Check out the special edition of the Golden Eagle spotlight as the Marquette Cross Country teams prepare for the BIG EAST Championships this Saturday in Kenosha!
Marquette hosts the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships this Saturday at the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course on the UW-Parkside campus. The the men's race will start at 11:00am and the women begin at 11:50.
Click here for the GoMarquette.com info page.
Click here for the Official BIG EAST Championship Central page.
Don't forget about the MUTC Halloween Party on Saturday night! Click here for the party flyer. If you have not already done so, click here to register for the party.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
BIG EAST XC is almost here!
Marquette hosts the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships this Saturday at the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course on the UW-Parkside campus. The cannon will start the men's race at 11:00am and the women begin at 11:50.
Click here for the GoMarquette.com preview.
Click here for the Official BIG EAST Championship Central page.
Click here for course maps.
Click here for the GoMarquette.com preview.
Click here for the Official BIG EAST Championship Central page.
Click here for course maps.
Click here for a pre-meet Q&A with senior women's team captain Amanda Beggs.
Don't forget about the MUTC Halloween Party on Saturday night! Click here for the party flyer. If you have not already done so, click here to register for the party.
Here is the Golden Eagle Spotlight meet preview.
This is shaping up to be a great event! See you all in Kenosha!
This is shaping up to be a great event! See you all in Kenosha!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
2010 Track & Field Schedule Released
The 2010 Marquette Track & Field schedule was announced today. The team will host two home meets this year at the Bus Shimek Memorial Track & Field Facility. The home season will start off with the UWM dual meet on Friday April 2nd (Good Friday), and followed by the Marquette Twilight on Saturday April 24th. Other local meets include the Badger Track Classic on Saturday Jauary 16th, and an indoor dual meet with UWM on Saturday January 23rd at the UWM Klotsche Center, and the Wisconsin Twilight on Saturday May 8th. The BIG EAST Indoor Championships will take place at the Armory in New York City on Feb 20-21. The University of Cincinnati will host the Outdoor Championships on April 30-May 2.Click here to read the GoMarquette.com release.
Click here to view a PDF version of the schedule.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Re-cap of NCAA Pre-Nationals
Men-
Unfortunately, this was not one of our better days from a team perspective. We got out a little too slow and stayed buried for most of the race. I take a lot of the blame for this because I told them to go out conservatively on the sloppy, slow course. I would say that the course was roughly 40-50 seconds slower than it has been in the past due to all the rain and mud. Some of the guys did run well, but several of them had "off" days. Blake Johnson was our top runner and he passed about 70 guys during the race, but he should have been further up in the race to begin with. Some positives: in the last two years, we have never had our 5th man place higher than 229th. Peter Bolgert was our 5th man yesterday placing 198th. I haven't looked too much into the history of Marquette competing at Pre-Nationals, but I'm not sure we've ever finished in the top 25. I think that yesterday was an "off" day and we were still able to place 30th. All of these guys are very young and they will get a few more cracks at this meet. Overall, I think this was a good learning experience for them and I think we'll run better at conference after having competed in this meet. Here's how things unfolded for each runner:
155. Blake Johnson (25:51)- solid race, but he just got out too slow. Needs to do a better job of putting himself in the race. Placed 203rd in this race last year, so at least he made a nice improvement.
170. Brice Cleland (25:59)- not a bad race for him, but not a great race either. Still nowhere near the fitness level that he was at last year. Not sure what the deal is....
187. Nick Szczech (26:09)- I don't really want to get into it. Not good....
194. Connor Callahan (26:12)- Solid race for this freshman, although he had way too much left at the finish. Like Blake, he needs to do a better job of putting himself in the race.
198. Peter Bolgert (26:21)- Solid race for Peter. Peter always goes 100%. If he's in the race, you know he'll give it everything he's got.
204. Dominick Rosario (26:28)- Great race for this sophomore. He's made some tremendous improvements since last season. Couldn't be happier with his progress.
