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Sept. 20, 2004
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Following its win at the Cedarville Invitational on Saturday, the Miami women's cross country team has the next two weekends off before the All-Ohio Championships on Oct. 8. The team enters the competition having won its first three meets.
Another Rookie Winner: A week after freshman Carol Eckerly won the Miami Invitational, fellow rookie Jennie Stoll captured Cedarville University's 14th Annual Friendship Invitational held at John Bryan State Park north of the university's Xenia, Ohio, campus. Stoll won the race in 17:53.94, eight seconds ahead of Cedarville's Samantha Maat and 10 seconds ahead of Eckerly in third.
No One's Been That Fast Since... : Stoll's time at the John Bryan State Park course on Saturday morning was the fastest run by any collegian since the course's redesign just two years ago.
Third Time's the Charm: Stoll finished second among her teammates and no lower than third overall in the first two races, both times behind top Miami finisher Eckerly, until Stoll broke through in the Cedarville race.
Best in the Miami Valley: Though local rival Wright State was among its defeated counterparts in the Cedarville race, Miami's real proof of local dominance was a few weeks ago. At the Sept. 4 Dayton Invitational, all five Division I cross country programs from Dayton to Cincinnati competed, giving Miami the chance to prove its dominance over its local rivals. The RedHawks finished ahead of Cincinnati, Dayton, Xavier and Wright State in their win.
Running Tour of Ohio: Miami continues in-state competition next month at the All-Ohio Championships in Delaware, Ohio, home to Ohio Wesleyan University. Miami does not leave the state for competition until Oct. 16 for the Pre-NCAA Invitational in neighboring Indiana. At last year's All-Ohio Championships, Miami beat 38 other teams to win the meet, finishing with 58 points, ahead of Ohio State's 65.
Big Running Shoes to Fill: Andrea Kremer, a three-time all-American, finished her Miami career in 2003-04, leaving a void to fill for this season. Kremer was the top Miami finisher in every race in which she competed last year. She finished sixth in a field of several hundred runners at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship last year, qualifying her individually for the NCAA Championships, where she finished 152nd. For her outstanding athletic and academic talents, Kremer was named Miami's Female Athlete of the Year three times in her four years.
Distances Through This Year's Races: The 5K course used for the Dayton Invitational will be the same length as all the invitational courses Miami will use this year as well as the MAC meet. The NCAA Pre-Invitational, NCAA Regional and NCAA Championship will use a 6K course.
Who Knew?: Miami was chosen sixth in the MAC Preseason Poll released August 16. Toledo was chosen first, with Akron, Ball State, Toledo and Western Michigan and Kent State finishing ahead of Miami. The MAC announces only the top six finishers in the poll. Selectors undoubtedly wondered about the team's makeup this year after finishing fifth last season with Kremer in the lineup and taking so many untested freshmen into 2004.
Let `Em Tire Themselves Out: Miami's squad has the longest layoff of any team in the conference as the RedHawks take the next two weekends off. When they do race again, the Red and White will see some other MAC schools competing in the All-Ohio Championships, including Akron, Bowling Green, Kent State, Ohio and Toledo.
Tracking the MAC: Eight other MAC schools ran at the Central Collegiate Championships held in Toledo, Ohio. The race featured 118 runners from 11 schools in total. MAC schools earned the first six team places, with the standings bearing little resemblance to the MAC preseason poll. Preseason pick and race host Toledo finished fourth with 101 points behind Buffalo (75), Western Michigan (83) and Akron (87). Kent State, the other preseason top-six team in attendance, finished fifth with 113 points. Ball State and Miami, picked to finish third and sixth, respectively, were the only top-six teams not in attendance.
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