Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, September 2
Toledo, Ohio
6 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
at
Toledo Rocket Open
Photo by: James Dreher
Eagles Take First At Toledo Rocket Open
9/2/2011 8:31:00 PM | Men's XC
Ejigu takes first overall to lead the Green and White
Results.
TOLEDO, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) —The Eastern Michigan University men's cross country team lived up to their preseason ranking of the top team in the Mid-American Conference this evening after opening up the 2011 campaign with a 28 point, first place finish at the Toledo Rocket Open.
The Green and White placed four runners in the top-10, and were led by Terefe Ejigu (Mount Cook, Wellington/Wellington College (New Zealand)) who completed the distance in 15:19.70 for the top time of the evening. The junior outran the 34-participant field, and finished nearly 19 seconds ahead of the next runner to cross the finish line at the Ottawa Park course in Toledo, Ohio.
Grzegorz Kalinowski (Torun, Poland-Nicholas Copernicus University) also put together an impressive performance of 15:42.70 in third place, while Harry Dixon (Nelson, New Zealand-Nayland College) and Ian Hancke (Haslett, Mich.-Haslett) finished sixth and seventh, respectively.
Head Coach John Goodridge felt today's competition was a good gage to determine what can be done in terms of training to continue to improve as a team.
"We faced a much improved Toledo team which gave us a good competitive experience for where we are in our training," said Goodridge. "We have not had our first team practice yet having just arrived on campus so this was a good reality check for us to evaluate our summer preparation."
The Eagles will take a week off before returning to action at the 31st Annual Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Mich. on Sept. 16. The event is slated for a 1 p.m.
TOLEDO, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) —The Eastern Michigan University men's cross country team lived up to their preseason ranking of the top team in the Mid-American Conference this evening after opening up the 2011 campaign with a 28 point, first place finish at the Toledo Rocket Open.
The Green and White placed four runners in the top-10, and were led by Terefe Ejigu (Mount Cook, Wellington/Wellington College (New Zealand)) who completed the distance in 15:19.70 for the top time of the evening. The junior outran the 34-participant field, and finished nearly 19 seconds ahead of the next runner to cross the finish line at the Ottawa Park course in Toledo, Ohio.
Grzegorz Kalinowski (Torun, Poland-Nicholas Copernicus University) also put together an impressive performance of 15:42.70 in third place, while Harry Dixon (Nelson, New Zealand-Nayland College) and Ian Hancke (Haslett, Mich.-Haslett) finished sixth and seventh, respectively.
Head Coach John Goodridge felt today's competition was a good gage to determine what can be done in terms of training to continue to improve as a team.
"We faced a much improved Toledo team which gave us a good competitive experience for where we are in our training," said Goodridge. "We have not had our first team practice yet having just arrived on campus so this was a good reality check for us to evaluate our summer preparation."
The Eagles will take a week off before returning to action at the 31st Annual Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Mich. on Sept. 16. The event is slated for a 1 p.m.
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