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Nov. 7, 2005

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After a fifth-place finish at the Mid-American Conference Championship, the Miami women's cross country team travels to Bloomington, Ind., on Nov. 12 for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. The 34-team race at the Indiana Cross Country Course features regional heavyweights Notre Dame, Michigan and Marquette, all schools ranked in the top 25 in the latest FinishLynx National Poll.

ALL-MAC ACCOLADES: With her ninth-place finish at the MAC Championship, sophomore Jennie Stoll was the only RedHawk to earn all-conference honors as she was named to the All-MAC Second Team. Stoll--an all-MAC performer during last year's indoor and outdoor track seasons--paced the RedHawks with her time of 18:06 at Northern Illinois' Anderson Field. Stoll's time tied for her season-best which she also set at the Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 30).

SIX IN A ROW: Sophomore Jennie Stoll was the first Miami runner across the line at the conference meet on Oct. 29, the sixth-consecutive race this season that she has been the top team finisher. At Northern Illinois, Stoll posted a ninth-place finish, clocking in at 18:06 and earning second-team all-MAC honors. Her top finish marked the ninth time in her career she was the top Miami finisher, and dating back to last season's Great Lakes Regional, Stoll has been the top Miami finisher in each of the last seven races she has participated in--excluding the season opening Flyer 5K Challenge which she sat out because of an injury. During the 2004 season, Stoll was the top RedHawk runner on three occasions at the Cedarville Invitational, Pre-NCAA Invitational and Great Lakes Regional.

SHOWING IMPROVEMENT: As Miami improved on its 2004 finish and moved up from sixth to fifth at the MAC Championship, each of the RedHawks' top-five finishers also improved on their individual times from last year's conference meet. Sophomore Jennie Stoll knocked 50 seconds off her time (18:06 in 2005 versus 18:56 in 2004) en route to a ninth-place finish, while sophomore Carol Eckerly, the second Miami finisher, took five seconds (18:30 versus 18:25) off her time. Sophomore Sarah Henize knocked 46 seconds off her time in moving up from 43rd to 26th place, while seniors Kelly Ardelean and Kristen Proach improved by 56 and 10 seconds, respectively.

LAST WEEK AT THE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP: Paced by sophomore Jennie Stoll's ninth-place finish, the Miami RedHawks finished fifth at the Mid-American Conference Championship in DeKalb, Ill. At Northern Illinois' Anderson Field, the RedHawks placed two runners in the top 20 as they finished four spots behind the champion Akron Zips.

Stoll was the only RedHawk to earn all-conference honors after she was the first Miami runner to finish the 5K course. The MAC Championships marked the sixth-consecutive race the Stoll was the top Miami finisher, and her time of 18:06 was tied for her best time of the season. Behind Stoll, sophomore Carol Eckerly was the only other Miami runner to finish in the meet's top 20 as she placed 19th with a time of 18:25. Sophomore Sarah Henize rounded out the trio of second-year runners that were the top-three Miami finishers as she placed 26th overall (18:42). The RedHawks' two seniors, Kelly Ardelean and Kristen Proach, rounded out Miami's scoring five as they placed 37th (18:55) and 41st (18:57), respectively.

By placing three runners among the top six finishers, the Akron Zips (41 points) finished as the team champions. The Toledo Rockets (64) and Ball State Cardinals (117) rounded out the top three finishers while the Ohio Bobcats placed fourth (122), just ahead of the fifth-place RedHawks (132).

FLASHBACK TO THE GREAT LAKES REGIONAL: At the 2004 Great Lakes Regional, Jennie Stoll was Miami's top finisher at the Eagle Crest Golf Course in Ypsilanti, Mich., as the RedHawks finished 12th as a team. Stoll finished the race in 21:07.3, taking 27th overall. Carol Eckerly was the next Miamian across the tape, finishing 65th in 21:42.7. She was followed among RedHawks by Sarah Henize in 88th (22:11.9), Kristen Proach in 91st (22:14.4) and Kelly Ardelean in 93rd (22:14.7).

The race's individual winner was Michigan's Rebecca Walter, who finished in 20:01.4 as the Wolverines also won the team title. Michigan and Notre Dame won the Great Lakes region's automatic bids to the NCAA Championships.