Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Southern Illinois University
Saluki Invitational
Men and women's cross country wins Saluki Invitational
09/27/2008 | 12:00:00 | Cross Country
Sept. 27, 2008
By Megan Kramper
www.SIUSalukis.com
Carbondale, Ill. - Jeff Schirmer and Megan Hoelscher led their respected teams as both the men and women swept team titles at the Saluki Invitational.
"You can't help but be happy with two wins," said head coach Matt Sparks.
The men took six of the top ten spots as Schirmer finished first with a time of 24:47.49 while Mohamed Mohamed, who ran unattached finished second.
The Saluki men finished in the next five spots with Mark Bowman (3rd 25:06.65), Jason Ordway (4th 25:14.69) Dan Dunbar (5th 25:16.59) Kyle Kirchner (6th 25:42.62) and Tyler Bradford (7th 25:51.08).
Sparks said he was particularly impressed with the peformance of Mark Bowman, who provided the team with a veteran boost.
"The one thing I was leery about as the year started was we really didn't have any senior leaders someone to really step up," Sparks said. "And Mark (Bowman) over the first two meets has really been the surprise and has had two big breakthroughs."
In the women's race, Kayla Brown from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville finshed first with a time of 18:18.34 and Katelyn Jones from Murray Sate following behind in second with a time of 18:22.51.
Hoelscher finished third with a time of 18:31.62 followed closely by Emily Toennies in fourth place with time of 18:39.59 to pace the top two spots for the Salukis.
Jamie Pfister also finished in the top ten finishing in eighth place with a time of 18:59.68
Other finishers for the Salukis were A'Seret Dokubo (11th 19:06.07), Ryan Eichelberger (13th 19:15.66), Kim Bearwood (22nd 19:52.11), Kristian Baldwin (23rd 19:59.29), Nikura Walls (26th 20:07.06) Amy Phegley (27th 20:11.72), Alisa Baron (36th 21:00.77), Katie Rick (37th 21:05.30), Abby May (50th 22:39.71) Anna Kalnes (51st 22:46.46)
The Salukis will return to action on Oct. 4 when they travel to the Louisville Classic in Louisville, Ky.
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