Oct. 19, 1999
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The 10th-ranked Notre Dame men's cross country team
finished sixth at the Pre-National NCAA meet on the Indiana University
Cross Country Course in Bloomington, Ind. October 16th. The impressive
finish pushed the Irish up two spots in the MONDO NCAA division I men's
cross country poll. The women were affected by the absence of top-runner
and senior All-American JoAnna Deeter and finished 22nd out of 33 teams.
PRE-NATIONAL NCAA RECAP: The men's team defeated some of the top teams in
the nation at the Pre-National meet. BYU (seventh) and Northern Arizona
(eighth) were ranked in the top 10 above the Irish before the meet but
finished behind Notre Dame in the men's "A" race.
Once again the men's team was paced by junior Ryan Shay (Central
Lake, Mich.). Shay finished fourth with a time of 24:12.79, just six
seconds behind Steve Fein of Oregon in first place. Sophomore Luke Watson
(Stillwater, Minn.) continued his impressive second season with the Irish
with a 22nd finish in a time of 24:40.90. Another sophomore, Marc Striowski
(Toronto, Ont.), was the next Irish runner across the finish line in 68th
place and a time of 25:20.80. Seniors Sean McManus (Hernando, Fla.) (75th)
and Ryan Maxwell (Staten Island, N.Y.) (87th) were the other scoring
runners for the Irish. Notre Dame's team total of 249 finished behind
Stanford (126), Colorado (140), Arizona (186), Georgetown (194) and Arizona
State (248).
The women's team had a disappointing performance without
All-American JoAnna Deeter (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) who did not run due to a
sprained ankle. Senior Alison Klemmer (Troy, Mich.) was the top Irish
runner, finishing in 44th place with a time of 18:07.97, a minute behind
first place runner Kara Wheeler of Colorado. Other scoring runners for the
Irish were senior Patti Rice (Mishawaka, Ind.) (92nd), freshman Jennifer
Handley (Barrie, Ont.) (124th), junior Erin Olson (Eden Prarie, Minn.)
(138th), and senior Erin Luby (Inverness, Ill.) (142nd). The poor finish
knocked the Irish out of the FinishLynx top 25 for the first time this
season.
IRISH MOVE UP IN THE POLLS: The men made their first appearance in the top
twenty after their third place finish in the Notre Dame Invitational
October 1. After having not been ranked in the preseason MONDO NCAA poll,
the Irish moved up from 17th to 10th following the Pre-National meet last
weekend.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: Both varsity teams have a week off before travelling to
Manhattan,N.Y. for the BIG EAST Championships Friday, October 29.
MONDO NCAA Div. I
Men's Cross Country
Poll
(10/19)
Conducted by the United States
Cross Country Coaches Association
Rk School (First-Place) Pts
1. Arkansas (15) 399
2. Stanford (1) 381
3. North Carolina St. 368
4. Colorado 351
5. Wisconsin 339
6. Arizona 321
7. Georgetown 299
8. Michigan 281
9. Arizona State 268
10. Notre Dame 254
11. James Madison 232
12. Oregon 228
13. BYU 209
14. Villanova 173
15. Utah 169
16. Northern Arizona 167
17. Weber State 126
18. Princeton 120
19. William & Mary 116
20. Portland 91
FINISHLYNX NCAA DIVISION I
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY POLL
Conducted by the Women's
Cross Country Coaches Association
Rk Team (first place votes) Pts
1. Stanford (12) 300
2. Arkansas 288
3. BYU 276
4. Colorado 262
5. Wisconsin 254
6. North Carolina 237
7. Kansas State 226
8. Georgetown 210
9. Washington 206
10. North Carolina State 192
11. Arizona State 189
12. William & Mary 168
13. Boston University 156
14. UCLA 141
15. Baylor 132
16. Texas 116
17. Minnesota 109
18. Michigan State 93
19. Wake Forest 79
20. Northern Arizona 62
SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER
11 Valparaiso Invitational M 1st
(Valparaiso, IN) W 2nd
17 National Catholic Invitational
M 1st
W 1st
OCTOBER
1 Notre Dame Invitational
M 3rd
W 1st
16 Pre-National Championships
(Bloomington, IN)
M 6th
W 22nd
29 BIG EAST Championship
(Bronx, NY) 10:00 a.m.
NOVEMBER
13 NCAA Great Lakes Region
(Terre Haute, IN) 10:30 a.m.
22 NCAA Championships 10:30 a.m.
(Bloomington, IN)
All times local to site.
Home meets run at Burke Golf Course.
