Michigan State University
Big Ten Championships
Women Finish 2nd, Men 7th At Big Ten Championships
10/28/2007 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Oct. 28, 2007
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COLUMBUS, Ohio. - The Michigan State cross country teams competed at the Big Ten Championships in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday afternoon at the Ohio State University Golf Course. The women had another great finish, taking home second place, marking their third straight top-three finish in as many team-scored meets this fall. Senior Nicole Bush finished in second place overall (19:49.38) and junior Alissa McKaig finished eighth with a time of 20:19.59. The men finished seventh on the day, as Dustin Voss set the pace, finishing 40th with a time of 24:59.42.
The women's team finished four runners in the top-20,and placed second to Minnesota in the team standings. Along with Bush and McKaig, junior Lisa Senakiewich finished 12th (20:26.05), and junior Sarah Price crossed the finish line with a time of 20:45.75, to finish 19th. Freshman Emily MacLeod placed 47th out of 98 runners in the meet with a time of 21:34.90. Leah Elenbaas (54th, 21:47.81), Ashley Casavant (58th, 21:54.24) and Emily Langenberg (89th, 22:52.58) were the non-scoring finishers for the Spartans.
"The women did such a great job today, I don't think we could have done any better," said associate head coach Rita Arndt-Molis. "Minnesota is a great program, and they ran a great race. So it's bittersweet - we are very excited about how we ran, but are still a little disappointed."
Wisconsin finished in first place in the men's team standings, with five of its runners crossing the finish line in the top-10. Michigan State Freshman Patrick Grosskopf came in three spots behind Spartan leader Voss, finishing 43rd with a time of 25:02.37. Max Goldak came in a little over two seconds later (25:04.94) crossing the finish line in 46th. Freshman Michael Quick came in at 25:07.19 to place 48th in the race, while freshman Spencer Beatty rounded out the Spartan team scorers, finishing 51st with a time of 25:09.87. Not counting towards team scoring was sophomore Amol Huprikar (52nd - 25:10.67), senior Jim Pancoast (56th-25:26.23), junior Bill Peterson (62nd-25:35.52) and sophomore Nick Katseferas (68th-25:49.79).
"The men are learning something new about our team every race," said coach Arndt-Molis. "We walked away today with a clear understanding of what it takes to compete. We are not far off, we just need some leadership, and it starts with the team."
Up next for Michigan State is the Great Lakes Regional Championships, held in Bloomington, Ind., on Saturday, Nov. 10.
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