307 Co n v o c a t i o n Ce n t e r Ea s t e r n Yp s i l a n t i , 48197 734.487.0317 Mi c h i g a n FAX: 734.485.3840 w e b s i t e : w w w .e m u e a g l e s .c o m Un i v e r s i t y Cr o s s Co u n t r y Co n t a c t : Sp o r t s In f o r m a t i o n Am a n d a De c k e r a d e c k e r 5@e m i c h .e d u Wo m e n ’s Cr o s s Co u n t r y No t e s 603-801-9152 October 23, 2007 WOMen’s Cross Country 2007 EMU EAGLES WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Schedule AUGUST 31 at Michigan Open NTS Eastern Michigan WOMEN’S x-country SEPTEMBER 8 at Titan Invite 2, 49 pts. October 27, 2007 • 11 a.m. • Riverwood Resort • Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 21 at Central Collegiate Champs. 4, 83 pts. Eastern Michigan at MAC Championships 28 at Loyola Invite 12, 275 pts. OCTOBER 13 at Falcon Invite 8th, 200 pts. 2007 Roster 19 EMU CLASSIC NTS Player Cl.-Elig. Hometown- High School 27 at MAC Championships 11 a.m. NOVEMBER Hayden Ahrens Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich./ Mona Shores 10 at NCAA Great Lakes Regional 11 a.m. Nicole Boeving Jr. Howell, Mich./Howell 19 at NCAA Championship Noon Anna Delcamp Jr. Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti Beverly Elcock Fr. Ft. Wayne, Ind./Northrop QUICKFACTS Megan Flewelling So. Grand Blanc, Mich./Powers Catholic Name...... Eastern Michigan University Location...... Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Melissa Green Jr. Brecksville, Ohio/Broadview Heights Founded...... 1849 Morgan Newman Fr. Grand Blanc, Mich./ Grand Blanc Enrollment...... 25,000 Rachel Olivares Jr. New Baltimore, Mich./Anchor Bay Nickname...... Eagles Lauren Quaintance Fr. White Lake, Mich./ Walled Lake Northern Colors...... Green and White Kalli Williams Sr. Dexter, Mich./Dexter Affiliation...... Mid-American Conference (MAC) President...... TBA Athletics Director...... EAGLE Wo me n ’s X-Co u n t r y No t e s Asst. AD/SWA ...... Stephannnie Harvey-Vandenberg Associate Athletics Director...... Mike Malach Associate Athletics Director...... Doug Dowdy IT’S MAC CHAMPIONSHIP TIME!: It’s that time of year for the women’s cross Assoc. Athletics Director/Compliance.....Melody Reifel Werner country team as they head to Mt. Pleasant, Mich., to compete in the 2007 Mid- Ticket Manager...... Ron Reid American Conference Championships. The women’s race is set to start at 11 Equipment Manager...... Darrell Hallberg Head Athletic Trainer...... Steve Nordwall a.m. They try to improve upon their ninth place finish at last year’s champion- Head Strength & Cond. Coach...... Mike Szerszen ship in Buffalo. Sports Information Director...... Jim Streeter The Eagles will look to their top two runners to lead them at the conference Asst. SID...... Greg Steiner championships. Senior Kalli Williams and junior Melissa Green look to finish SID Graduate Asst...... Sarah VanMetre SID Graduate Asst...... Paul Pancoe atop the MAC’s best this weekend. SID Graduate Asst./ XC ...... Amanda Decker Williams, a second team All-MAC SID Phone...... 734.487.0317 selection last year as well as Aca- SID Fax...... 734.485.3840 Website...... www.emueagles.com demic All-MAC selection has run in Email...... [email protected] five of five meets this season for the Head Coach...... Sue Parks Green and White. She has been the ...... (Eastern Michigan, ‘80) ...... 2nd year at EMU number one runner for the Eagles in 2006 MAC Championship Finish...... 