Sept. 13, 1997

Women's Cross Country Team Claims Valparaiso Invitational

VALPRAISO, Ind. -- The Notre Dame women's cross country squad placed five runners in the top eight finishers to claim the team title at the Valparaiso Invitational Saturday morning.

Irish runners Charlotte Kelly, Denise Bakula, Megan Driscoll, Gretchen Weiher and Courtney White finished fourth through eighth place to pace Notre Dame to the win. Notre Dame won the five-team competition with a score of 30 points while host Valparaiso finished second with 37 points.

The Irish men, paced by Mike Graiwe, finished fourth out of eight teams. Graiwe finished ninth overall while Mike Dreznes finished 12th. Western Michigan won the men's competition with 36 points.

WOMEN'S RESULTS
1. Notre Dame      30
2. Valparaiso      37
3. Dayton          56
4. Evansville     119
5. Danville       147
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
 1. Collette Lisa, Valparaiso       17:13.75
 2. Maggie Keane, Dayton            18:43.50
 3. Tami Long, Valparaiso           19:09.01
 4. Charlotte Kelly, Notre Dame     19:18.51
 5. Denise Bakula, Notre Dame       19:27.10
 6. Megan Driscoll, Notre Dame      19:30.14
 7. Gretchen Weiher, Notre Dame     19:42.80
OTHER NOTRE DAME RUNNERS
14. Rebecca Bea, Notre Dame         20:10.24
16. Chrissy Kuenster, Notre Dame    20:17.93
20. Lauren Markowski, Notre Dame    20:46.13
23. Megan Glah, Notre Dame          21:05.83
28. Dana McSherry, Notre Dame       21:29.44
30. Katie Reicher, Notre Dame       21:30.77
MEN'S RESULTS
1. Western Michigan      36
2. Dayton                62
3. Valparaiso            85
4. Notre Dame            86
5. Danville              93
6. Evansville           168
7. Chicago State        222
8. Purdue No. Central   228
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
 1. Dan Uskert, Valparaiso          25:24.71
 2. Sean Frank, Western Michigan    25:45.44
 3. Brian Tscholl, Dayton           25:53.60
 4. Jon Jamison, Danville           25:57.66
 5. Dan Moroney, Dayton             26:06.44
NOTRE DAME RUNNERS
 9. Mike Graiwe, Notre Dame         26:20.42
12. Mike Dreznes, Notre Dame        26:38.38
19. Rob Lythgoe, Notre Dame         27:02.41
21. Chris Utz, Notre Dame           27:11.31
32. Joe Soviero, Notre Dame         27:59.20
40. Eric Reichle, Notre Dame        28:45.21