219. Patrick Keeley (26:57)- Tough day for this sophomore. Got out slow and stayed pretty slow.
Open race-
52. Keith Schueller (26:45)- Much better effort for this sophomore. Earned his spot on the conference squad.
84. Anthony Gedwill (27:41)- Very happy with this freshman. He also earned his spot on the conference squad. He was not one of the superstars that we brought in, but he's healthy and producing results while the other guys are sitting at home. He came in ready to go!
92. Patrick Maag (27:55)- This freshman has really been through a lot recently and he ended his season on a positive note today. He was very sick for about two weeks earlier this season. He is much better on the track and all the fitness he gained this XC season will come back to help him.
Women-
I felt like the women competed much better than they did at Wisconsin a few weeks ago. Again, the course was very sloppy and slow and our women came through the 5k at times that weren't too far off of what they ran at Wisconsin for just 5k. Jayne had a nice race finishing in 83rd place. I would have liked Anna and Olivia to be a little closer to Jayne, but overall they had decent performances. I was slightly confused with the outcome of this years race. Last year, our top two women dropped out of the race and we finished 26th. This year, we had a fairly solid performance all-around and we place 29th. It just goes to show you that you can never predict the outcome of any race. I do believe that several of these women are on an upswing and I think all of them will be ready for their best race of the year at the conference meet on Oct. 31st. Here's how things played out:
83. Jayne Grebinski (21:55)- Solid performance for Jayne. She moved up through the race well.
148. Anna Weber (22:37)- Too much time/places between our #1 and #2 runners. Anna is better than this.
154. Olivia Johnson (22:41)- Considering she walked the last 400m of this race last year, I'll take her performance. She's better than this, but I'll take what I can get.
165. Kristin Pelzel (22:48)- Nice race for this young lady. She usually bombs at the bigger meets, so hopefully this is a turning point. She was in dead-last at 400m of this particular race, worked her way up nicely.
170. Molly Arenberg (22:52)- She's a soccer player, how can I not be happy with the way she's running this season. She just runs and has fun! Very refreshing.
185. Laurie Dalrymple (23:06)- She's lucky to even be running right now. Spent two days in the hospital about two weeks ago. Missed the Wisconsin meet. She might be in our top 5 at conference, she might not race. Your guess is as good as mine.
198. Sarah Verdoliva (23:17)- Solid race for her, but still not quite where I think she should be running. Might be starting to run out of gas. First full season of XC. Hopefully all of this XC stuff will help her in track. We'll see....
Open Race-
17. Amanda Beggs (22:54)- Great race for this senior. Still not running where she was last year, but she has made steady progress throughout the season. I think she'll make a run at our top 5 at conference.
60. Christina Sliepka (23:46)- Solid effort for this freshmen. Good way for her to end her season.
63. Carly Condon (23:52)- Great effort for this young lady. She is a red-shirt freshmen and she has absolutely no idea whats going on around her. She's another one who just shows up and races. She has possibly the most potential for improvement.
72. Carly Windt (24:08)- Not a good race for her. She ran awesome at UW-Parkside last weekend, so this was frustrating. Oh well, she made some tremendous improvements this year and I'm pleased with here progress.
Unfortunately, this was not one of our better days from a team perspective. We got out a little too slow and stayed buried for most of the race. I take a lot of the blame for this because I told them to go out conservatively on the sloppy, slow course. I would say that the course was roughly 40-50 seconds slower than it has been in the past due to all the rain and mud. Some of the guys did run well, but several of them had "off" days. Blake Johnson was our top runner and he passed about 70 guys during the race, but he should have been further up in the race to begin with. Some positives: in the last two years, we have never had our 5th man place higher than 229th. Peter Bolgert was our 5th man yesterday placing 198th. I haven't looked too much into the history of Marquette competing at Pre-Nationals, but I'm not sure we've ever finished in the top 25. I think that yesterday was an "off" day and we were still able to place 30th. All of these guys are very young and they will get a few more cracks at this meet. Overall, I think this was a good learning experience for them and I think we'll run better at conference after having competed in this meet. Here's how things unfolded for each runner:
155. Blake Johnson (25:51)- solid race, but he just got out too slow. Needs to do a better job of putting himself in the race. Placed 203rd in this race last year, so at least he made a nice improvement.