9th,185 points all five meets this fall that she has 2006 NCAA Regional Finish...... 17th, 488 points competed in. She has finished in the 2006 NCAA Championships...... DNQ top 10 in all five of those meets. She Returning...... 7 Lost...... 4 has also finished runner-up twice Newcomers...... 3 this season at the Detroit Run Fit In- vitational and the Central Collegiate Championship She ran a season- best 18:06 at the Chicago Loyola Lakefront Invitational where she finished eighth against 203 runners. She finished seventh at Falcon Invite with a time of 2 18:07. 18:07. Melissa Green was next in 11th place, tying a season Green, who barely missed out on an All-MAC selection last and personal-best time of 18:17. year, looks to improve upon last year’s 17th place perfor- mance. She has run in five of six meets during the regular WILLIAMS LEADS EAGLES IN CHICAGO: The Eastern season and has finished as the number two runner for the Michigan University women’s cross country team traveled Eagles all season long as well as finishing in the top 15 in to Chicago, Ill., to compete against numerous teams at the all five meet. She ran a career-best at the Falcon Invitational 35th Annual Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational, Sept. 18:17, breaking previous best by eight seconds and has 28. The Eagles finished 12th overall as a team with 275 improved by a total of 13 seconds this season. Her high- points. Purdue won the team title, finishing with 80 points. est finish came at the Detroit Run Fit Invitational where she Senior Kalli Williams was the top runner for the Eagles finished fourth. She finished eighth at the Central Collegiate for the fourth time this season. She finished the 5K race in a Championships, 11th at Falcon Invitational, 12th at Loyola season-best 18:06, good for an eighth place finish. This was Lakefront and 15th at Michigan Open. also her fourth in as many times this season that she has Newcomer Lauren Quaintance has emerged as the no. finished in the top-ten. three runner for the Eagles. She most recently finished has Melissa Green finished four spots behind her teammate the top finisher at the EMU Classic where Williams and Green in 12th place. She finished the 5K course in a season-best did not run, but has finished third for the Eagles in the previ- 18:25. Lauren Quaintance was the next Eagle across ous five meets. She has run a season and collegiate-best the tape, finishing in 61st place in a time of 19:30. Megan time of 19:30 at the Loyola Invitational. Flewelling was next, finishing 122nd with a time of 20:23. The Green and White have seen Megan Flewelling Rounding out the top five for the Eagles was Morgan New- emerge as the number four runner for the Eagles through man, finishing 127th in a time of 20:32. Anna Delcamp the entirety of the season. She had a season-best time of was the final Eagle across the line in 134th place in a time of 19:57 at the Falcon Invitational. 