Central Michigan University Athletics
Women's Cross Country Travels To Michigan Intercollegiates
10/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 9, 2000
THE TEAM--The Central Michigan University women's cross country team travels to Kalamazoo to participate in the Mcihigan Intercollegiates on Friday, Oct. 13, at 4 p.m. The meet is open to all colleges and universities located in the state of Michigan.
THE COACHING STAFF--The CMU women's cross country program is headed up by head coach Kathleen Raske Sparrey and assistant coach Karen Lutzke. Raske Sparrey led the Chippewas to a fifth-place finish at the 1999 indoor Mid-American Conference track and field championships and a fourth-place finish at the MAC outdoor finals while Lutzke was the head women's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach at Michigan State (1990-98) and the head women's and men's cross country and women's track and field coach at Olivet (1998-99).
RECAP-- Central Michigan University took second place at the 15th Annual Penn State Open National Invite last Saturday in State College, Pa.
UCLA finished first with 38 points followed by Central Michigan (48), Penn State (61), Navy (74) and St. Francis (145).
The top individual performer for CMU was Stefanie Burklow (Clarkston/Sr.) who took sixth in a time of 22:11. Other top finishers for the Chippewas were Danielle Quisenberry (Middleville/Fr.), eighth at 22:16, Cami Moll (Zeeland/So.), ninth at 22:17, Tami Lauritzen (Wyoming/Sr.), 12th at 22:24, Brook Creed (Walkerville/Jr.), 13th at 22:26, Melissa Miller (Portland/Fr.) 18th at 22:42 and Patty Langworthy (Holland/Jr.), 21st at 22:46.
ASSISTANT COACH KAREN LUTZKE ON THE MICHIGAN INTERCOLLEGIATES-- "We are really excited about the upcoming Michigan Collegiates. The race is for bragging rights as to who is the best in the state of Michigan. With a couple hundred runners expected, it will be our biggest race to date. The race will be on a fast course so it should be exciting. We want to key in on the MAC teams competing in the race."
LUTZKE ON THE PENN STATE INVITATIONAL- "We were happy with how we ran. Everyone had a solid performance. Going into the meet we knew that if we wanted to beat UCLA we would have to have a great race. Brook Creed (Clarkston/Sr.) had been sick the entire week but ran a good race. Our pack ran well together with the top five only 15 seconds apart, which is where we wanted to be. We were really happy beating Penn State and Navy. That has never been done before."
