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Ole Women Finish 6th at Pre-Nationals Meet

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October 1, 2001

This past weekend the top Ole women runners raced at the Brissman/Lundeen Pre-National Invitational in Rock Island, Illinois, and the remainder of the team ran at the JV Classic meet hosted by St. Olaf. The Ole runners established their footing on the course for this year?s NCAA Championship, in break-though manner. By finishing sixth overall in the 32 team invitational, the young Oles showed that a berth in the National meet may be in range. The Oles were lead by junior, Megan Daymont (Northfield, Minn.) with her 10th place finish (18:17). Brigid Franey (Sr, Lexington, Ky.) finished 23rd in a great effort. Perhaps running her best race as an Ole, Marit Grorud (So, Fremont, Neb.) led the next pack of Oles. Sonja Bostrom (Sr, St. Paul, Minn.), Britt Carlson (So, Stillwater, Minn), Kjersten Johnson (So, Stevens Point, Wis.), and Maren Flynn (Sr, Arcadia, Wis.) rounded out the top seven scorers. This was a great mid-season effort for the Oles and showed that they will be a team to watch as the rest of the season unfolds.

The women also proved themselves tough once again on their home course at the St. Olaf JV Classic. Lead by April Graves (FY, Shorewood, Minn), Abby Love (So, Appleton, Wis.), Rachel Pederson (Jr, Sioux Falls, SD), and Erica Clausen (So, Wheaton, Ill.), the JV women fought tough and finished third on their home course. With few exceptions, the Ole women bettered their times over last weekend's race on the home course. It is tough to race twice in succession on the same course, and even harder to better times. It was an excellent effort by the Ole squad.

The St. Olaf women will reunite, after being divided this past weekend, and compete at the Eau Claire Invitational at 4:00 pm on Friday, October 5, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Contact Judy Stromayer at 507-786-3315 or stromaye@stolaf.edu.