Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Michigan University
at Pre-Nationals Invitational
Women's Cross Country Back in Action This Weekend
10/15/2009 2:34:08 PM | Women's XC
The Eagles will head to Indiana for the Pre-Nationals Invitational, while several other runners head to BGSU for the Falcon Invite.
Pre-Nationals Invitational Information.
Falcon Invitational Course Map (PDF).
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Coming off an idle week, the Eastern Michigan University women's cross country team is back in action Saturday, Oct. 17, when it sends runners to compete in two separate races.
Several runners will travel down the road to
Heading to Indiana to compete in the Pre-Nationals Invitational are freshmen Courtney Calka (Livonia, Mich.-Stevenson), Tiffany Kincaid (Clarkston, Mich.-Clarkston), Rachel Quaintance (White Lake, Mich.-Walled Lake Northern), Christina Farrow (Rochester Hills, Mich.- Renaissance), sophomores Natalie Webb (Allen Park, Mich.-Woodhaven), Rachel Hollinger-Janzen (Goshen, Ind.-Goshen), and junior Beverly Elcock (Fort Wayne, Ind.-Northrop). Senior Jackie Ellis (Lebanon, Ohio-Lebanon-Hope College) will compete in the women's open race, which is the final race of the day and is slated to begin at 2:10 p.m.
Competing in the Falcon Invitational is sophomore Morgan Churchwell (
The Eagles haven't competed in the Falcon Invitational since the 2007 season, when the team finished eighth (out of 18) with 200 points.
At the Pre-Nationals Invitational last year, the Eagles finished 37th as a team with five runners finishing with personal best times.
Calka has paced the Eagles in all four races this season running in the top position. At the Notre Dame Invitational, Oct. 2, Calka was the first EMU harrier to cross the finish line, taking sixth in the gold division with a time of 17:56.
Hollinger-Janzen has finished in the second position behind Calka in three out of four races so far this season. At the Notre Dame Invitational, however, she was the third EMU harrier to cross the finish line. Hollinger-Janzen placed 34th with a time of 18:43, while Elock finished one spot and two second ahead of Hollinger-Janzen, taking 33rd with a time of 18:41.
The Eagles are back in action in Dexter, Mich. when they host the EMU Fall Classic.
