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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Roflow and Kipchoge Win Mel Brodt Cross Country Invite
September 16, 2006 | Men's Cross Country
Sept. 16, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green Falcons came away with two individual victories at the 20th Annual Mel Brodt Cross Country Invitational. The women's team missed first place by only three points. The Ohio Bobcats came away with the three-point edge over the Falcons (36-39). On the men's side, the Falcons finished fifth. Eastern Michigan won the Division I race for the men. At the Division II/NAIA level, Wayne State University won for the men and Malone college for the women.
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Jamie Roflow won the woman's race in a time of 17:53 for the 5,000-meters, winning her second consecutive Mel-Brodt title. On the men's side it was once again Eddie Kipchoge who led the men and won the race. He won in a collegiate best time of 24:42 for the 8,000-meters.
"We knew Ohio would be tough because they were preseason second," said head coach Cami Wells. "They have a lot of depth and a young team so we didn't know what to expect. We look forward to race against them at All-Ohio."
Wells was very pleased with her top runners.
"They both ran great races. Jamie had someone with her the entire time; a very tough runner from Ohio and it is someone that she has battled with many times," said Wells. "It was a well-fought race and it was nice to see her out on top. Eddie ran a very smart race and stayed in control the first part and then built on his lead the last mile and a half and stayed unchallenged."
On the women's side, senior Kim Settle ran one of the best races of her collegiate career, setting a new personal best of 18:24. She finished third in the Division I race behind Ohio's Carime Reinhart.
"Kim has continued to bring her times down and has done a great job for us," said Wells. "She has continually improved over the last four years and it's nice to see it pay off for her senior year."
The next Falcon across the finish line for the women was freshman Carly Bates who ran a very impressive race. She finished the race in a collegiate personal-best time of 19:06, besting her previous time by more than 15 seconds.
"Carly has worked very hard during practice and the race and she was working on closing the gaps between the second and third runner," said Wells. "She has the mentality to push herself as far as she can and she is really helping us out so far."
Stephanie Hillman was the fourth Falcon to cross the finish line in a time of 19:11. Behind Hillman was Kara Butler, finishing 14th in a time of 19:36. Andrea Pereira de Almeida finished 18th with a time of 19:51.76. Bridget Dalic topped off the top-seven Falcons and finished 19th in a time of 19:53.
Kylie Korsnack finished behind Dalic in 20th place with at time of 19:53, a new personal-best for the sophomore and Bowling Green native.
Andrea Pollack was the next across the line in 22nd place with a time of 19:56. Paige Lane was next in 28th place wth a time of 20:31, along with Emily Gallagher (29th, 20:41), Lindsay Conway (30th, 20:48), Angela Raizis (31st, 20:59--tying her PR), Katy Senn (38, 21:38) and Lauren Zielke (39th, 21:41).
On the men's side Kipchoge may have led the team but there were six other Falcons on the course. Brad Wells finished in 12th place with a time of 26:02.
Behind Brad Wells was the third runner for the Falcons, Rogers Kipchumba, who finished 26th. After Kipchumba it was Kevin Kaighin who stepped in as the number four runner with a time of 27:47. Curtis Farnsel followed in 51st place with a time of 28:34. The final Falcon to cross the line was Kyle Kilbane in a time of 30:31.
The Falcons will compete at the Roy Griak Invitational next weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
