Lake Forest College Sports Information
September 30, 2006
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Competes at Loyola’s Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational
Katie Snowden runs program’s fourth-fastest time


Andrew Hutchinson
Chicago, Ill. - The Forester cross country teams competed in Loyola University’s Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational on Saturday (September 30). The Lake Forest women placed 19th out of 33 teams and the men were 23rd out of 27.

Senior Katie Snowden (Toronto, Ontario/York Mills Collegiate Institution) continued to be the Foresters’ top female runner. She placed 39th out of 379 competitors with a 5-kilometer time of 19:28, the fourth-fastest mark in team history. Freshman Diane Stajszczak (Boulder City, Nev./Boulder City) placed 101st in 20:26 and senior Leann Kimmons (Centennial, Colo./Eaglecrest) finished just eight places and as many seconds later. Liz Martinez (Chicago, Ill./Cristo Rey Jesuit), another senior, was fourth on the team and 183rd in the meet with a time of 21:37 and junior Samantha Yozze (Lemont, Ill./College of Dupage) rounded out the squad’s top five in 201st place with a time of 21:52. Each of the 11 Forester women competing in the race ran her season-best time.

Lake Forest’s top three runners on the men’s side also ran season-best times. They were led by sophomore Andrew Hutchinson’s (Redwood City, Calif./Sequoia) 165th-place finish and 8-kilometer time of 29:10. He became the fourth team member in as many races to lead the squad. Freshman John Thies (Los Angeles, Calif./Saint Francis) crossed the line just eight places and seven seconds later. Sophomore Curt Miller (Reno, Nev./Sage Ridge School) was third on the team in 202nd place with a time of 29:47. The squad’s fourth and fifth runners were sophomores Asa Reynolds (Bethesda, Md./Walt Witman) and Levi Paul (Austin, Minn./Governor Dummer), who placed 241st and 245th in 30:42 and 30:54, respectively.

The Foresters will compete in Benedictine University’s Eagle Invitational on Friday (October 6) at 3:30 p.m. before hosting the eighth annual Forester Invitational at 11:00 a.m. the next Saturday (October 14).

Lake Forest Results: Women | Men
Overall Results