Cross Country to take on Summit League Field

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - After a strong pre-championship season, the IPFW men's and women's cross country teams take to the course in Rochester, Mich. to compete for the 2012 Summit League Championship crown.

Meet: The Summit League Championships
When: Saturday, October 27, Women's race starts at 10 a.m., Men's at 11 a.m.
Where: Katke-Cousins Golf Course | Rochester, Mich.
Distance: Women: 6k, Men: 8k

TEAMS
Nine teams compete in each field, as IPFW will be joined by IUPUI, Kansas City, North Dakota State, Oakland, Omaha, South Dakota, South Dakota State, and Western Illinois.

IPFW WOMEN
The IPFW women's cross country team seems to be peaking at the right time, evidenced by Julia Jeszenszky's time of 21:47 at Bradley two weeks ago, a time that puts her third in the school record books for a 6,000-meter race.

Freshman Katie Simmons narrowly missed climbing into the all-time top-10 with a time of 22:41, placing 81st, while classmate Andrea Bell finished eight places later with a time of 22:46, just ahead of Kayla Boyes who placed 90th in a time of 22:47. Amaya Ayers rounded out the scoring five with a time of 23:00, placing 112nd.

Anna Reibs (23:12) and Jordan Tomecek (23:36) placed 129th and 150th, respectively, as Rebecca Jacobs (173rd/24:04) and Alexa Brown (201st/25:11) gave IPFW its running nine.

IPFW MEN
The IPFW men's squad gets better and better every week, led by Jordan Holloman, who climbed into 10th in school history two meets ago at the Notre Dame Invitational, improved his time by nearly 20 seconds to 26:35, and climbing up four spots on the school record board into 6th overall two weeks ago at Bradley.

Chris Rudolph was the second Mastodon finisher, taking 124th in the field with a time of 26:57, while Cody Sengthong placed 134th in 27:11.

Garrett Gleckler (140th) and Brandon Perry (151st) rounded out the scoring five for IPFW with times of 27:22 and 27:58, each. Evan Boucher placed 158th and Randy McComb 162nd in times of 28:20 and 28:39, while Kyle Schmidt took 171st in a time of 30:13.

CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
The Mastodons joined the Summit League prior to the 2007 league championships hosted by Western Illinois University, and have competed in the last five overall races. Highlighting the Mastodons' time in the league was a first place finish in 2007, and a runner-up placing in 2008.

Year	Men's Place	Women's Place
2007	9th	t-1st
2008	9th	2nd
2009	9th	7th
2010	9th	7th
2011	10th	9th

Three IPFW athletes have earned five All-Conference consideration, as it takes a top-14 finish to earn All-Conference honors, including a 2008 1-2 sweep in which Crystina Martinez was named Athlete of the Year and Championships MVP. In 2007, head coach Mike Fruchey was named the Coach of the Year.

Year	Runner	Place	Time
2007	Crystina Martinez	4th	21:49
2007	Crystal Martinez	6th	22:04
2008	Crystina Martinez	1st	20:54.9
2008	Crystal Martinez	2nd	21:04.7
2009	Sarah Hutchings	12th	23:07.4

The times put up by Crystina and Crystal Martinez in 2008 still rank as the fourth and fifth fastest 6,000-meter times in Summit League history, while Crystina's is still the second-fastest winning 6k time in league history.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

Purdue University Fort Wayne Athletics

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