Michigan
Jeff Drenth Memorial
Wolverines Send Five Runners to Jeff Drenth Memorial
9/2/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- University of Michigan women's cross country junior/sophomore Laura Glynn (Farmington Hills, Mich./Harrison) led all U-M runners with a ninth-place finish as five Wolverines competed at the Jeff Drenth Memorial on Friday (Sept. 4) at Central Michigan University. Glynn completed the five-kilometer University Park course in 19:19.
Redshirt freshman Lisa Montgomery (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson) took 11th with a time of 19:30. Coming in at 23rd was fifth-year senior Chelsea Homan (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson) bringing in a mark of 20:03. Redshirt freshman Natasha Luppov (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron) placed 25th (20:20) and redshirt freshman Linda Montgomery (Farmington Hills, Mich./Stevenson) rounded out the U-M competitors in 38th (22:03).
Sarah Pizzo, a fifth-year U-M senior who has exhausted her cross country eligibility but has one year of track remaining, ran unattached and finished runner-up, clocking 18:11.
The Wolverines compete in the Great Meadows Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 10) at 9 a.m. in The Plains, Va.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Jenny Irwin, Ferris State 18:06 2. Sarah Pizzo, unattached 18:11 3. Sarah Price, Michigan State 18:30 4. Michelle Mercer, Michigan State 18:33 5. Jackie Rivard, Central Michigan 18:40
Michigan Individuals
9. Laura Glynn 19:19 11. Lisa Montgomery 19:30 23. Chelsea Homan 20:03 25. Natasha Luppov 20:20 38. Linda Montgomery 22:03
Q U O T E S
U-M Head Coach Mike McGuire
On expectations for the Jeff Drenth Memorial ... "I thought it was a good start. We needed to get some new people to run, we had three of them running for the first time in Michigan uniform. Our three redshirt freshmen, Lisa and Linda Montgomery and Natasha Luppov, I thought that was giving them the opportunity to run a varsity race."
On any surprising runners ... "I thought we got really good races from Glynn and Lisa Montgomery, for their first time out. They were probably our two highlight people."
Contact: Joseph Conrad (734) 763-4423
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