MT. PLEASANT, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley
State University men's and women's cross country team competed
today (Sept. 3) in their season opener, the Jeff Drenth Memorial,
hosted by Central Michigan University.
On the women's side the Cardinals were led by juniors Ashley
Meyer (Shepherd, Mich./Shepherd HS) and Jean
Hollerbach (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Point HS), Meyer 15th
overall timing in at 19:21 and Hollerbach crossing the line 17th
with a time of 19:26. Finishing with a time of 20:07 was
junior Megan Pittoors (Macomb, Mich./Dakota HS) placing her
24th overall and third on the team. Closing out Saginaw
Valley's top-five were Dana
Stolicker (Deckerville, Mich./Deckerville HS) and Amber
Kassuba (Vanderbilt, Mich./Gaylord HS) timing in at 20:19 and
20:32, respectively.
On the men's side Saginaw Valley was led by sophomore Tyler
Noble (Shepherd, Mich./Shepherd HS) who crossed the line at 16:02
placing him 14th overall. Noble was followed closely by
teammates Jeff Wilson (South Lyon, Mich./South Lyon HS) and Chad
Scott (Ada, Mich./Forest Hills Eastern HS), Wilson clocking in at
16:11 good for 19th, and Scott crossing the line at 16:13 placing
21st. Finishing 32nd and 33rd for the Cardinals were
teammates Greg Baade (Warren, Mich./De La Salle Collegiate) and
Frank Griffith (Northville, Mich./Northville HS) who timed in at
16:30 and 16:31, respectively.
The men's and women's cross country teams will be in action
again Friday (Sept. 17) when they travel to East Lansing, Michigan
to compete in the Spartan Invitational.
