Lake Forest College Sports Information
October 14, 2006
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

John Thies, Katie Snowden, and Men’s Team Take Forester Invitational Titles
Snowden and Kimmons post two of program’s five fastest times

Katie Snowden John Thies
Lake Forest, Ill. - The Lake Forest College cross country teams hosted their annual invitational on Saturday (October 14) and had the individual champion in both races. The Forester men won the four-team meet while the women placed second out the five squads behind NCAA Division I Northwestern University.

Senior Katie Snowden (Toronto, Ontario/York Mills Collegiate Institution) defended her individual title from last year with a winning time of 19:04 on the newly-designed 5-kilometer course. Classmate Leann Kimmons (Centennial, Colo./Eaglecrest) was the runner-up in 19:25. Their times rank second and fifth, respectively, in school history. Freshman Diane Stajszczak (Boulder City, Nev./Boulder City) placed fifth in the race in 20:21, junior Samantha Yozze (Lemont, Ill./College of Dupage) was 13th in 21:28, and sophomore Sarah Marrinan (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Cathedral) finished 15th in 21:42.

Freshman John Thies (Los Angeles, Calif./Saint Francis) sprinted to the finish line and finished just one second ahead of the runner-up to win the men’s 8-kilometer race in 27:39. Sophomore Andrew Hutchinson (Redwood City, Calif./Sequoia) placed third in 28:03. Sophomores Asa Reynolds (Bethesda, Md./Walt Witman), Curt Miller (Reno, Nev./Sage Ridge School), and Levi Paul (Austin, Minn./Governor Dummer) were eighth, ninth, and 11th in 28:39, 28:56, and 29:19, respectively.

All but one of the 12 Forester women in the race posted season-best times, as did each of the eight men.

After a weekend off, Lake Forest will compete in the Midwest Conference Championship Meet on Saturday, October 28. The men’s 8K race will begin at 11:00 a.m. and the women’s 5K will follow at noon.

Lake Forest Results: Women | Men
Overall Results: Women | Men