Weekly Release #3
9/19/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 23 -- at William & Mary Invitational (Williamsburg, Va.), 10 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 6 -- at Notre Dame Invitational (South Bend, Ind.), 10 a.m.
This Week
The No. 14-ranked Michigan women's cross country team will head to the William & Mary Invitational this Saturday (Sept. 23) in Williamsburg, Va. The meet will have a little more competition for the Maize and Blue. Among the teams competing will be a partial squad from No. 5 Georgetown, North Carolina, host school William & Mary, and Penn State. The Wolverines are looking to win their third consecutive invitational meet of the season.
Last Week
Michigan was successful in defending its 1999 title at the Spiked Shoe Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 16) at State College, Pa. The Wolverines finished first out of 25 teams with 52 points.
Senior Katie Jazwinski (Grand Rapids, Mich./West Catholic HS) led the way with her second consecutive individual title (20:52.69), improving on her 12th-place finish at the 1999 Spiked Shoe Invitational. Seniors Katy Radkewich (Hudson, Ohio/Beaumont HS) and Julie Froud (St. Mary's, Ontario/ St. Mary's D.C.V.I.) followed Jazwinski, coming in seventh (21:37.78) and eighth (21:39.72), respectively.
Pulling Away
Similar to her first race of the season, Katie Jazwinski pulled away from the field to win by a margin of 24 seconds with a time of 20:52.69 at the Spiked Shoe Invitational. The previous week, Jazwinski won the Miami Invitational (Sept. 9) by 22 seconds.
Three in a Row
If the Wolverines win the team title this weekend at the William & Mary Invitational (Sept. 23), it will be their third straight title of the season. Last year, Michigan won back-to-back titles at the Michigan State Invitational and Spiked Shoe Invitational. The last time Michigan won three straight was 1998, when they won five consecutive team titles to start the season.
Katie Jazwinski also looks to win her third straight individual title this weekend. The last Wolverine to accomplish that feat was All-American Katie McGregor (1995-98), who won five consecutive individual titles during the 1998 season.
Moving On Up
The Wolverines moved up two spots to 14th in the latest Finish Lynx NCAA Division I poll (Sept. 18). There are three Big Ten teams represented this week, with Wisconsin the No. 2 team and Minnesota ranked 13th in the nation.
FinishLynx Women's Cross Country Preseason Poll (9/18/00)
Team Pts Prev 1. Stanford (9) 291 1 2. Wisconsin (2) 287 2 3. Kansas State (1) 273 4 4. Colorado 271 3 5. Georgetown 248 5 6. Brigham Young 247 6 7. Arizona State 211 10 8. North Carolina State 208 9 9. Arkansas 176 7 10. Boston College 174 24 11. Providence 164 8 12. Oregon 163 12 13. Minnesota 153 15 14. MICHIGAN 151 T16 15. Colorado State 150 NR 16. Duke 106 21 17. Brown 90 11 18. Washington 84.5 T16 19. Villanova 80 19 20. Texas A&M 64 23 21. Missouri 54 20 22. Cal-Irvine 39.5 25 23. Boston University 38 18 Marquette 38 NR 25. Wake Forest 33 NR
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