20:39. The Eagles will then look to four runners to fill the five through seven spots on the squad as these four have finished WILLIAMS SECOND, EAGLES FOURTH AT CCC’s: The in those spots throughout the season. They are Hayden Ah- Eastern Michigan University women’s cross country team rens, Nicole Boeving, Anna Delcamp and Morgan New- traveled to Kalamazoo, Mich., to compete in the annual Cen- man. tral Collegiate Championships, Sept. 21. Teams competing included instate rivals Central and Western Michigan as well EAGLES AT THE CLASSIC: Lauren Quaintance was the as fellow MAC foe, Toledo. Central walked away with the top runner for the Eagles. She finished the women’s 5K race team title with 36 points while the Eagles finished fourth with in a time of 19:53 in 25th place. Other Eagle finishers in- 83 points. clude Morgan Newman (29; 20:25), Anna Delcamp (31; Senior Kalli Williams led the way for the Green and White 20:26), Megan Flewelling (36; 20:40), Nicole Boeving for the third consecutive meet this season. She fought off (43; 21:59) and Hayden Ahrens (44; 22:01). a tough opponent from Toledo to finish second in a time of 18:29.72. Junior Melissa Green was next to reach the FALCON INVITE RECAP: The Eagles took eighth place at tape, finishing eighth in a time of 18:53.87. the annual Falcon Invitational, Oct. 13, totalling 200 points. Freshman Lauren Quaintance led the next pack of Ea- They were once again led by senior Kalli Williams who had gles across the finish line. She ran the 5K race in a time another top 10 performance, finishing seventh in a time of of 20:21.64, finishing 28. Megan Flewelling was next in 2007 EMU XC Results Name Michigan Detroit CCC Loyola Falcon EMU Classic MAC Regional NCAA Hayden Ahrens 23:25 (26-7) 22:27 (35-8) 22:23.50 (44-5) DNR 22:33 (160-8) 22:01 (44-6) Nicole Boeving 24:00 (27-8) 22:15 (31-7) 23:27.96 (46-6) DNR 21:27 (135-7) 21:59 (43-5) Anna Delcamp 22:03 (24-5) 21:39 (24-5) DNR 20:39 (134-6) 20:06 (89-5) 20:26 (31-3) Beverly Elcock DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR Megan Flewelling 21:55 (23-4) 20:54 (17-4) 20:43.32 (34-4) 20:23 (122-4) 19:57 (79-4) 20:40 (36-4) Melissa Green 19:24 (15-2) 19:17 (4-2) 18:53.87 (8-2) 18:25 (12-2) 18:17 (11-2) DNR Morgan Newman 22:43 (25-6) 21:47 (26-6) 21:01.37 20:32 (127-5) 20:08 (93-6) 20:25 (29-2) Rachel Olivares DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR Lauren Quaintance 20:54 (21-3) 20:20 (14-3) 20:21.64 (28-3) 19:30 (61-3) 19:37 (59-3) 19:53 (25-1) Kalli Williams 18:38 (6-1) 18:16 (2-1) 18:39.72 (2-1) 18:06 (8-1) 18:07 (7-1) DNR Distance of Race 5K 5K 5K 5K 5K 5k Number of Competitors 27 61 47 203 191 44 (#Place in Race- #Place on team) EMU top finisher in BOLD Page 1 of 2

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Women 5k Run CC ======a time of 20:48.73, to finish 34. The rest of EMU Name CLASSIC RESULTS Year School Seed Finals Points the Eagle pack included Anna Delcamp (35; ======1 Salucci, Toni Unattached 17:48.00 20:48.73), Newman (37; 21:01.37), Hayden 2 Creutz, Eileen Unnattached - An 17:59.00 Ahrens (44; 22:23.50) and Nicole Boeving 3 Peale, Caitlyn Unnattached - An 18:01.00 4 Severin, Rachel Michigan 18:12.00 (46; 23:27.96). 5 Luppov, Natasha Michigan 18:26.00 6 Bennett, Laurel Michigan State 18:29.00 7 Valencia, Alysha Michigan 18:35.00 EAGLES SECOND IN DETROIT: The Eastern 8 Moran, Colleen Akron 18:48.00 Michigan University women’s cross country team 9 Nusholtz, Jenna Michigan State 18:56.00 10 Montgomery, Lisa Michigan 18:58.00 competed at the 2007 Running Fit Titan Invita- 11 Mckenzie, Amanda Unnattached - An 18:59.00 tional hosted by the University of Detroit Mercy 12 hoefing, Elizabeth Michigan State 19:04.00 13 Gebhart, Megan Unattached - Eas 19:11.00 Saturday. The Eagles finished second with 49 14 Jaworek, Olivia Akron 19:12.00 points behind Wayne State University, who won 15 Eckerly, Carol Akron 19:23.00 16 Gross, jacalyn Michigan State 19:24.00 with 26 points. 