32.83) and Miles Joslin (27:33.75) also finished in the top 10, at sixth and seventh respectively, while Jeffrey Currie (28:36.59), Thorne Pettigrew (28:52.22) and Mason Wrobel (30:26:53) finished in the top 20, at 14th, 15th and 19th respectively.
 
Rounding out the Texan runners were Jacob Wilson (31:04.87) in 21st place, Brian Cooper (32:00.97) in 23rd place, Elliott Marshall (32:31.84) in 26th place and Stefan Campos (33:10.69) in 28th place.
 
In the preceding women's race, the TexAnns competed in their first 6K event of the season.
 
Meyer finished the race in the best place of her Tarleton career, at second overall. The sophomore runner finished in a time of 23:04.24, while freshman Katelin Huckabee finished two places behind in fourth with a time of 24:12.25.
 
Lauren Finley (25:15.97), Kyndall Trnka (25:20.15) and Karen Ramming (25:24.33) finished in a tight competition at 10th, 11th and 12th place, respectively, while Payton Shoush (25:45.34) came in 14th place and Ashley Husbands rounded out the TexAnn runners in 17th place in a time of 26:16.45.
 
Tarleton will return to action Oct. 20 in Lawton, Oklahoma at the Lone Star Conference Championship Meet.
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