Eagles Head South For Falcon Invite

EAGLES HEAD TO BOWLING GREEN: The Eagles will head south of the border to face off against several MAC foes at the annual Falcon Invitational hosted by Bowling Green State University. Team’s competing include : Cleveland State, Dayton, Bowling Green, Glen Oaks CC, Miami, Niagara, Ohio Northern, Ohio State, Qwens CC, Schoolcraft, Wright State, Buffalo, Toledo, Siena Heights, Kent State, Lansing CC, Michigan Monarchs, Detroit Mercy, Rio Grande, and Case Western Reserve. The race is set to get underway at 10:45 a.m.

WILLIAMS LEADS EAGLES IN CHICAGO: The Eastern Michigan University women’s cross country team traveled to Chicago, Ill., to compete against numerous teams at the 35th Annual Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational. The Eagles finished 12th overall as a team with 275 points. Purdue won the team title, finishing with 80 points.

Senior Kalli Williams was the top runner for the Eagles for the fourth time this season. She finished the 5K race in a season-best 18:06, good for an eighth place finish. This was also her fourth in as many times this season that she has finished in the top-ten.

Melissa Green finished four spots behind her teammate in 12th place. She finished the 5K course in a season-best 18:25. Lauren Quaintance was the next Eagle across the tape, finishing in 61st place in a time of 19:30. Megan Flewelling was next, finishing 122nd with a time of 20:23. Rounding out the top five for the Eagles was Morgan Newman, finishing 127th in a time of 20:32. Anna Delcamp was the final Eagle across the line in 134th place in a time of 20:39.

WILLIAMS SECOND, EAGLES FOURTH AT CCC’s: The Eastern Michigan University women’s cross country team traveled to Kalamazoo, Mich., to compete in the annual Central Collegiate Championships. Teams competing included instate rivals Central and Western Michigan as well as fellow MAC foe, Toledo. Central walked away with the team title with 36 points while the Eagles finished fourth with 83 points.

Senior Kalli Williams led the way for the Green and White for the third consecutive meet this season. She fought off a tough opponent from Toledo to finish second in a time of 18:29.72. Junior Melissa Green was next to reach the tape, finishing eighth in a time of 18:53.87.

Freshman Lauren Quaintance led the next pack of Eagles across the finish line. She ran the 5K race in a time of 20:21.64, finishing 28. Megan Flewelling was next in a time of 20:48.73, to finish 34. The rest of the Eagle pack included Anna Delcamp (35; 20:48.73), Morgan Newman (37; 21:01.37), Hayden Ahrens (44; 22:23.50) and Nicole Boeving (46; 23:27.96).

EAGLES SECOND IN DETROIT: The Eastern Michigan University women’s cross country team competed at the 2007 Running Fit Titan Invitational hosted by the University of Detroit Mercy Saturday. The Eagles finished second with 49 points behind Wayne State University, who won with 26 points.

For the second week in a row, senior Kalli Williams (Dexter, Mich.- Dexter) was first across the line for the Eagles. She finished second in a time of 18:16. She bettered her 5K mark for the season from the previous week. Behind Williams in fourth was junior Melissa Green (Brecksville, Ohio- Broadview Heights), finishing in a time of 19:17.

The next Green and White runner was freshman Lauren Quaintance, who finished in 14 place with a time of 20:20. Sophomore Megan Flewelling (Grand Blanc, Mich.-Powers Catholic) was next across the line finishing 17 in a time of 20:54.

Junior Anna Delcamp (Ypsilanit, Mich.- Ypsilanti) was the fifth runner across the line for the Eagles. She finished 24 in a time of 21:39. Freshman Morgan Newman was next, finishing 26, in a time of 21:47. The final two to cross the line for the Green and White were Nicole Boeving (31; 22:15) and freshman Hayden Ahrens (35; 22:27).

EAGLES FACE MICHIGAN: The Eastern Michigan University women’s cross country program opened its 2007 season today at the annual Michigan Open against cross town rivals, the University of Michigan Wolverines.

Junior Kalli Williams lead the way for the Green and White. She finished sixth in the 5,000-meter race, running a time of 18:38.

Melissa Green was the next Eagle across the finish line. She crossed 15 in a time of 19:24. Other harriers running for the Green and White were Lauren Quaintance (21; 20:54), Megan Flewelling (23; 21:55), Anna Delcamp (24; 22:03), Morgan Newman (25; 22:43), Hayden Ahrens (26; 23:25) and Nicole Boeving (27; 24:00).

WOMEN PICKED TO FINISH NINTH IN MAC: The Mid-American Conference released its 2007 cross country preseason poll and the Eastern Michigan Eagles were picked to finish ninth at the Championships in October.

Head coach Sue Parks will return a second-team All-MAC selection in senior Kalli Williams (Dexter, Mich./Dexter) who turned in a 13th place performance. Williams will be joined by junior Melissa Green (Brecksville, Ohio/Broadview Heights) who finished 17th.

The 2007 MAC Championships will take place on October 27 and will be hosted by Central Michigan.

Eastern Michigan Athletics

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