Lake Forest College Sports Information
November 16, 2002
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Foresters Finish the Season at NCAA Regional Meet
Women run only 6-kilometer race of the year
  

Elisabeth Lewis was the top Forester in the women's 6K.
PEORIA, IL - Seven Forester cross country runners competed in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Meet Saturday (November 16) to close out the 2002 season. 

In the men's 8-kilometer race, freshman Derek Meiring (Carleton, MI/Airport Senior) and senior Eric Crawley (Braintree, MA/Thayer) led the four Foresters who participated. Meiring's time of 27:14 was the fifth-fastest in school history and just 12 seconds slower than his own school record. Crawley's 27:19 was the program's eighth-best mark and just six seconds off his career-best, set two weeks before at the Midwest Conference Championship Meet.

The two other Forester male runners were sophomore Logan Dick (Tucson, AZ/Salpointe Catholic) and freshman Will Pittinos (Coral Gables, FL/Palmer-Trinity). Dick completed the course in 29:04 while Pittinos ran a season-best 29:39.

The Forester women ran a 6-kilometer race for the first time this season. Freshman Elisabeth Lewis (Bala Cynwyd, PA/Black Forest Academy) completed the course in 25:06, six seconds faster than the team's top runner in the only 6K race in school history. Seniors Kat McCauley (Golden Valley, MN/St. John's) and Molly Sutherland (St. Paul, MN/Visitation) finished out their careers with times of 26:54 and 26:59, respectively. All three women who competed ran a faster pace than any of their 5-kilometer races this season.

Along with Crawley, McCauley, and Sutherland, the program will also lose four other seniors to graduation in May. Four of the top five women and three of the five fastest men are expected to return for the 2003 season.

Forester Results: Women | Men
Overall Results