17 Biewald, Jennie Michigan 19:25.00 For the second week in a row, senior Kalli 18 Portis, Laura Michigan State 19:35.00 19 Yee, Jennifer Unattached - Eas 19:36.00 Williams (Dexter, Mich.- Dexter) was first across 20 Banks, Jazz Akron 19:39.00 the line for the Eagles. She finished second in a 21 McCormack, Sarah Michigan State 19:44.00 22 Rupe, Ro Akron 19:46.00 time of 18:16. She bettered her 5K mark for the 23 Mioduszewski, Melony Unnattached - An 19:47.00 season from the previous week. Behind Williams 24 Lehman, Alice Unnattached - An 19:48.00 25 Quaintance, Lauren Eastern Michigan 19:53.00 in fourth was junior Melissa Green (Brecksville, 26 Thrasher, Alyssa Windsor 20:00.00 Ohio- Broadview Heights), finishing in a time of 27 Zimmerman, Thereseanne Michigan State 20:05.00 28 Sumser, Holly Akron 20:16.00 19:17. 29 Morgan, Newman Eastern Michigan 20:25.00 The next Green and White runner was fresh- 29 Evans, Tiffany Unattached - Eas 20:25.00 31 Delcamp, Anna Eastern Michigan 20:26.00 man Quaintance, who finished in 14 place with a 32 Kellam, Ashley Windsor 20:29.00 time of 20:20. Sophomore Megan Flewelling 33 Canty, Lisa Michigan 20:32.00 34 Jensen, Brittany Michigan State 20:35.00 (Grand Blanc, Mich.-Powers Catholic) was next 34 Miller, kelley Unattached - Eas 20:35.00 across the line finishing 17 in a time of 20:54. 36 Megan, Flewelling Eastern Michigan 20:40.00 37 Elcock, Beverly Unattaced - Ypsi 20:45.00 Junior Anna Delcamp (Ypsilanit, Mich.- Yp- 38 Gill, Laura Windsor 20:49.00 silanti) was the fifth runner across the line for 39 Glover, Brynelle Windsor 21:22.00 40 Gill, Carly Windsor 21:43.00 the Eagles. She finished 24 in a time of 21:39. 41 Mokendanz, Amanda Windsor 21:44.00 Freshman Morgan Newman was next, finishing 42 Leigh-Monstevens, Claire Oakland 21:53.00 43 Boeving, Nicole Eastern Michigan 21:59.00 26, in a time of 21:47. The final two to cross the 44 Ahrens, Hayden Eastern Michigan 22:01.00 line for the Green and White were Nicole Boev- Men 10k Run CC ing (31; 22:15) and freshman Hayden Ahrens ======selection in senior Kalli Williams (Dexter, Mich./Dexter) who (35; 22:27). Name turned in a 13th Year place School performance. Williams Seedwill be joined Finals by Points ======1 DePiero, Davejunior Melissa Green Unattached (Brecksville, Ohio/Broadview 31:16.00 Heights) EAGLES FACE MICHIGAN: The Eastern Michigan University who finished 17th. women’s cross country program opened its 2007 season at The 2007 MAC Championships will take place on Oct. 27 the annual Michigan Open against cross town rivals, the Univer- and will be hosted by Central Michigan. sity of . file://W:\Departments\Athletics\SportsInformation\2007-08 Sports\Men's XC\results\EM... 10/23/2007 Junior Kalli Williams lead the way for the Green and White. She finished sixth in the 5,000-meter race, running a time of 18:38. Melissa Green was the next Eagle across the finish line. She crossed 15 in a time of 19:24. Other harriers running for the Green and White were Lauren Quaintance (21; 20:54), Megan Flewelling (23; 21:55), Anna Delcamp (24; 22:03), Morgan Newman (25; 22:43), Hayden Ahrens (26; 23:25) and Nicole Boeving (27; 24:00).

WOMEN PICKED TO FINISH NINTH IN MAC: The Mid-Amer- ican Conference released its 2007 cross country preseason poll and the were picked to finish Lauren ninth at the Championships in October. Quaintance Head coach Sue Parks will return a second-team All-MAC