2004 BIG TEN CROSS COUNTRY MICHIGAN WOMEN & WISCONSIN MEN BIG TEN CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY CONTACT Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Communications SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND TITLES AT E-Mail: [email protected] 2004 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Work: (847) 696-1010 ext. 142 • Cell: (312) 363-7546 NOVEMBER 4, 2004 1500 West Higgins Road • Park Ridge, IL 60068-6300 • Phone: (847) 696-1010 • Fax: (847) 696-1110 • Website: www.bigten.org 2004 BIG TEN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS REVIEW OCTOBER 31, 2004 • UNIVERSITY OF IOWA - HOST BILL & JIM ASHTON CROSS COUNTRY COURSE IOWA CITY, IOWA 2004 MEN’S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004 NCAA REGIONAL 2004 WOMEN’S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Top-ranked Wisconsin earned its sixth consecutive Big Ten The Michigan Wolverines successfully defended their League title last Championship last week in Iowa City. The Badgers, who have been GREAT LAKES REGION Sunday, giving 13th-year head coach Mike McGuire his sixth ranked No. 1 in the Men's Mondo National Top 30 poll the entire sea- Conference crown. McGuire was also honored by his peers as the son, finished 1-2-3 and placed all seven runners in the top 21. November 13, 2004 women's Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career. Wisconsin's total of 23 points was the fourth-lowest winning score in Big Eagle Crest Golf Club Host: Eastern Michigan University Ten history. Schumacher's squad beat out second-place finisher Michigan captured its second three-peat in 10 years, having also won Indiana by 81 points, shattering the Big Ten record for largest winning RACE SCHEDULE Conference titles from 1992-94. The Wolverines placed three runners margin of 55, set by the Badgers in 1910. Women Called to Start . .10:40 a.m. in the top 10 and scored all five runners in the top 16. The Maize and Women’s 6,000 Meter Race . .11:00 a.m. Blue have now finished in the top two at the League Championships 12 Wisconsin junior Simon Bairu, a native of Regina, Saskatchewan, cap- Men Called to Start . .11:55 a.m. times under McGuire's tutelage. tured his second straight Big Ten title as he breezed across the 8,000- Men’s 10,000 Meter Race . .12:15 a.m. meter Bill & Jim Ashton Cross Country Course circuit in a time of 23:45 Michigan State’s Danette Doetzel became only the second freshman in - 13 seconds faster than his winning time from a year ago. Bairu, who RESULTS League history to claim Big Ten Athlete and Freshman of the Year acco - won by 10 seconds over teammates Chris Solinsky (23:55) and 2002 www.emich.edu/goeagles lades in the same season and the first since Michigan's Deanna Arnill League champion Matt Tegenkamp (23:57), earned the sixth individual Approximately 30 Minutes After Both Races title for the Badgers in the last seven years and the 24th in the pro- accomplished the feat in 1994. The Spartan freshman won the 6,000- gram's history. This year's team title was Wisconsin's 38th overall - a meter race in convincing fashion in a Big Ten-record time of 20:33, best- TICKETS ing second-place finisher and defending Conference champion and total that exceeds the next three teams combined - Michigan State (14), Tickets will only be sold the day of the event for $5.00 Indiana (13) and Michigan (9). Athlete of the Year, Michigan's Rebecca Walter, by 20 seconds. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING Doetzel, a native of Macklin, Saskatchewan, is just the third woman in Indianafinished second with 104 points, followed by Iowa (11), The top two teams and the top four individuals, not on MSU history to win a Big Ten individual title, joining Misty Allison (1991) Minnesota (124), Michigan (125) and Ohio State (127). Michigan one of those teams (providing they finish in the top 25) and Michelle Carson (2002). The Spartans recorded 85 points and fin- Stateplaced seventh with 158 points. Rounding out the top 10 was will automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships ished second behind Michigan. Illinois (162), Penn State(206) and Purdue(312). held on November 22, 2004 at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind. A NCAA committee will select 13 at Illinois placed third with 85 points, followed by Minnesota(133), Outside Wisconsin’s top-three finishers, Minnesota’s Andrew Carlson large teams and two at large individuals from the NCAA’s Indiana (135), Penn State(142) and Iowa (170). Rounding out the place fourth with a time of 24:00, Michigan’s Nate Brannen was fifth at nine regions. Thirty-one teams and 38 individuals will field was Wisconsin (178), Purdue (190), Northwestern (258) and 24:16, while the Badgers’ Josh Spikerplaced sixth at 24:18. Rounding qualify for the NCAA meet. Ohio State (276). out the top 10 individually was Ohio State’s Brian Olinger(24:21), Indiana twins Sean (24:30) and John (24:31) Jefferson, and NATIONAL TOP 30 POLL Indiana’s Jessica Gall finished third overall with a time of 21:01, fol- Minnesota’s Ryan Malmin. lowed by Penn State’s Molly Landreth (21:03) and 2003 Big Ten Men’s Mondo Women’s FinishLynx Freshman of the Year, Illinois’ Cassie Hunt (21:09). Hunt’s teammate, Ohio State's John Ealy earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors National Top 30 Poll National Top 30 Poll Jaime Turilli, finished sixth with a time of 21:13, while placing seventh after finishing 15th at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 24:40. Rk.Team Points Rk.Team Points at 21:19 was Michigan’s Alyson Kohlmeier. Round out the top 10 indi- Ealy is just the second Buckeye to earn Freshman of the Year honors, 1. Wisconsin (12) 417 1. Stanford (13) 390 vidually was Michigan State’s Katie Kelly (21:25), Michigan’s Andrea as Eric Nelson split the inaugural honor with Michigan's State's Anthony Parker(21:30) and Illinois’ Maggie Carroll (21:36). Hamm in 1987. A native of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Ealy was the first 2. Stanford 400 2. Providence 373 3. Arkansas (1) 399 3. Colorado 366 freshman to cross the line last Sunday, just ahead of Iowa's Eric The Conference office also announced honorees from each team for the MacTaggart, who finished 16th overall with the same time as Ealy. 4. Colorado 377 4. Michigan 348 5. Notre Dame 365 5. Duke 338 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. The student-athletes chosen are individ- Wisconsin's Jerry Schumacher earned his fourth consecutive Big Ten 6. Cal Poly SLO 343 6. Notre Dame 327 uals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, the student-athletes must be in good aca - Coach of the Year award, which marks his fifth honor in six seasons. 7. Georgetown 342 7. Arizona State 308 demic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the 8. Arizona State 316 8. North Carolina 303 sports-competition setting. The Conference office also announced honorees from each team for the 9. BYU 303 9. Missouri 283 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. The student-athletes chosen are individ - 10. Indiana 276 10. N.C. State 256 uals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and Honorees for women's cross country are Illinois' Tabitha Volling, ethical behavior. In addition, the student-athletes must be in good aca- 11. N.C. State 273 11. Brigham Young 252 Indiana's Jessica Gall, Iowa's Christine Kotarba, Michigan's Rebecca demic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the 12. Florida State 247 12. SMU 234 Walter, Michigan State's Katie Kelly, Minnesota's Sarah Hesser; sports-competition setting. 13. Butler 245 13. Michigan State 226.5 Northwestern's Marie Grabinski, Ohio State's Melanie Price, Penn 14. Air Force 241 14. Villanova 219 State's Kayla Matrunick, Purdue's Kara Lahey and Wisconsin's Honorees for men's cross country are Illinois' Kris Cunningham, 15. Iona 227 15. Tennessee 216 A'Havahla Haynes. Indiana's Tom Burns, Iowa's Matt Esche, Michigan's Nate Brannen, 16. Providence 219 16. Illinois 186.5 Michigan State's Andy Marsh, Minnesota's Ryan Malmin, Ohio State's 17. Iowa 155 17. UC-Santa Barbara 180 These 11 student-athletes are now candidates for the Big Ten Brian Olinger, Penn State's Ryan McGarry, Purdue's Josh Robinson 18. Villanova 151 18. Arkansas 167 Sportsmanship Award, as the Conference office will select one male and Wisconsin's Matt Tegenkamp. 19. Texas 145 19. Columbia 156 and one female student-athlete from each institution at the end of the school year. These 10 student-athletes are now candidates for the Big Ten 20. New Mexico 133 20. Princeton 137 Sportsmanship Award, as the Conference office will select one male 21. Florida 127 21. Wake Forest 127 and one female student-athlete from each institution at the end of the 22. Minnesota 126 22. Georgia 116 school year. 23. Michigan 123 23. Colorado State 92 24. Colorado State 102 24. Georgetown 76 2004 MEN’S RUNNERS OF THE WEEK 25. Oklahoma State 91 25. Washington 60 2004 WOMEN’S RUNNERS OF THE WEEK 26. Central Michigan 82 26. Oklahoma State 54 S 7 Matt Esche, Iowa SR, Waukesha, Wis./West 27. Oregon 72 27. Indiana 52 S 7 Jessica Gall, Indiana SO, West Lafayette, Ind./West Lafayette S 14 Bobby Lockhart, Wisconsin JR, Winchester, Va./Handley 28. Northern Arizona 57 28. West Virginia 46 S 14 Molly Landreth, Penn State SR, Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport S 21 Sean Jefferson, Indiana JR, Delray Beach, Fla./Atlantic Community 29.