MEQUON, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - After turning in two third-place
finishes in the first races of the season, Green Bay women's cross country
runner Lauren Mauel (Green Bay, Wis.) won the Concordia Falcon Invite Saturday
in Mequon. Mauel finished the scenic 6K course with a time of 22:41.1 to win
her first collegiate race.
"I never
thought I would win a race in college," said recent Horizon League Runner of
the Week. "Our whole team has been competing very well and winning is just an
extra bonus."
Besides
Green Bay, in-state and Horizon League rival Milwaukee was the only other Division
I school competing in the race while 13 Division 3 programs also competed.
Freshman Erica
Johnson (Felch, Mich.) finished third among Division I competitors and fourth
overall with a time of 23:30.7. Junior Areanna Lakowske (Sparta, Wis.) finished
fifth among DI runners and seventh overall with a time of 24:04.1 while Nicole
Will (Luxemburg, Wis.) was sixth in the DI competition and eighth overall, crossing
the line in 24:06.5. Freshman Kayla Hucke (Hartland, Wis.) rounded out the top
five for Green Bay finishing the course in a time of 25:46.3 which was good enough
for 12th place among DI competitors and 33rd overall.
As a team,
the Phoenix took top honors among Division I teams scoring 27 points while placing
second overall with 52 points.
On the men's
side, the Phoenix placed second in the Division I competition and fourth overall
among 14 teams. Against Milwaukee, Green Bay scored 45 points and 150
overall.
Sophomore Alex
Kimble (Green Bay, Wis.) paced the Phoenix with a time of 26:44.43, finishing
in fifth place among Division I competitors and eighth overall. Josh Clark
(Gillett, Wis.) crossed the line in seventh place, 17th overall with a time of
27:03.06
Senior Erik
Blomsness (Winona, Minn.) crossed
the line with a time of 28:01.82, finishing in 10th among DI competition and 41st
overall. Junior Steve Wagner (Seymour, Wis.) finished in 45th place overall, 11th
in Division I competition while Billy Lobner (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) followed
closely behind in 46th place and 12th against Milwaukee with a time of
28:21.04.
Green Bay
will have two weeks to prepare for the Notre Dame Invitational held Friday,
Sept. 20 in South Bend, Ind.
