Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern
Illinois-Chicago Home Opener
Cross Country Runs to Easy Victory
9/2/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country & Track
Sept. 2, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern University women's cross country roared to victory in its first race of 2000, scoring 18 points to blow away a five-team field at the 2-mile UIC Home Opener Saturday morning.
The Wildcats finished far ahead of second-place Loyola-Chicago, which scored 50 points.
Sophomore Rachel Evjen (Eau Claire, Wis./North), an All-District runner a year ago, led the way as Northwestern captured seven of the first eight spots across the finish line. Evjen's time was 11:09, 12 seconds ahead of freshman Emily Blakeslee (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) who was second. Nora Colligan (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) was fourth overall in 11:22, while Laura Evans (Christiansburg, Va./Christiansburg) was fifth in 11:24 and Nicole Kuznia (Olivia, Minn./BOLD) rounded out NU's scorers at sixth place in 11:26.
Northwestern will be back in action next Friday in Peoria, Ill., competing in the Bradley Open.
TEAM SCORES
1. Northwestern, 18
2. Loyola-Chicago, 50
3. Illinois-Chicago, 86
4. Northern Illinois, 87
5. Chicago State, 146
NU INDIVIDUAL SCORERS
1. Rachel Evjen, 11:09
2. Emily Blakeslee, 11:21
4. Nora Colligan, 11:22
5. Laura Evans, 11:24
6. Nicole Kuznia, 11:26
7. Karen Rogers, 11:28
8. Shannon McGowan, 11:37
11. Jennifer Anderson, 11:44
12. Maria Badaracco, 11:44
19. Clarissa Hitchon, 12:21
20. Lilly Zsolnay, 12:26
23. Elizabeth Gibbons, 12:36
