Panthers Prepare For At Pre-NCAA's

Women finish 25th in Terra Haute

Oct. 19, 2002

The UWM's women's cross country team finished 25th out of 29 teams at the Pre-National Invitational at Indiana State, in Terra Haute, Ind. on Saturday.

Abby Hurst led the Panthers with a 79th place finish, and 23:00 time on the 6k course. Finishing 11 second behind Hurst was Allison Shattuck with a time of 23:11. Both Hurst and Shattuck made large imporvements over their finishes from last season.

Rounding ot the scorers for Milwaukee was Katie Anderson (23:55), Katie Olander (24:24) and Anna Christian (25:01). Griffin McNulty also ran for Milwaukee, finishing at 25:07.

Julie Culey of Rutgers took first plce individually with at 20:55.7, while Brigham Young took first in team competition. BYU posted six runners in the top 11 finishers to pace the field that included fellow Horizon League teams Butler (18th), Youngstown State (20th) and Wright State (26th).

The Panthers will have two weeks off, before returning to action at the Horizon League Championships, Nov. 2, in Chicago.