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Cross country takes 16th at regionals

The Eastern Michigan University men’s cross-country team finished in 16th place with 442 points in the 2011 NCAA Great Lakes Regional, hosted by the University of Toledo.

The winning team of the NCAA Great Lakes Regional turned out to be Wisconsin, finishing with 50 points.

The individual winner of the Regional was sophomore Callum Hawkins from Butler. He finished with a time of 30:01.5.

Leading the way for the Eagles was junior Tereje Ejigu who finished 27th with a time of 30:56.8. Placing in 44th out of 211 participants for EMU was freshman Daryl Smith, finishing with 31:23.8.

Other notable finishers for the Eagles include senior Cole Sanservino (113th at 32:36.3) and senior Austin Hendrix (121st at 32:51.2).

The women’s cross-country team took 13th in the regional, compared to 18th last season. The winner of the Regional was Michigan with 45 points and the individual winner was Michigan senior Danielle Tauro with a time of 20:27.9.

Freshman Victoria Voronko led the way for the Eagles finishing in 36th place at 21:29.2.

Not too far behind in 74th place was junior Courtney Calka with a time of 22:08.3.

Neither the men’s nor women’s teams qualified for the NCAA Championship.