Lake Forest College Sports Information
October 28th, 2000 
Contact:  Mike Wajerski, SID
 
Lake Forest Places 8th and 9th at MWC Championship
Simpson and Crawley are top Forester finishers

RIPON, WI - The Lake Forest College cross country teams competed Saturday (October 28th) at the Midwest Conference Championship. The women finished in 8th place and the men were 9th among the ten conference schools.

Senior Sarah Simpson (Colorado Springs, CO/Palmer), for the seventh time in seven meets led the team with her 27th place finish and career-best time of 20:12. Seven of the nine Foresters ran their fastest times of the season including Simpson, fellow senior Amy Horvat (Cleveland Heights, OH/Gilmour Academy), and sophomores Erin Motzer (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville), Melissa Brown (Cape Coral, FL/Cape Coral), Molly Sutherland (St. Paul, MN/Visitation), Mackenzie Lake (Spooner, WI/Spooner), and Kat McCauley (Golden Valley, MN/St. John's).

The men's course was extremely grueling and produced no season-bests, but a few Foresters had performances worth recognition. For the first time this year, sophomore Eric Crawley (Braintree, MA/Thayer) was the team's top finisher as he completed the 8-kilometer course in 29:26 (31st place), nearly a minute faster than he did three weeks earlier on the same course. Junior Charles Evans (Asheville, NC/Carolina Day School) was next for the squad just six places and 36 seconds back. Junior Naresh Kavuri (Naperville, IL/Naperville Central) turned in the team's most remarkable performance as finished in 32:08, more than two minutes faster than his time on the same course three weeks earlier. 

After a weekend off, the Foresters will compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship in Colfax, WI on November 11th. The men will run at 11:00 AM and the women will follow at 12:00 noon. It marks the final meet on the 2000 schedule for the Foresters.

Forester Results: Women / Men