Lake Forest College Sports Information
September 17, 2005
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Previews MWC Championship Course at Les Duke Invite
Snowden breaks her own school record in the 6K
  

Katie Snowden placed 11th with a school record 6K time.
GRINNELL, IA - The Forester cross country teams competed in Grinnell College’s Les Duke Invite on Saturday (September 17). The Lake Forest woman placed seventh and the men 10th out of 11 complete teams. Grinnell won the women’s team title while Wartburg College claimed the men’s. The races were run at Oakland Acres Golf Club, the same site of this year's Midwest Conference Championship Meet on October 29.

With a time of 24:27, junior Katie Snowden (Toronto, ON/York Mills Collegiate Institution) finished 11th overall broke her own school record for 6-kilometer courses. Senior Genia Lindsey (Albuquerque, NM/Sandia) was next on the team in 53rd place with a time of 26:36. Freshman Mackenzie Keeley (Calgary, AB/Lord Beaverbrook), junior Leann Kimmons (Centennial, CO/Eaglecrest), and sophomore Amalia Vriend (King City, ON/Cardinal Carter Catholic) were all separated by just four places and seven seconds. Keeley finished 67th in 27:18, on place and two seconds in front of Kimmons. Vriend placed 70th in 27:25.

Senior Derek Meiring (Carleton, MI/Airport Senior) was the men’s team’s top runner in 70th place with an 8-kilometer time of 29:14. Freshman Andrew Hutchinson (Redwood City, CA/Sequoia) placed 84th in 29:54 and broke 30 minutes for the first time in his career. Senior Will Pittinos (Coral Gables, FL/Palmer-Trinity), freshman Asa Reynolds (Bethesda, MD/Walt Witman), and sophomore Grant Shaw (Petoskey, MI/Petoskey) rounded out the Foresters’ top five in 103rd, 118th, and 128th places, respectively.

After taking a weekend off of racing, Lake Forest will compete in Loyola University’s Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational on Saturday, October 1. The meet will begin at 11:00 a.m.

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