Sept. 3, 2005

Results

KETTERING, OH - The University of Dayton's women's cross country season opened this Saturday with the Flyer 5K Challenge at Indian Riffle Park in Kettering, OH. The women's team placed second in this weekend's event, with a total of 46 points.

Newcomer Amy Kempf came in third place with a time of 19:05, and she was closely followed by Dianne Striebel who placed fifth with a time of 19:11. Jacqueline Jaworek finished in eighth place at 19:24, and Corey Fullenkamp came in 11th at 19:32. The Flyers' last scoring runner was Anne Oltman, who finished with 20:02 in 19th place.

UD's sixth and seventh runners, Ellen Nienhaus and Meg Watkins placed 20th and 29th with times of 20:02 and 20:30. They displaced 11 competitors.

The event was won by the University of Cincinnati, who earned 39 points. Cincinnati's Karen Berling finished first with a time of 18:58. The University of Miami took third, Xavier fourth, Wright State fifth, and IUPUI sixth.

Northern Kentucky University won the Division II race uncontested. Their top runner was Julianne Hoekzema, who placed 10th overall with a time of 19:27.

The Flyers' next race will be the National Catholic Invitational in South Bend, IN on Sept. 16.