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Men's Cross Country, Track & Field
Illinois Places Sixth at the Wisconsin Inter-Regional
Oct. 3, 2009
MXC Wisconsin Inter-Regional Complete Results
MADISON, Wis. - The Illinois men's cross country team placed sixth this Saturday at the Wisconsin Inter-Regional. With a team total of 192 points, five Illini finished the 8K with personal bests that will help propel the team into their regular season of competition. The field of 13 consisted of four nationally ranked squads, including no. 4 Wisconsin, no. 10 Georgetown and no. 17 Arkansas. The Orange and Blue beat out no. 23 Michigan by 42 points. "We ran a solid race," cross country coach Wendel McRaven said. "We could have done a better job of running together and finding each other on the course, but these are all things that we have time to work on in the next couple of weeks." Colin Mickow finished first for the Orange and Blue with a personal best 8K time of 24:39. He was followed by fellow sophomores Jim Riddle (24:55), Nathan Troester (24:57), Dan Kremske (25:07) and Chris DeSilva (25:07) who also ran personal best 8Ks. "I have no doubts that we have the strength," Coach McRaven said. "These races go out really fast and we need to do a better job of getting engaged a little bit earlier and feel more comfortable in such a competitive field. We took some positive steps today and we are headed in the right direction." Placing first overall was Andrew Bumbalough, a senior from Georgetown, with a time of 23:54. Syracuse took the team title with a total of 41 points and three finishers in the top-10. Illinois will have next weekend off before they split up and head to the Bradley Classic on Oct. 16 and the Pre-Nationals meet on Oct. 17.
ILLINOIS RESULTS
TEAM RESULTS
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