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By Rick Freeman
Daily Sports Writer
COLUMBUS - After Saturday's
Big Ten championship race, several
runners surrounded Michigan
women's cross country coach Mike
McGuire, staring at the official
result that he held in his hands.
Their faces mirrored the look of
consternation and dismay on his
own.
They shook their heads at the
words "University of Wisconsin"
repeated six times on the page, in
places three through eight.
The Michigan women's cross
country team finished a disappoint-
ing second at the Big Ten
Championships on Saturday, as
Wisconsin soured junior Katie
McGregor's individual title by steal-
ing the third through eighth spots in
the race.
The Badgers captured the title by
staying together in a tight pack
throughout the race.
The Wolverines have had prob-
lems all season with their fourth and
fifth runners, and knew that they
needed to turn in their best efforts of
the year to win this meet.
Michigan's top three runners were
McGregor, who finished in 17:14.
sophomore Elizabeth Kampfe, 19
seconds behind McGregor in second
place and freshman Julie Froud, who
finished ninth overall.
McGregor "asserted herself right
from the front," McGuire said.
The usually problematic fourth
and fifth places for the Wolverines
were strong on Saturday. Freshman
Lisa Ouellet finished 13th and true
freshman Katie Clifford was three
spots behind her in 16th.
"Everyone picked it up, everyone
got a little closer" McGregor said.
Normally, such a narrow gap
between the first and fifth runners
brings success, but against a team
like Wisconsin, it simply wasn't
enough. ,
"Everyone stepped it up and did
what they had to do" Froud said.
Michigan's performance in
Columbus was perhaps its best per-
formance of the year, in that they
finally shrank the gap between the
third and fifth Michigan runner that
has plagued them all season.
Unfortunately they still didn't win
the meet. Instead they found them-
selves a close, but disappointing,
second place.
"We could have been closer, that's
all," Froud said.
Particularly upset was Froud, who
LOUIS BROWN/Daily
Elizabeth Kampfe, left, and Katie McGregor celebrate after finishing second and first, respectively, at the Big Ten Cross
Country championships in Columbus this weekend. Their efforts earned them All-Big Ten first team honors. Despite their
efforts, and those of their teammates, the Wolverines finished in second place.
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"Everyone picked
it up, everyone
got a little closer."
- Katie McGregor
Michigan cross country team
[iad been passed in the last kilometer
by the six Wisconsin runners and
simply could not catch up to them.
"I didn't know they were all
together right behind me," she said
Froud was completely surprised
by the move made by the six runner
and found herself overwhelmed and
unable to catch up.
"Personally I'm a little disap-
pointed" she said.
Despite a spectator's comment
that Michigan was "blown away" by
Wisconsin head coach Mike
McGuire does not see it that way.
"I wasn't disappointed with our
effort," McGuire said
Although Michigan came up shor
with a great effort, McGuire
believes the team is still building
momentum.
"A lot of positives came out of the
race," he said "if we take that
momentum with us into the regional
meet we should be able to automati-
cally qualify for the national meet"
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was pissed off when I crossed, and
then I heard them announce (that
Michigan had won the meet)."
Even more impressive, Snyder
has been battling respiratory illness
recently.
"Snyder's been sic'k the past two
weeks," Sullivan said. "He just
sucked it up and ran really strong,"
Sullivan and Mortimer showedn
concern at all during or before thb
race. Kyle Baker of Michigan State,
who finished third overall, remained
even with the pair at the three kilo-
meter mark. But as Sullivan then
Mortimer approached the finish,
smiling, Baker was nowhere to be
seen.
Sullivan and Mortimer had dis-
cussed strategy beforehand and it
paid off on Saturday.
"From three (kilometers) on v
were going to push the pace until we
could break Baker and then just
start racing each other from there"
Sullivan said.
Once Baker was well behind the
pair, they raced each other.
Mortimer tried to pull away early
but Sullivan, known for his strong
finishes, made his move and pulled
ahead.10
"I got lucky and happened to ha
the better day," Sullivan said "John
gave me a really tough run."
-Daily Sports Writer Chris Duprey
contributed to this report.
Kenyan
wins NYQ,
marathon
NEW YORK (AP) - Twice during
the New York City Marathon, John
Kagwe stopped to tie his flapping
shoelace. When it came loose again
four miles from the finish, the
Kenyan decided to forget about it.0
"I said even if I lost my shoe,I
wouldn't worry," Kagwe said.
The loose lace didn't trip him up,
and Kagwe won the race in near-
record time Sunday, using patience
and experience to outlast his heavily
favored countrymen.
If Kagwe's win was surprising,
even more shocking was the first-
place finish by Franziska Rochat-
Moser of Switzerland for the wom*
The favorites, two-time champions
German Silva of Mexico and Tegla
Loroupe of Kenya, faded over the
closing stages. Silva wound up a dis-
tant fifth among the men and Loroupe
was seventh among the women.
It was the second consecutive year
for upset winners, following the 1996
triumphs by Giacomo Leone of Italy
and Anuta Catuna of Romania. Leone
did not defend his title this year, who
Catuna finished fourth.
Kagwe finished-in a personal-best
time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 12 sec-
onds - only 11 seconds off the
course record of 2:08:01.
Chebet finished second in 2:09:27,
and was followed by Stefano Baldini
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