Weekly Release #2
9/25/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Upcoming Schedule
Friday, Sept. 28 -- at Notre Dame Invitational (South Bend, Ind.), 4:15 p.m. EST
Friday, Oct. 5 -- at Michigan Intercollegiate (Rochester, Mich.), 4 p.m. EST
Saturday, Oct. 13 -- at NCAA-Pre Nationals (Terre Haute, Ind.), 12:30 p.m. EST
This Week: The Notre Dame Invite ...
The No. 2-ranked University of Michigan women's cross country team will travel to South Bend, Ind., to participate in the Notre Dame Invitational Friday (Sept. 28) on the Notre Dame Golf Course. The 5,000-meter scoring event is scheduled to start at 4:15 p.m.
This meet is Michigan's second of four meets in the state of Indiana this season. The team will travel to Terre Haute, Ind., for the NCAA Pre-Nationals on Saturday, Oct. 13, and then Bloomington, Ind., for the NCAA Regionals on Saturday, Nov. 10. Michigan will try to get back to Indiana for a fifth time this season to compete in the NCAA Championships, held in Terre Haute on Monday, Nov. 19.
The Wolverines that will be running at the Notre Dame Invitational are: freshman Danielle Tauro (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional), sophomore Kelly Sampson (Detroit, Mich./Renaissance), sophomore/freshman Jennie Biewald (Ottawa, Ontario/Hillcrest), junior/sophomore Geena Gall (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc), senior/junior Natasha Luppov (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron), sophomore/freshman Rachel Severin (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea), sophomore/freshman Alysha Valencia (Lawrence, Kan./Free State), senior/junior Nicole Edwards (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Vincent Massey), sophomore Jenny Morgan (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston), senior Elisabeth Uible (Cincinnati, Ohio/Indian Hill), fifth-year senior Erin Webster (Dearborn, Mich./Divine Child) and junior/sophomore Katie Williams (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington).
Last Meet: The Indiana Open ...
Michigan ran in the Indiana Open Saturday (Sept. 8) at the IU Cross Country Championship Course in Bloomington, Ind. U-M dominated, taking seven of the top 10 spots, and placing all 12 of its runners in the top 17 of the 37-runner field. Erin Webster captured first place for the second straight year at this event, finishing 17 seconds ahead of the second-place runner, Nicole Edwards (17:55). In her first race for the Wolverines, freshman Danielle Tauro, who won the Wolverine Open competing unattached, took fourth place with a time of 18:02, five seconds out of third.
The Leaders and Best ...
Women's cross country has won the Big Ten championship and received the Leaders and Best award for five consecutive years. The Leaders and Best award honors the University of Michigan varsity team that earns the highest grade-point average.
Big Ten Runner of the Week ...
Erin Webster who led the Maize and Blue to the finish line in five meets last season, including the 2006 Big Ten Championships, started 2007 strong by winning the Indiana Open and was named Big Ten Runner of the Week (Sept. 11). The award is the third for Webster, who won two of the Big Ten laurels last season. Webster placed no lower than fourth in all five events last season, including first at the conference championships, which earned her 2006 first team All-Big Ten and Big Ten women's cross country Athlete of the Year honors.
The Mike McGuire File ...
Mike McGuire is in his 16th season as a head coach for the Michigan women's cross country team. In 2006, Michigan won the Big Ten championship under McGuire, as well as placing third in the 2006 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships. For his accomplishments, he received Big Ten Coach of the Year honors for the eighth time, with five straight (2002-06) following a three-peat from 1992-94. In his first four seasons, McGuire won three consecutive Big Ten and NCAA District IV team championships, and the Wolverines finished as high as second (1994) at the NCAA Championships. McGuire's Michigan teams have 13 top-two finishes in 14 seasons at the Big Ten Championships and 10 top-two finishes at the regional championships, winning the regional meet in 1993, '94, '95, 2004, and '05. His teams have finished among the nation's top 10 eight times at the NCAA Championships. McGuire has helped 86 cross country and track athletes earn All-America honors and has coached six Big Ten individual champions and five Big Ten freshmen of the year.
USTFCCCA Division I Womens Cross Country rankings (9/11/07)
Rank, Team (first-place votes) Points 1. Stanford (9) 384 2. MICHIGAN 368 3. Colorado (4) 366 4. Arkansas 344 5. Wisconsin 340 6. Illinois 308 7. Arizona State 294 8. Minnesota 292 9. Providence 290 10. Michigan State 249 11. Virginia 233 12. Florida State 226 13. Iowa 176 14. Delaware 292 15. North Carolina State 175 16. Princeton 161 17. Duke 160 18. Colorado State 151 19. Washington 145 20. Virginia Tech 143 21. Georgetown 138 22. Baylor 135 23. Brigham Young 123 24. Oregon 111 25. Texas Tech 97
What's Next ...
The Wolverines will travel to Rochester, Mich., to participate in the Michigan Intercollegiate on Friday (Oct. 5) at 4 p.m.
Contact: Jeremiah W. Hergott (734) 763-4423
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