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Cardinals Win SVSU Invitational UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. –
The men's and women's cross country teams each took first place
in their season opener, a home invitational. On the women's side,
the top four finishers were all Cardinals. Diane Johnston (Grand
Blanc) won the 6K event, posting a time of 25:37.53. Her teammates
Sarah Johnston (Grand Blanc) finishing at 25:48.66, Meagan Strohkirch,
in at 26:08.69, and Rikki Owczarzak (Bay City/ Western), who came
in at 26:08.69,all finished right behind the leader to help the
Cardinals take first place honors. Also finishing for the Cardinals
were Heather Kersjes (Corunna), who finished eighth, with a time
of 27:12.73, and Jessica Hugo, finishing tenth at 28:45.89. For
the men, four runners placed in the top ten, helping the Cardinals
edge out second place Lansing Community College by six points. Scoring
for the Cardinals were: Jerome Recker, second at 27:38.27, Pedro
Ortega (Saginaw/ Swan Valley),fourth at 27:48.66, Mike Irwin (Lapeer/
West), finishing seventh at 28:06.45, Jim Wahl (St. Helen/ Roscommon)
eighth in 28:09.01 and Tim Watkins (New Boston/ Riverview Gabriel
Richard), who posted a 28:31.64 time to finish 12th. Lansing Community
College's Mike Gray took home first place with a time of 27:23.66. |
