Michigan
NCAA Great Lakes Regional
Wolverines Finish Third in Great Lakes Region
11/13/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Senior Jay Cantin (Camlachie, Ontario/St. Clair SS) edged out Wisconsin's Matthew Downin for a third-place individual finish at 30:16.30, marking Cantin's fifth consecutive top finish for the Wolverines. Cantin, along with three other runners, beat the course record of 30:20 set in 1998 by Julius Mwangi of Butler.
Senior Steve Lawrence (Consecon, Ontario/East Northumberland SS) followed Cantin closely to cross the finish line at 30:22.60 for the sixth-place finish. Junior Mike Wisniewski (Temperance, Mich./Bedford HS) finished in 18th place with a time of 31:13.10.
Rounding out the Michigan scorers were sophomores Mark Pilja (Naperville, Ill./Naperville North HS) and Tom Caughlan (West Des Moines, Iowa) in 25th (31:26.70) and 27th (31.42.30), respectively.
Michigan will now await an at-large invitation to the NCAA Championship, which is scheduled for Monday (Nov. 22) in Bloomington, Ind. The men's 10,000-meter race will begin at 11 a.m.
Top 10 Teams
1. Wisconsin 51 2. Notre Dame 68 3. MICHIGAN 79 4. Ohio State 137 5. Butler 172 6. Central Michigan 193 7. Michigan State 195 8. Kent State 264 9. Indiana 272 10. Miami (Ohio) 285
Top 10 Individuals
Place, Runner Time Score 1. John Schoenfelder (Wis.) 30:07.00* 1 2. Ryan Shay (Notre Dame) 30:08.10 2 3. JAY CANTIN (U-M) 30:16.30 3 4. Matthew Downin (Wis.) 30:18.50 4 5. Tom Chorny (Indiana) 30:21.70 5 6. STEVE LAWRENCE (U-M) 30:22.60 6 7. Joe Leo (Michigan State) 30:30.00 7 8. Jason Gunn (Indiana State) 30:44.30 8 9. Justin Young (Butler) 30:46.40 9 10. James Siele (Butler) 30:47.90 10 * Course record (old, 30:20, Julius Mwangi, Butler, 1998)
Other Michigan Finishes
Place, Runner Time Score 18. Mike Wisniewski 31:13.10 18 25. Mark Pilja 31:26.70 25 27. Tom Caughlan 31:42.30 27 67. David Cook 32:36.90 66 89. Nick Stanko 33:05.60 87
Complete Results from Indiana State
Q U O T E S
Head Coach Ron Warhurst
On the team's performance ... "We ran extremely well considering we trained through the meet and did not lighten up on our workout this week. We do not have an automatic (NCAA) bid -- we'll have to wait for the at-large bid -- but we're very confident we'll make it to nationals. We ran a little tired. Tom (Caughlan) was a little under the weather from getting food poisoning last week, but Steve (Lawrence) and Jay (Cantin) felt they had really good races."
Contact: Adrienne Gutierrez (734) 763-4423
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