Northwestern
Big Ten Championships
Women's Cross Country Finishes Sixth at Big Ten Championships
10/28/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country & Track
Oct. 28, 2001
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Northwestern women's cross country team finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships Sunday morning in Savoy, Ill. The 5-kilometer race was run on the University of Illinois' Orange and Blue Course.
The Wildcats scored 137 points in a race that saw a changing of the guard in the Big Ten hierarchy. After six years as the women's team champion, Wisconsin was dethroned by sixth-ranked Michigan State. The Spartans placed all of their scorers in the race's Top 14 en route to a sound victory. MSU's 35 points easily outdistanced second-place Michigan, which had 101. Wisconsin was third with 106 points.
Minnesota (112) and Purdue (116) were the other teams ahead of Northwestern. The Wildcats had a 16-point margin over Illinois and Penn State, who tied for seventh place with 153 points.
Junior Rachel Evjen (Eau Claire, Wis./North) was NU's top runner again Sunday, and became the first Wildcat runner ever to earn first team All-Big Ten. She clocked 17:23.7 to gain fifth place overall.
Freshman Diana Hossfeld (Newport Beach, Calif./Corona Del Mar) earned second team All-Big Ten, taking 11th place overall in 17:45.7. Northwestern's other scorers Sunday were junior Karen Rogers (St. Louis, Mo./Kirkwood), who was 25th in 18:04.1, junior Nicole Kuznia (Olivia, Minn./BOLD), 38th in 18:16.3, and senior Sara Jurek (Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall), 58th in 18:47.5.
NU's other runners were Nora Colligan (Rockford, Mich./Rockford), 62 points in 19:00.0, Nicole Kalogeropoulos (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Fremd), 68 points in 19:18.0, Jennifer Anderson, 86th in 19:44.6, and Kyna Forkins, 87th in 19:48.8.
Northwestern again ran without Laura Evans and Emily Blakeslee, both of whom have been injured all season. Evans was a second team All-Big Ten runner last year, while Blakeslee was one of NU's most consistent scorers as a freshman.
Northwestern will next be in action on Saturday, Nov. 10, running at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Carbondale, Ill.
Team Scores
1. Michigan State, 35 points
2. Michigan, 101
3. Wisconsin, 106
4. Minnesota, 112
5. Purdue, 116
6. Northwestern, 137
t-7. Illinois, 153
t-7. Penn State, 153
9. Indiana, 173
10. Ohio State, 300
11. Iowa, 354
Top 10 Finishers/Northwestern Scorers
1. Bethany Brewster, Wisconsin (17:02.7)
2. Ann Somerville, Michigan State (17:06.9)
3. Lindsay Zinn, Purdue (17:09.4)
4. Michelle Carson, Michigan State (17:18.4)
5. Rachel Evjen (17:23.7)
6. Jamie Krzyminski, Michigan State (17:25.3)
7. Lindsey Gallo, Michigan (17:26.7)
8. Lisa Dyer, Minnesota (17:38.7)
9. Katie Anderson, Michigan State (17:41.7)
10. Michelle Lilienthal, Wisconsin (17:44.3)
11. Diana Hossfeld (17:45.7)
25. Karen Rogers (18:04.1)
38. Nicole Kuznia (18:16.3)
58. Sara Jurek (18:47.5)
Other NU Runners
62. Nora Colligan (19:00.0)
68. Nicole Kalogeropoulos (19:18.0)
86. Jennifer Anderson (19:44.6)
87. Kyna Forkins (19:48.8)
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