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Falcon Women Finish Fourth At 21st Annual Mel Brodt Invitational
September 15, 2007 | Men's Cross Country
Sept. 15, 2007
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University men's and women's cross country squads hosted the 21st Annual Mel Brodt Invitational Saturday morning at Forrest Creason Golf Course on the campus of BGSU. On the women's side, the Falcons earned a fourth place with a team score of 107 in 5,000 meter race, while the men timed in at 11th spot with a team score of 289 in the 8,000 meter event.
Ohio University earned its second-consecutive Mel Brodt title on the women's side with a team score of 49, placing five runners in the top 25. Malone College took home the men's crown with a score of 23 after placing six runners in the top 25 and five in the top 10.
The top finisher for BG on the women's side was freshman Ashley Fischer (Fremont, Ohio), who came across the line in ninth place in only her second collegiate meet. Fischer, the reigning Mid-American Conference Women's Runner of the Week earned a time of 18:14 as she finished just 21 seconds behind race winner Katie Bagley of Malone College. Bagley's time was 17:52.97.
Freshman Barbara Powers (Bowling Green, Ohio) and sophomore Carly Bates (Palatine, Ill.) also had a strong finishes for the orange and brown, as both finished in the top 20. Powers, who finished fourth in the Toledo dual race two weeks ago, earned the 16th spot with a time of 18:33 while Bates came across just two seconds behind in the 19th position.
Other top Falcon finishers were junior Kara Butler (Okemos, Mich.), who earned the 31st spot with a time of 18:56, freshman Megan Kelsey (Kettering, Ohio) who crossed the tape in the 37th position and junior Kylie Korsnack who finished 48th.
On the men's side the Falcons were paced by freshman Chris Moody (Davidsonville, Md.) and senior Brad Wells (Portage, Ohio), who finished just three seconds apart in the 68th and 69th positions. Moody came across the tape with a time of 27:06.63, while Wells finished in 27:10.20.
Other top Falcon finishers for the men were seniors Kevin Kaighin (Oregon, Ohio) and Curtis Farnsel. Kaighin would come across the line at 27:14 in the 72nd spot, as Farnsel came across the line in 27:34 in the 80th position.
Red-shirt freshman John Bernard (Worthington, Ohio) was the next top finishing runner for the orange and brown in the 84th position.
OU's Craig Leon earned the win in the race with a time of 24:39.21. Malone's Nik Schweikert, Aaron Melhorn and Evan Gaynor would then take positions 2-4 to earn them the team title.
BG, who had hopes of having an individual winner in the event for the third-straight season, had their hopes dashed near the mid-way point. After leading the early stage of the race, