Notre Dame Cross Country Teams Win National Catholic Invitational Titles
Prepare for the Notre Dame Invitational
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- Notre Dame's men's and women's cross country teams
continued their impressive seasons as they swept to the titles at the National
Catholic Invitational at Notre Dame. The men placed six runners in the top ten,
led by junior Jason Rexing (Pickerington, Ohio) who finished first. The women's were
led by a pair of freshmen, Joanna Deeter (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Nicole LaSelle
(Dayton, Ohio), who finished first and fourth in the race.
Up Next: The Irish will play host to the Notre Dame Invitational
which will be run on the University's golf course on Friday, October 4.
Michigan's 15th-ranked men's team and eighth-ranked women's team should be
among the challengers in the 20-team men's field and women's field. Duke and
West Virginia should also contend for the titles. Notre Dame's men's squad won
the 1995 title for the sixth year in a row and the thirteenth time overall. Notre
Dame's women's team, which won its only title in 1993, was beaten by 1995 champion
Wake Forest.
National Catholic Review: Notre Dame claimed both titles at the National
Catholic Invitational. In the men's division, the 10th-ranked Irish led the field with 18 points while Marquette and Lewis were second and third with 64 and 94 points, respectively. It marked the second consecutive year and the seventh time in nine years that Notre Dame won the men's title.
Irish runners took six of the top ten spots, led by 1996 track All-American Jason
Rexing. Matt Althoff (Yankton, S.D.), Derek Seiling (Allison Park, Pa.), and
Joe Dunlop (Grand Island, N.Y.) all finished in the top five for the Irish. Ryan Maxwell (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Scott Grace (Oakland, Mich.) both finished in the top ten while Mike Conway (Springfield, Va.) finished 15th.
Notre Dame's women team continued to run well, placing four runners in the top
ten and finishing with a score of 36. Marquette was second with 46 and Lewis University was third with 112. Notre Dame was able to reclaim the title from 1995 champion Marquette. The Irish had won three straight titles since 1992 before the Golden Eagles claimed first place last year.
After the freshmen Deeter and LaSelle, Heidi Reichenbach (Plainfield, Ill.), was eighth followed by Mieke Walsh (York, Pa.), Kelly Peterson (Escondido, Calif.), Erin Luby (Inverness, Ill.) and Janel Kiley (Somerville, Mass.).
Freshmen Spark Women's Squad: A pair of freshmen have given Notre Dame's women's team immediate results. Joanna Deeter and Nicole LaSelle have finished one-two for the Irish in both races they have run so far. Deeter's time of 16:39 was the fastest finish in the 11-year history of the race.
Irish in the Rankings: Notre Dame's men's cross country team, who finished tied for eighth at the 1995 NCAA cross country championships, is ranked 10th in the latest men's NCAA poll after entering the preseason poll at 11th. Arkansas is first followed by Northern Arizona and Stanford. Providence is the highest ranked BIG EAST team at ninth with Georgetown behind Notre Dame at 11th.
Martin Surfacing
NCAA MEN'S TOP 25
September 23, 1996
No. Team Pts. LW
1. Arkansas 450 1
2. Northern Arizona 414 4
3. Stanford 412 2
4. Wisconsin 382 3
5. Oregon 338 5
6. Oklahoma State 320 6
7. Colorado 297 7
8. North Carolina St. 294 8
9. Providence 274 9
10. NOTRE DAME 262 11
11. Georgetown 260 10
12. Iowa State 244 13
13. Nebraska 238 14
14. Michigan State 231 12
15. Michigan 208 16
16. Portland 207 20
17. Arizona 189 15
18. Wake Forest 181 17
19. BYU 95 19
20. Boise State 92 21
21. Tennessee 91 18
22. Penn State 87 24
23. William & Mary 69 22
24. Dartmouth 39 25
25. East Tennessee St. 28 NR
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NCAA WOMEN'S TOP 25
Preseason
No. Team Pts.
1. Providence 200
2. Colorado 188
3. Stanford 181
4. BYU 167
5. Georgetown 164
6. Michigan 137
7. Villanova 146
8. Oregon 139
9. Dartmouth 126
10. North Carolina State 124
11. Arizona 122
12. Wisconsin 117
13. Arkansas 107
14. Auburn 100
15. Boston College 78
16. Washington 72
17. Florida 70
18. Iowa State 64
Southern Methodist 64
20. Penn State 60
21. Missouri 35
22. Bowling Green 30
23. Weber State 24
24. UCLA 18
25. Illinois State 15
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Men's Results
National Catholic (Sept. 20)
SENIORS
Matt Althoff 24:31 (2)
Joe Dunlop 24:52 (5)
Jeff Hojnaki 25:42 (3)*
Jonathan Kraas 26:45 (10)*
Derek Seiling 24:45 (4)
JUNIORS
Mike Conway 25:58 (15)
Scott Grace 25:07(9)
Jim Pilla 26:29 (9)*
Jason Rexing 24:29 (1)
SOPHOMORES
Dan Ambrico
Antonio Arce 25:36 (2)*
Ryan Blaney 25:45 (4)*
Mike Dreznes 26:10(8)*
Tim Englehardt 25:32 (1)*
Ryan Maxwell 24:59 (6)
Tim Mousaw
Chris Utz
FRESHMAN
Mario Arce
Tom Dietrich
John Dudley 26:08 (7)*
Michael Evangelist
Nick Fehring
Mike Greiwe 27:20 (23)*
Brian Holinka
Timothy Kober
Michael Koenig
Robert Lythgoe 26:54 (16)*
Sean McManus 25:51 (5)*
Phil Mishka
Eamon O'Reilly
TEAM 1st of 26 teams
Number in parentheses indicates finish in race.
* indicates open/JV division finish.
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Women's Results
National Catholic
(Sept. 20)
SENIORS
Emily Dodds 19:06 (4)*
Lindsay Dutton
Michelle Lavigne 19:24 (6)*
Carolyn Long 18:54 (2)*
Heidi Reichenbach 17:51 (8)
JUNIORS
Amanda Enscoe
Janel Kiley 19:02(35)
Melissa Hanna 20:19 (22)*
Christa Margie
Megan Smedley
Mieke Walsh 17:59 (10)
Gretchen Weiher 19:40 (12)*
SOPHOMORES
Natalie Dietsch
Emily Edwards 19:26 (7)*
Katie Helland
Colleen McBride
Erin Newman 19:39 (10)*
Kelly Peterson 18:19(13)
Marisa Posch
Mary Volland
FRESHMAN
Denise Bakula 18:37 (1)*
Rebecca Bea 19:45 (14)*
Joanna Deeter 16:39 (1)
Charlotte Kelly 19:35 (9)*
Alison Klemmer
Nicole LaSelle 17:33 (4)
Erin Luby 18:23(15)
Dana McSherry 19:44 (13)*
Cara Motter 19:20 (5)*
Patti Rice
Valerie Siqueira 19:34 (8)*
Anna Yates
TEAM 1st of 28 teams
Number in parentheses indicates finish in race.
* indicates open/JV division finish.
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Oct. 4 NOTRE DAME INVITATIONAL NOTRE DAME, IND.
Oct. 18 at Central Collegiate Championships Kalamazoo, Mich.
Oct. 19 at Arizona Invitational Tucson, Ariz.
Nov. 1 at BIG EAST Championships Boston, Mass.
