Lake Forest College Sports Information
October 4, 2003
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Snowden Becomes First Forester Female to Win a Race
Lake Forest men and women place second at Warrior Invitational
  

Katie Snowden is the first Forester female to win a race.
WEST ALLIS, WI - The Forester cross country teams competed in Wisconsin Lutheran College's Warrior Invitational on Saturday (October 4). Both the men's and women's squads placed second in the meet. Wisconsin Lutheran finished first in the women's competition and Concordia University (IL) won the men's.

Forester freshman Katie Snowden (Toronto, ON/York Mills Collegiate Institution) made history on the women's side by placing first out of 45 runners with a 5K time of 20:16. She became the first Lake Forest female in the nine-year history of the program to win a race. Sophomore Genia Lindsey (Albuquerque, NM/Sandia) placed fifth with a time of 22:00 and freshman Estafania Luna (Highwood, IL/Highland Park) was just 17 seconds behind Lindsey in seventh place. Sophomore Catherine Norton (South Boston, MA/Phillips Andover Academy) and freshman Ashley Brant (John's Island, SC/Old Fields School) rounded out the Foresters' top five in 15th and 32nd places, respectively.

Freshman Dan Hankosky (Orland Park, IL/Carl Sandburg) paced the men's team with his third-place finish and personal-best 8K time of 27:43. Sophomore Derek Meiring (Carleton, MI/Airport Senior) and senior Beau Llewellyn (Oro Station, ON/Eastview Secondary School) placed seventh and eighth with times of 28:54 and 29:11, respectively. Sophomores Chris Driscoll (Lake Forest, IL/Pope John XXIII Regional) and Will Pittinos (Coral Gables, FL/Palmer-Trinity) made Lake Forest the first team in the meet to have five runners cross the line. They finished 11th and 12th, respectively.

Lake Forest will host the 5th Annual Forester Invitational next Saturday (October 11). The women's 5K race will start at 11:00 a.m. and the men's 8K race will follow at 11:45.

Forester Results: Women | Men
Overall Results: Women | Men