Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, September 29
South Bend, Ind.
1:00 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
at
Notre Dame Invitational
EMU Women's Cross Country Takes Ninth in Notre Dame Invite
9/29/2017 5:41:00 PM | Women's XC
The Eagles placed three harriers within the top-50
Complete Results
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University women's cross country team placed ninth in the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational Friday, Sept. 29, in South Bend, Ind. The Eagles finished with 269 points.
"We got out slow the first part of the race and played catch up the whole way," said Head Coach Sue Parks. "We salvaged a decent finish by running strongly the last half of the race but we didn't get ourselves into the race early enough to have a shot at placing much higher. Today was an improvement over our last race but we know that we have much more in us and we're ready to attack these next two weeks in preparation for our next meet."
Senior Jordann McDermitt (Davison, Mich.-Davison) led the Green and White for the third time this season, ranking 14th out of 159 runners. EMU raced nine student-athletes in the competition, placing three within the top-50. Redshirt senior Alsu Bogdanova (Kazan, Russia-Lyceum #83) was the second Eagle to cross the finish line, placing 40th in 17:10.8. Senior Natalie Cizmas put together a strong performance, rounding out the EMU harries inside the top-50, with a 46th-place finish. Redshirt junior Allie Knoll (Warren, Mich.-Warren Mott) and junior Sydney Meyers (Zionsville, Ind.-Zionsville Community) also cracked the top-100, finishing 78th and 99th, respectively.
The pool of teams included a number of top-ranked programs, including the No. 1-ranked Colorado, who captured first place in the event with 47 points. The Eagles competed tough against some of the most talented runners in the nation, finishing just behind No. 26 Ohio State (8th, 266) and edging out No. 12 and tournament-host, Notre Dame (13th, 309).
The Green and White return to action a week from today, Friday, Oct. 13, at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wis.
Team Results
1. Colorado 47
2. New Mexico 51
3. North Carolina St. 118
4. Arkansas 171
5. Utah 190
6. Air Force 233
7. California 238
8. Ohio State 266
9. Eastern Michigan 269
10. Baylor 278
11. Florida State 296
12. Texas 300
13. Notre Dame 309
14. Washington St. 356
15. Pittsburgh 402
16. UTEP 409
17. Weber State 415
18. Alabama 438
19. Texas Christian 482
20. Tulane 491
Individual Results
14. Jordann McDermitt 16:45.1
40. Alsu Bogdanova 17:10.8
46. Natalie Cizmas 17:17.6
78. Allie Knoll 17:46.1
99. Sydney Meyers 17:58.1
104. Anna Aldrich 18:01.5
123. Jenna Wyns 18:22.7
137. Madison Distelrath 18:38.0
145. Ashleigh Simonis 18:57.5
Women's Open Results
9. Tarynn Cullings 18:30.2
17. Lauren Pottschmidt 18:59.5
19. Kathryn Chevoor 19:05.3
35. Claire Mesa 19:44.1
36. Rachel Brougher 19:52.3
38. Mikaylie Park 20:00.0
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University women's cross country team placed ninth in the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational Friday, Sept. 29, in South Bend, Ind. The Eagles finished with 269 points.
"We got out slow the first part of the race and played catch up the whole way," said Head Coach Sue Parks. "We salvaged a decent finish by running strongly the last half of the race but we didn't get ourselves into the race early enough to have a shot at placing much higher. Today was an improvement over our last race but we know that we have much more in us and we're ready to attack these next two weeks in preparation for our next meet."
Senior Jordann McDermitt (Davison, Mich.-Davison) led the Green and White for the third time this season, ranking 14th out of 159 runners. EMU raced nine student-athletes in the competition, placing three within the top-50. Redshirt senior Alsu Bogdanova (Kazan, Russia-Lyceum #83) was the second Eagle to cross the finish line, placing 40th in 17:10.8. Senior Natalie Cizmas put together a strong performance, rounding out the EMU harries inside the top-50, with a 46th-place finish. Redshirt junior Allie Knoll (Warren, Mich.-Warren Mott) and junior Sydney Meyers (Zionsville, Ind.-Zionsville Community) also cracked the top-100, finishing 78th and 99th, respectively.
The pool of teams included a number of top-ranked programs, including the No. 1-ranked Colorado, who captured first place in the event with 47 points. The Eagles competed tough against some of the most talented runners in the nation, finishing just behind No. 26 Ohio State (8th, 266) and edging out No. 12 and tournament-host, Notre Dame (13th, 309).
The Green and White return to action a week from today, Friday, Oct. 13, at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wis.
Team Results
1. Colorado 47
2. New Mexico 51
3. North Carolina St. 118
4. Arkansas 171
5. Utah 190
6. Air Force 233
7. California 238
8. Ohio State 266
9. Eastern Michigan 269
10. Baylor 278
11. Florida State 296
12. Texas 300
13. Notre Dame 309
14. Washington St. 356
15. Pittsburgh 402
16. UTEP 409
17. Weber State 415
18. Alabama 438
19. Texas Christian 482
20. Tulane 491
Individual Results
14. Jordann McDermitt 16:45.1
40. Alsu Bogdanova 17:10.8
46. Natalie Cizmas 17:17.6
78. Allie Knoll 17:46.1
99. Sydney Meyers 17:58.1
104. Anna Aldrich 18:01.5
123. Jenna Wyns 18:22.7
137. Madison Distelrath 18:38.0
145. Ashleigh Simonis 18:57.5
Women's Open Results
9. Tarynn Cullings 18:30.2
17. Lauren Pottschmidt 18:59.5
19. Kathryn Chevoor 19:05.3
35. Claire Mesa 19:44.1
36. Rachel Brougher 19:52.3
38. Mikaylie Park 20:00.0
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