Miami University
NCAA Regionals
Women's Cross Country Finishes 13th at Great Lakes Regional
11/12/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Nov. 12, 2005
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Led by sophomore Jennie Stoll's (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) 55th-place finish, the Miami University women's cross country team placed 13th out of 32 teams at the Great Lakes Regional on Saturday afternoon.
A second-team all-MAC selection, Stoll tallied her seventh-consecutive top team finish as she clocked in at 22:42.9. After sitting out the season-opening Dayton Flyer 5K Challenge because of an injury, Stoll was the top Miami finisher in each of the team's final seven races.
Miami placed a trio of sophomores among the meet's top 75 finishers as Stoll, Sarah Henize (Bucyrus, Ohio/Bucyrus) and Carol Eckerly (Beavercreek, Ohio) were the top three RedHawk runners. Henize finished in 60th place with a time of 22:51.5, while Eckerly placed 74th, clocking in at 23:05.9.
Rounding out Miami's scoring five were seniors Kristen Proach (Canton, Ohio/St. Thomas Aquinas) and Kelly Ardelean (Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville). Proach finished 188th in 23:46.1, and Ardelean turned in a 120th-place finish with a time of 23:48.5.
Facing a field that featured three schools ranked in the top 25 in the FinishLynx National Poll, the RedHawks finished ahead of conference rivals Kent State, Western Michigan, Bowling Green and Eastern Michigan. Miami also bested in-state rivals Ohio State and Cincinnati.
By finishing as the top two schools at the 6K Indiana Cross Country Course, Michigan and Notre Dame earned the region's two automatic bids to the national meet.
Miami failed to qualify for the NCAA Championship, but the regional meet concluded a successful season for 22nd-year head coach Richard Ceronie and the RedHawks. Miami opened its season with three top-four finishes, including a first-place finish at the Cedarville Invitational on Sept. 17, and it placed one runner, Stoll, on the all-conference squad.
1. 52 Michigan
2. 68 Notre Dame
3. 142 Wisconsin
4. 174 Butler
5. 182 Michigan State
6. 208 Marquette
7. 219 Indiana
8. 230 Toledo
9. 234 Purdue
10. 291 Ohio U.
11. 356 Akron
12. 359 Ball State University
13. 427 Miami
14. 437 Indiana State
15. 463 Kent State
16. 472 Ohio State
17. 491 IPFW
18. 493 Wisconsin Milwaukee
19. 500 Valparaiso
20. 501 Xavier University
21. 505 Western Michigan
22. 518 Bowling Green
23. 522 Cincinnati
24. 589 Central Michigan
25. 611 Oakland University
26. 701 Dayton
27. 801 IUPUI
28. 804 Eastern Michigan
29. 837 Evansville
30. 899 Wis.-Green Bay
30. 899 Wright State
32. 1020 Cleveland St.
