Preview of Upcoming Cross Country Action

Women’s Rankings
Great Lakes Region (Oct. 7)
15. Oakland

Schedule
Oct. 11
Oakland at Michigan Intercollegiate
Men: 4:00 p.m. ET
Women: 4:45 p.m. ET

Oct. 12
Youngstown State at Disney World Cross Country Classic
Men: 7:45 a.m. ET
Women: 8:30 a.m. ET

Milwaukee; UIC at Lucian Rosa Invitational
Men: 11:00 a.m. ET
Women: 12:00 p.m. ET

Cleveland State at Slippery Rock Invitational
Women: 11:00 a.m. ET
Men: 11:45 a.m. ET

Oakland
Oakland cross country travels to Hillsdale College for the Michigan Intercollegiate Cross Country Championships on Friday, Oct. 11. The men's 8K is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. and the women's 5K will follow at 4:45 p.m.

On Monday, the USTFCCCA announced that the OU women's cross country team was ranked 15th in the region.

The Grizzlies last competed at the Notre Dame Invitational on Oct. 5, the men finished in ninth place while the women finished in 11th.

Sammy Mondry finished first for Oakland and 24th overall with a time of 18:21.9 (5K). For the men, Andrew Bowman finished 20th overall with a time of 26:04.9 (8K).
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Youngstown State
Youngstown State last competed on Oct. 5 at the Notre Dame Invitational. The top performers for the Penguins were senior Samantha Hamilton finishing in sixth place in the 5K and junior Eric Rupe placing 35th in the five-mile race.

Hamilton's performance in the women's 5K was the best individual placing by a Penguin in school history at the Notre Dame Invitational. She posted a time of 17:12.9 and was just two seconds outside of placing in the top five in the event which featured a group of 198 top-flight runners and 24 teams. Duke's Juliet Bottorf won with a time of 16:43.8 and was one of just two competitors to go under 17 minutes.

Through the first month-plus of the campaign, Hamilton ranks in the top 20 in NCAA Division I in the 5K.

The men placed 16th out of 23 teams in the Golf Race with 411 points. Rupe led the way placing 35th in a time of 26.24.5 out of 190-plus runners.

At the 2012 Disney World Cross Country Classic, Malone took both the men’s and women’s title. This year's edition is slated for Saturday, Oct. 12. Women will begin at 7:45 a.m. ET with the men to follow at 8:30 a.m. ET.

Milwaukee
The Milwaukee cross country teams are back at it again Saturday, Oct. 12 as they head to the Lucian Rosa Invitational in Somers, Wis. The meet will be held on the campus of UW-Parkside for a traditional 5k/8k run. The men's race is set to start at 10 a.m., with the women set for an 11 a.m. gun.

While this is the 27th running of the Lucian Rosa Invitational, this marks the first time the Panthers will compete at the long-running meet. Lucian Rosa is a UW-Parkside Hall of Famer who is a two-time Olympian (1972, 1976). He also coached the Rangers from 1977-2007.

Twenty nine teams are set to be in attendance on Saturday, including DePaul, Marquette, Northwestern and UIC. A host of other D-II and D-III schools will also be on hand, most of which are either ranked regionally or nationally.

In the Panther's last meet on Oct. 5 at the Greater Louisville Classic, nearly every runner made significant strides against some very tough competition. Ten individuals shaved chunks of time off their finishes from the same course one year ago, highlighted by senior Adriana Gutierrez knocking off nearly two and a half minutes from her time last year.
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UIC
The UIC cross country teams travel to Kenosha, Wis. to participate in the Lucian Rosa Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 12.

Last season at the UW-Lucian Rosa Invite, the women's squad placed fourth among 18 teams.  Leading the pack were, Emma Preston (18:28.5), Rebecca Zaiter (18:52.7), Lauren Lindholm (18:53.7) and Tess Ehrhardt (19:18.0) who all finished within the top 100 runners.

Ehrhardt, has held the Horizon League Runner of the Week title for two consecutive weeks and looks to pilot her team during the 5K race this weekend.

In 2012, the men's squad secured 10th-place with contributions from seniors Photis Karkalis (26:14.7), Angelos Karkalis (26:20.0) and Arash Darbandi (27:02.0).  Last week, the men's team competed in a five-mile race, led by freshman Kyle Hauser who placed 74th against 193 runners with a time of with a time of 27:00.60.
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Cleveland State
The Cleveland State cross country team will compete for the sixth time during the 2013 season this weekend, participating in the Slippery Rock University Invitational. The invite, which will take place Saturday, Oct. 12, at Cooper's Lake Campground in Slippery Rock, Pa., will be the third consecutive 6K for the Vikings. The women's collegiate race is set for an 11:00 a.m. start on Saturday, Oct. 12.

In the past two 6K races, the Vikings have finished third and eighth as a team, while they have been paced individually by the duo of Tori Holt and Ashlyn Woods. Holt posted CSU's top 6K time of the season at the Friendship Invitational (23:27) – with the mark also ranking fifth on Cleveland State's Top Performances list.

Pavick and Woods have been among the top-three CSU finishers during all five races so far this season, while Holt, Webb and Sarah Mallow have also made appearances in the top-three.
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