Michigan
Spartan Invitational
Wolverines, Kohlmeier Dominate at Spartan Invitational
9/16/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The fifth-ranked University of Michigan women's cross country team dominated the Spartan Invitational on Friday (Sept. 16), sweeping the top five individual spots and placing nine runners in the top 15. The 6,000-meter, non-scoring event was hosted by Michigan State University at its Forest Akers East Golf Course.
Wolverine sophomore Alyson Kohlmeier (Sarnia, Ontario/St. Patrick's) won an individual title for the second straight week, finishing first in 20:52, 12 seconds ahead of fellow Canadian Nicole Edwards (Winnipeg, Mantioba/Vincent Massey), a U-M redshirt freshman who was the runner-up for the second week in a row.
Rounding out the top five were fifth-year senior Ana Gjesdal (LaCrescenta, Calif./Crescenta Valley) in third (21:07), senior/junior Arianne Field (Kalamazoo, Mich./Hackett) in fourth (21:09) and junior/sophomore Erin Webster (Dearborn, Mich./Divine Child) in fifth (21:15).
The Wolverines return to action in two weeks, traveling to South Bend, Ind., for the Notre Dame Invitational. The women's Blue Division race will start at 4:15 p.m. EST/CDT at Burke Memorial Golf Course.
Top 10 Individuals
1. Alyson Kohlmeier, U-M 20:52 2. Nicole Edwards, U-M 21:04 3. Ana Gjesdal, U-M 21:07 4. Arianne Field, U-M 21:09 5. Erin Webster, U-M 21:15 6. Monica Joyce, Tortoise And Hare 21:16 7. Katie Kelly, Michigan State 21:20 8. Sarah Pizzo, unattached 21:31 9. Heather Sirko, U-M (unattached) 21:35 10. Michelle Rafferty, Michigan State 21:38
Other Michigan Finishes
12. Katie Erdman 21:41 13. Chelsea Loomis 21:42 14. Claire Otwell 21:42 15. Lisa Uible 21:46 23. Kalli Williams 22:24 24. Laura Glynn 22:28 26. Jen Frudden 22:34 27. Kelly Sampson, unattached 22:37 28. Lisa Canty, unattached 22:39 32. Lisa Montgomery 22:59 41. Natasha Luppov 23:32 42. Chelsea Homan 23:33 45. Linda Montgomery 23:39
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Mike McGuire
On the meet ... "We were better than we were last year. We were running the same course that we was running last year, and we got over a minute improvement from (Ana) Gjesdal, about a 1:25 improvement from (Erin) Webster, 1:15 improvement from (Arianne) Fields. (Nicole) Edwards is continuing to run well, so it was very encouraging. We ran as a nice pack. Kind of halfway through the race, it was our pack and three or four for Michigan State, and then we just kind of kept the hammer down, kept our pace, and overall had a great race."
On the upcoming week ... "We're off next week, so we're going to get in a solid week of training. They know it's going to be a hard week of training. We have two weeks to prepare for Notre Dame, the competition will start to pick up with more teams and faster runners, but our training will be there accordingly."
Contact: Joe Conrad (734) 763-4423
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