170. Brice Cleland (25:59)- not a bad race for him, but not a great race either. Still nowhere near the fitness level that he was at last year. Not sure what the deal is....
187. Nick Szczech (26:09)- I don't really want to get into it. Not good....
194. Connor Callahan (26:12)- Solid race for this freshman, although he had way too much left at the finish. Like Blake, he needs to do a better job of putting himself in the race.
198. Peter Bolgert (26:21)- Solid race for Peter. Peter always goes 100%. If he's in the race, you know he'll give it everything he's got.
204. Dominick Rosario (26:28)- Great race for this sophomore. He's made some tremendous improvements since last season. Couldn't be happier with his progress.
219. Patrick Keeley (26:57)- Tough day for this sophomore. Got out slow and stayed pretty slow.
Open race-
52. Keith Schueller (26:45)- Much better effort for this sophomore. Earned his spot on the conference squad.
84. Anthony Gedwill (27:41)- Very happy with this freshman. He also earned his spot on the conference squad. He was not one of the superstars that we brought in, but he's healthy and producing results while the other guys are sitting at home. He came in ready to go!
92. Patrick Maag (27:55)- This freshman has really been through a lot recently and he ended his season on a positive note today. He was very sick for about two weeks earlier this season. He is much better on the track and all the fitness he gained this XC season will come back to help him.
Women-
I felt like the women competed much better than they did at Wisconsin a few weeks ago. Again, the course was very sloppy and slow and our women came through the 5k at times that weren't too far off of what they ran at Wisconsin for just 5k. Jayne had a nice race finishing in 83rd place. I would have liked Anna and Olivia to be a little closer to Jayne, but overall they had decent performances. I was slightly confused with the outcome of this years race. Last year, our top two women dropped out of the race and we finished 26th. This year, we had a fairly solid performance all-around and we place 29th. It just goes to show you that you can never predict the outcome of any race. I do believe that several of these women are on an upswing and I think all of them will be ready for their best race of the year at the conference meet on Oct. 31st. Here's how things played out:
83. Jayne Grebinski (21:55)- Solid performance for Jayne. She moved up through the race well.
148. Anna Weber (22:37)- Too much time/places between our #1 and #2 runners. Anna is better than this.
154. Olivia Johnson (22:41)- Considering she walked the last 400m of this race last year, I'll take her performance. She's better than this, but I'll take what I can get.
165. Kristin Pelzel (22:48)- Nice race for this young lady. She usually bombs at the bigger meets, so hopefully this is a turning point. She was in dead-last at 400m of this particular race, worked her way up nicely.
170. Molly Arenberg (22:52)- She's a soccer player, how can I not be happy with the way she's running this season. She just runs and has fun! Very refreshing.
185. Laurie Dalrymple (23:06)- She's lucky to even be running right now. Spent two days in the hospital about two weeks ago. Missed the Wisconsin meet. She might be in our top 5 at conference, she might not race. Your guess is as good as mine.
198. Sarah Verdoliva (23:17)- Solid race for her, but still not quite where I think she should be running. Might be starting to run out of gas. First full season of XC. Hopefully all of this XC stuff will help her in track. We'll see....
Open Race-
17. Amanda Beggs (22:54)- Great race for this senior. Still not running where she was last year, but she has made steady progress throughout the season. I think she'll make a run at our top 5 at conference.
60. Christina Sliepka (23:46)- Solid effort for this freshmen. Good way for her to end her season.
63. Carly Condon (23:52)- Great effort for this young lady. She is a red-shirt freshmen and she has absolutely no idea whats going on around her. She's another one who just shows up and races. She has possibly the most potential for improvement.
