YPSILANTI, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University men's and
women's cross country teams competed Saturday (Oct. 23) in the
Eastern Michigan University Classic.
The Cardinals held their own in a very competitive field of
runners and were led by senior Jeff Wilson (South
Lyon, Mich./South Lyon HS) who placed fourth overall with a final
5K time of 15:36.0. Following Wilson was sophomore teammate
Tyler Noble
(Shepherd, Mich./Shepherd HS) who clocked in at 15:52.3, good
enough for 16th place. Coming in behind Noble was junior
runner Jonathan Wetters
(Essexville, Mich./Garber HS) who crossed the line at
16:19.0. Filling in the last two spots in SVSU's top-five
were freshmen Chad
Scott (Ada, Mich./Forest Hills Eastern HS) and Matt Kabacinski
(Bay City, Mich./Bay City Western HS) clocking in at 16:25.2 and
16:27.4, respectively.
The lady Cardinals also competed very well in this competitive
field of runners and were led by junior Jean Hollerbach (Grosse
Pointe, Mich./Grosse Point HS) who finished the 5K with a time of
18:54.0, good enough for 15th place. Folloing close behind
Hollerbach was sophomore Chelsea Savage (Monroe, Mich./St. Mary's
Catholic Central) who finished with a final time of 19:01.6.
Finishing after Savage was junior teammate Megan Pittoors (Macomb,
Mich./Dakota HS) who clocked in at 19:15.5 on the day.
Rounding out Saginaw's top-5 were teammates Dana Stolicker
(Deckerville, Mich./Deckerville HS) and Ashley Meyer (Shepherd,
Mich./Shepherd HS) finishing with times of 19:45.7 and 19:52.5,
respectively.
Saginaw Valley will be back in action again Saturday (Nov. 6) as
they travel to Hillsdale College to compete in the Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Cross Country
Championships.
