| Lake Forest College Sports Information
November 10th, 2001 Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID Eight Foresters
Compete at NCAA Midwest Regional Championship
UW-La Crosse won the women's team title with 68 points, 15 more than second-place UW-Oshkosh. Washington University was third (140) and UW-Stevens Point finished fourth (173). The top four teams in the women's race advanced to the NCAA National Championship Meet. UW-La Crosse and UW-Oshkosh were the top two teams in the men's race as well, with 44 and 58 points, respectively. North Central College finished third (94), UW-Stevens Point took home fourth place (126) and UW-Platteville placed fifth (222). All five teams advance to nationals. Sophomore Lee Winklepleck (Shaker Heights, OH/Hathaway Brown) was the top female Forester and completed the 5-kilometer course in 21:30. Junior Molly Sutherland (St. Paul, MN/Visitation) ran her fastest race of the year, finishing in 22:33. Seniors Charles Evans (Asheville, NC/Carolina Day School), Joe Zemaitis (Scottsdale, AZ/Horizon) and Naresh Kavuri (Naperville, IL/Naperville Central) all ran well in the final race of their careers. Evans's 8-kilometer time of 27:40 made him the top finisher on the team in every race this season. He ends his career with four of the top five times in the program's seven-year history and eight ranking in the top 25. Zemaitis's 28:25 was his best of the season and his four injury-riddled years still produced six of the school's top 25 times. Kavuri's 31:11 is the second-best time of his season and career. Junior Eric Crawley (Braintree, MA/Thayer) finished the race in 28:01, just six seconds slower than his career-best and freshman Logan Dick (Tucson, AZ/Salpointe Catholic) finished in 29:56, the first time he's ever been under 30 minutes. While four runners on the men's team
will receive their diplomas in May, the women's squad loses just one runner
to graduation. Head coach Tina
McDonie will be looking for new runners on both sides to make a difference
in 2002.
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