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NCAA Pre-Nationals
Walter Paces Michigan to Fourth Place at Pre-Nationals
10/18/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
WATERLOO, Iowa -- The No. 22-ranked University of Michigan women's cross country team turned in a fourth-place showing in the Purple race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals Saturday afternoon (Oct. 18) with 135 points on the 6,000-meter Irv Warren Golf Course. Defending NCAA champion Brigham Young took home the team title with 86 points, while North Carolina's Shalane Flanagan won the indidiual title with a time of 19:29.5.
Sophomore Rebecca Walter (Beverly Hills, Mich./Groves HS) set the pace for the Wolverine pack, as the regining Big Ten Conference co-Athlete of the Week clocked in with a collegiate-best time of 20:42.4 for 13th place in the field of 210. Walter's time bettered her previous college best of 20:49.3 set at the 2002 NCAA Championships (11/25/02) in Terre Haute, Ind.
Crossing just 7.5 seconds on her heels was graduate/senior Jessie Allen-Young (Loveland, Colo./Thompson Valley HS), who finished 18th with a time of 20:49.9. The time also set a personal best for Allen-Young, who came to Michigan with a previous best of 21:20.5.
Third across the line for the Maize and Blue was senior Lindsey Gallo (Freehold, N.J./Howell HS), finishing 25th with a time of 20:58.5. It marked the first time she had ever finished a 6,000-meter race under the 21-minute mark, as her previous best was 21:22.4 set at the 2002 NCAA Championships.
Three other Wolverines set personal-best times on the path, as Sarah Pizzo (Golden, Colo./Mullen HS), team captain Andrea Parker (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson HS) and Chelsea Loomis (Traverse City, Mich./West HS) all crossed the finish line with lifetime-best marks. Pizzo placed 37th when she stopped the clock at 21:15.5, while Parker rounded out the Wolverines' team scoring with a 42nd-place finish in 21:19.9. Loomis used a time of 21:41.1 to finish 62nd.
Theresa Feldkamp (Lorain, Ohio/Amherest Steele HS) rounded out the Wolverine harriers, finishing 152nd with a time of 22:50.0.
The Wolverines return to the path next weekend when they travel to Ypsilanti, Mich., for the Eastern Michigan Classic. The meet is scheduled for Friday (Oct. 24) at 4:30 p.m. at Rolling Hills Park.
Top 10 Teams
1. Brigham Young 86 2. North Carolina 99 3. Notre Dame 127 4. MICHIGAN 135 5. Northern Arizona 177 6. Princeton 179 7. Georgetown 214 8. Nebraska 305 9. UC Santa Barbara 327 10. Baylor 332
Top 10 Individuals
1. Shalane Flanagan, North Carolina 19:29.5 2. Michaela Mannova, Brigham Young 20:01.7 3. Ida Nilsson, Northern Arizona 20:05.8 4. Carol Henry, North Carolina 20:12.1 5. Treniere Clement, Georgetown 20:14.1 6. Cack Ferrell, Princeton 20:23.2 7. Laura Turner, Brigham Young 20:37.7 8. Erin Donohue, North Carolina 20:38.4 9. Jennier Kramer, Boston College 20:39.2 10. Molly Huddle, Notre Dame 20:39.7
Michigan Individual Finishers
13. Rebecca Walter 20:42.4 18. Jessie Allen-Young 20:49.9 25. Linsey Gallo 20:58.8 37. Sarah Pizzo 21:15.5 42. Andrea Parker 21:19.9 62. Chelsea Loomis 21:41.1 152. Theresa Feldkamp 22:50.0
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