Issued: October 3, 2003

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY WINS MIDWEST CHALLENGE

COLFAX – The UW-Eau Claire women’s cross country team took first place in the 3k run en route to winning the Midwest Long and Short Course Challenge here today at the White Tail Golf Course.

Eau Claire won the 3k run by one point over Macalester while St. Thomas finished in third. Sarah Kasabian (Sr.-East Peoria, IL) took first for the Blugolds and second overall with a time of 11:04.2. Melissa Wright (Sr.-Appleton/Kimberly) finished less than one second back of Kasabian en route to a third place finish. Jeanine Twomey (So.-Blaine, MN/Spring Lake Park) took third for the Blugolds and 14th overall with a time of 11:28.0.

Eau Claire took fifth in the 6k portion of the Midwest Challenge while Luther took first place. St. Benedict took second while St. Olaf rounded out the top three. Jenny Warmke (So.-Black River Falls) finished first on the Blugolds and ninth overall with a time of 23:19.9. Heather Lipinski (Jr.-Thorp) and Korah Petrasko (Fr.-Appleton/East) took second and third for the Blugolds with times of 23:57.8 and 24:03.1 respectively.

Eau Claire will be in action next Saturday in Stevens Point.

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