Weekly Release #6
10/19/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Friday, Oct. 22 -- at Eastern Michigan Open (Ypsilanti, Mich.), 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 30 -- at Big Ten Championship (State College, Pa.), 10:30 a.m.
Up Next for Michigan
While most of the Wolverine men's cross country team will take this week off to prepare for the Oct. 30 Big Ten Championship, a small portion of the team will compete unattached at the Eastern Michigan University Open on Friday (Oct. 22) at Rolling Hills Park in Ypsilanti, Mich. The men's 8,000-meter race will start at 4 p.m.
Men Win Wolverine Interregional Title
The University of Michigan men's cross country team defeated No. 8 James Madison to take the Wolverine Interregional title in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sunday morning (Oct. 17).
Senior Jay Cantin (Camlachie, Ontario/St. Clair SS) led the way for the Wolverines, taking the top spot with a time of 24:43. Michigan made in impressive showing, placing all point scorers in the top 20 of the race.
The title win marks the Wolverines' third consecutive Interregional title (1997, '98, '99) and third consecutive invitational title in the 1999 season.
Men's Notables
-- Jay Cantin continues to be the Wolverines' top finisher. After posting a 23:54 time at the adidas/Notre Dame Invitational and winning the Murray Keatinge Invitational, the senior was named the Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Week for two consecutive weeks (Oct. 6 and Oct. 13). Cantin finished first overall at the Wolverine Interregional.
-- Senior captain Steve Lawrence (Consecon, Ontario/East Northumberland SS) is still running strong. After placing second at the Murray Keatinge Invitational (Oct. 9), Lawrence was edged out of second place by three seconds to finish in third with a time of 24:57 at the Wolverine Interregional.
Top Five Teams
1. MICHIGAN 34 2. James Madison 52 3. Washington 97 4. Columbia 124 5. St. Francis 136
Michigan Individual Finishes
Rank, Name Time Score 1. Jay Cantin 24:43 1 3. Steve Lawrence 24:57 3 4. Mark Pilja 25:08 4 7. Mike Wisniewski 25:14 7 19. John Butsic 25:41 19 36. Tom Caughlan 25:58 36 53. David Cook 26:24 52
NCAA Cross Country Poll
The Michigan men's cross country team rose from No. 11 to No. 8 in the NCAA Division I poll for Oct. 19 after upsetting James Madison at the Wolverine Interregional (Oct. 17). Michigan is the second highest rated Big Ten team in the poll, trailing No. 5 Wisconsin.
MONDO Men's Cross Country Rankings (10/19/99)
Team Reg. Pts 1. Arkansas (15) SC 399 2. Stanford (1) W 381 3. North Carolina State SE 368 4. Colorado MT 351 5. Wisconsin GL 339 6. Arizona W 321 7. Georgetown MA 299 8. MICHIGAN GL 281 9. Arizona State W 268 10. Notre Dame GL 254 11. James Madison SE 232 12. Oregon W 228 13. Brigham Young MT 209 14. Villanova MA 173 15. Utah MT 169 16. Northern Arizona MT 167 17. Weber State MT 126 18. Princeton MA 120 19. William & Mary SE 116 20. Portland W 91 21. Dartmouth NE 73 22. Brown NE 55 23. Tennessee S 37 24. Minnesota MW 36 25. Providence NE 26 South Florida S 26
NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes,
MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South
Contact: Adrienne Gutierrez (734) 763-4423
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