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Oct. 27, 2001
YPSILANTI, Mich. - After a program-worst 10th-place finish at last year's Mid-American Conference Women's Cross Country Championship, Miami's women's cross country team set out on a mission to redeem itself this season, and it came up big Saturday, placing in a tie for fourth at the MAC meet in Ypsilanti, Mich. It is the 12th time in Miami's 18 years in the MAC it has finished in the top four.
For the first time since she arrived in Oxford, sophomore Andrea Kremer (Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard) was not the RedHawks' top finisher in a cross country race. Instead, it was redshirt sophomore Kristen Fryburg (Dayton, Ohio/Kettering Alter), who edged Kremer at the finish line, coming in with a time of 18:21.9, while Kremer finished in 18:22.0. Fryburg placed fifth in the race, Kremer sixth.
Both women earned first-team all-MAC honors. It was the second time in their careers they were named to the all-MAC team, as Fryburg received first-team accolades as a freshman in 1999 and Kremer made second-team all-conference last year.
Senior Liz Lundgren (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) improved 20 spots from last year, taking ninth with a time of 18:33.5. She landed on the all-MAC second team, marking the first time in her career she received such an honor.
The next RedHawk finisher was sophomore Kate Steffen (Roselle, Ill./Lake Park), who came across in 19:40.0, good for 47th. Freshman Sarah Bertolini (Louisville, Ohio/St. Thomas Aquinas) took 58th in a time of 19:50.7. She was followed closely by sophomore Kristin Wrede (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest), who came in 61st with a 19:52.3 clocking.
Sophomore Jenny Korrison (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West), freshman Meredith Magsig (Elmore, Ohio/Woodmore) and sophomore Kylee Studer (Edgerton, Ohio/Edgerton) finished 72nd (20:07.0), 83rd (20:23.5) and 93rd (20:47.7), respectively.
Toledo won a tight team race with 71 points, just ahead of Ball State (79 points) and Kent State (82). Miami and Central Michigan each had 120 points. The Rockets' Briana Shook easily won the individual title in a time of 17:49.9, more than 15 seconds ahead of Ball State's Kathryn Nowak.
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Miami has this weekend off to prepare for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship, held Nov. 10 in Terre Haute, Ind.
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2001
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FINAL WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS
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1. TOLEDO
1 7 8 21 34 (35) (53) = 71
266 Briana Shook, 270 Petra Teveli, 272 Sara Vergote, 269
Bonnie Stewart, 262 Jessica Kraft, 259 Emily Gora, 267
Katherine Smyth
2. BALL STATE
2 3 12 29 33 (44) (48) = 79
36 Kathryn Nowak, 37 Stacey Ritz, 38 Jill Scully, 31
Sarah Huddleston, 35 Crystal Meeks, 34 Jessica Meece,
30 Aubrey Gaffer
3. KENT STATE
14 15 16 18 19 (20) (25) = 82
298 Stephanie Snyder, 166 Colleen Harrison, 160 Adrienne
DiNapoli, 169 Anne Ughrin, 162 Jeanna Fascione, 165 Molly
Hammer, 159 Shanna Craig
4. MIAMI
5 6 9 45 55 (57) (68) = 120
207 Kristen Fryburg, 209 Andrea Kremer, 210 Elizabeth
Lundgren, 213 Kate Steffen, 203 Sarah Bertolini, 216
Kristin Wrede, 208 Jenny Korrison
4. CENTRAL MICHIGAN
10 11 17 31 51 (78) (79) = 120
110 Brook Creed, 121 Danielle Quisenerry, 116 Karen LeRoy,
120 Kristen Podein, 117 Melissa Miller, 122 Shannon
Webster, 112 Jamie Hicks
6. WESTERN MICHIGAN
23 27 30 36 46 (61) (67) = 162
293 Gwen Ottenweller, 289 Allison Langworthy, 294 Caralyn
Smeltzer, 291 Meryl Marsh, 290 Kristin Maine, 285 Jessica
Davis, 296 Kelly Wyckoff
7. OHIO
13 39 40 42 54 (60) (62) = 188
245 Mary Reynolds, 241 Katie Fiala, 240 Kelly Felter, 247
Tracy Weitthoff, 238 Beth Agostino, 246 Carly Spellman,
244 Tara Lavelle
8. AKRON
4 22 41 50 73 (90) = 190
12 Bobbie Hardbarger, 11 Erin Frye, 8 Jaime Alton,
9 Jennie Castle, 10 Jackie Fejes, 13 Malia Milec
9. MARSHALL
28 32 49 69 70 (74) (80) = 248
189 Shelby Pride, 187 Jennifer Merschoff, 183 Sarah Corley,
190 Jessica Taylor, 185 Stephanie Eastman, 186 Kristen
Grimes, 181 Varinka Barbini
10. EASTERN MICHIGAN
37 38 52 59 76 (86) (89) = 262
146 Michelle Ruggero, 140 Sara Debruyn, 141 Sarah Debruyn,
139 Alison Bedingfield, 148 Marne Smiley, 145 Tanya
Matthews, 143 Melissa Ehrecke
11. BUFFALO
24 47 64 65 71 (77) (85) = 271
84 Melissa Burrows, 90 Jenny Koeppel, 94 Jessica
Moldovan, 88 Christina Keck, 89 Tarynn Knarr, 95 Erin
Mullaney, 83 Courtney Braun
12. BOWLING GREEN
26 63 66 75 81 (82) (84) = 311
57 Joy Echler, 61 Melissa Krueger, 62 Sarah Lohrach,
58 Elise Gould, 55 Cynthia Bostdorff, 66 Nicole Suitor,
56 Amber Culp
13. NORTHERN ILLINOIS
43 56 58 72 83 (87) (88) = 312
222 Laura Dunn, 223 Renee Kleckner, 221 Alicja Czajka,
226 Michelle Rhoden, 225 Bonnie Miller, 219 Kim Brokhof,
218 Jen Braser
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