72. Carly Windt (24:08)- Not a good race for her. She ran awesome at UW-Parkside last weekend, so this was frustrating. Oh well, she made some tremendous improvements this year and I'm pleased with here progress.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Pre-Nats Previews
The NCAA Pre-National Invitational takes place Saturday at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. The men run in the blue race starting at 11:00am EDT. The women run in the blue race starting at 12:20pm EDT.Click here to read the MU Tribune preview.
Click here to read the GoMarquette.com preview.
Click here for meet information.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Alumni News
Claudia Becque-Johnston was inducted into the Palatine High School Hall of Fame a few weeks ago. Claudia was a member of the cross country and track & field teams from 1994-98. Last April, Claudia qualified for the Olympic trials marathon and finished 98th in the Boston Marathon. Click here, to read the entire article.
Click here to read an article from February 2008 in the Napa Valley Register about Claudia's attempt to make the Olympic-qualifying trials.
Congrats Claudia!
Click here to read an article from February 2008 in the Napa Valley Register about Claudia's attempt to make the Olympic-qualifying trials.
Congrats Claudia!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Marquette Tribune Links
There were a couple of articles in the Thursday October 8th edition of the Marquette Tribune that had coaches quotes and other connections to MU XC / T&F.Click here to read Columnist Erik Schmidt's column about runners; track and field and cross country runners in particular.
Click here to read 400 Hurdler and Marquette Tribune staff writer Jenny Zahn's article about MU students prepping for the Chicago Marathon.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Re-Cap of Wisconsin Inter-Regional Meet.
Thomas Zimmer Cross-Country Course. Madison, WI
Men-
Despite our men bringing up the rear in the team results, I was actually pretty happy with the way we competed. I would say that this was our best meet of the season so far. This was an extremely competitive meet with 8 of the 12 Division 1 teams being ranked in the top 30 in the nation. I knew we were a little over our heads going into this meet, but if you want to be one of the best, you have to compete against the best. The course was pretty soft and a little bit muddy in some sections so the fact that we put 6 guys under 26:05 was pretty solid. I definitely think this meet was a step in the right direction for us and we're looking forward to Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Indiana.
46. Nick Szczech 25:08 Junior
65. Blake Johnson 25:31 Soph.
70. Brice Cleland 25:50 Junior
72. Peter Bolgert 25:56 Soph.
73. Connor Callahan 26:00 Fresh.
75. Dominick Rosario 26:05 Soph.
83. Patrick Keeley 26:38 Soph.
The course is absolutely gorgeous. The university ridge golf course is right across the street from the XC course. The grounds-keepers who take care of the golf course also take care of the XC course. The footing is completely smooth and there are special paths for spectators to use as they walk/run from point to point. Wisconsin will be bidding to host the NCAA national championships in the next few years. The only two drawbacks in their bid will be the parking situation(extremely limited) and the perceived harsh weather. There is only enough parking for about 40-50 vehicles at the course. Every spectator had to park at Verona High School and pay $5 to be shuttled to the course. There will be those who object to having the championship in late November in Wisconsin. They are scared to have another championship like the one at Iowa State in 2000 or Northern Iowa in 2003. Those people are wimps, but they do have a voice. I think the course could probably hold a national championship, but Pre-Nationals would be tight. Should be interesting to follow the developments of the facility.
Women-
This meet was definitely the tale of two teams. At the Parkside meet two weeks ago, almost every single girl ran a solid race. At the Wisconsin meet on Saturday, almost every single girl ran a poor race. We really looked flat and tired, even after only one mile. A few of the girls were sick and one of our top girls, Laurie Dalrymple, did not compete, so hopefully that was the reason for our demise. We have been having some solid practices, so I'm not too worried. We have a veteran group and I know they will come back to have a stronger race at Pre-Nationals. Hopefully we got our bad race out of the way. Here is how things turned out for us:
35. Jayne Grebinski 17:53 senior
54. Anna Weber 18:15 senior
65. Olivia Johnson 18:27 junior
67. Molly Arenberg 18:35 junior
72. Kristin Pelzel 18:54 junior
77. Amanda Beggs 19:14 senior
78. Maureen Keane 19:14 senior
Monday, October 5, 2009
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