Akron Cross Country

Women's Cross Country
Site: Western Campus Course
Race Distance: 5km
Weather: ~70 degF, sunny, humid
Course conditions: Thick grass, gravel in sections
Place Last Name First Name 1km 1M 4km 5km 9/6/03 Miami Best
3/1 Sulzener Morgan 3:27 5:35 14:18 17:42 18:13 18:31
            3:24 (-0:31) (-0:49)
13/2 Castle Jennie 3:28 5:37 14:44 18:18 18:36 19:36
            3:34 (-0:18) (-1:18)
17/3 Schoeppner Brandi 3:38 5:55 15:14 18:48 18:59 18:52
            3:34 (-0:11) (-0:04)
26/4 Jones Katrina 3:38 5:55 15:30 19:12 19:36 19:44
            3:42 (-0:24) (-0:32)
30/5 Michael Becki 3:38 5:55 15:45 19:29 19:40 19:25
            3:44 (-0:11) (+0:04)
46/6 Whetherholt Sam 3:45 6:11 16:31 20:33 21:13 19:49
            4:02 (-0:40) (+0:44)
47/7 Fejes Jackie 3:45 6:11 16:33 20:38 20:57 19:59
            4:05 (-0:19) (+0:39)
75 finishers (-0:22)
Spread 1-5: 1:47 Average for top 5: 18:42 Buff (-0:26)
Comments: Team Standings
My goals included: Grade 1. Michigan 33
Build on last week A- 2. Miami 67
Mix it up with UM, etc C 3. Ball State 76
Compete well B+ 4. Akron 82
Race as a team A
No Ada #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 Total
Miami  1 1 2 2 1 7
BSU 3 2 1 1 3 10
Akron 2 3 3 3 2 13
w/ Ada #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 Total
Akron 2 1 1 1 1 6
Miami 1 2 3 3 2 11
BSU 3 3 2 2 3 13
Although we didn't have the perfect meet, I feel that we accomplished a lot in the race and in this early racing block of
our schedule.  In the meet we once again had solid performances from our top 5.  Morgan showed  that she can run
with the elite runners in the MAC and region.  Jennie ran her fastest-ever cross country race on a sub-par day.
Brandi finished strongly, nearly beating last year's 11th-place finisher at the MAC meet, and Katrina and Becki 
competed well.  However, we will need to work on putting together complete competitive races.  In the next few weeks
we will try to enhance our abiltity to go out faster in a race, to sustain a faster tempo in the middle to late portions of the 
race, and to finish strongly.  The first few weeks of the season has shown us we have the capability to be a very
team in the MAC and region.  Let's do all we can to make sure we realize that capability.