Ben Ashkettle and Dave McNeill in the USA

David McNeill wins in 29.18 for 10km cross country at 5000ft.

 

 

Ben Ashketle 11th in 29.59.

 

 

 

Ben was repeatedly spiked while running in the lead group.

 

 

 

Lead group at about 4km.

 

 

 

NAU's leading four team runners were all in the top 20.

 

Ben in the presentation hall in Fort Collins Colorado.

 

 

 

Ben with his coach Eric Heins reviewing his session performance.

 

 

 

Coach Heins along with coaches Watkins and Carlson working with the squad.

 

 

 

The road from Sedona back up to Flagstaff.

 

pictures from pre-nationals in Indiana.

 

Winning team - Northern Arizona University.

David McNeill (NAU) - 1st place

Ben Ashkettle (NAU) - 2nd place

Diego Estrada (NAU) - 3rd place

 

Autumn leaves in Portland Oregon.

 

 

Patrick with Coach Vin Lananna at University of Oregon in Eugene.

 

 

 

Christine with Zoe Buckman (Canberra) who is a student at UoO in Eugene and now has a 2.01 800m to her credit.

 

 

 

An antigravity machine at UoO.  Their recovery facility also featured an under water treadmill.

 
       
          

       

NCAA pre-nationals held in Terre Haute Indiana.
Ben ran a credible 58th overall and 5th scorer for his college NAU (Northern Arizona University).
NAU also went on to win the team honors from the 36 competing teams and the 8 colleges currently ranked higher than them.
 
Ben running in Scottsdale, Phoenix with a very different style of nature strip flora Patrick at the grand canyon, just over an hour north of the NAU campus  
Ben out front of the skydome with the lumberjack mascot in background    After a run with the town of Flagstaff in the background
Inside the NAU indoor stadium with 6 lane 300m mondo track     At the NAU outdoor track
David and Ben at the north east corner of campus    Running at Buffalo park with San Francisco peaks in the background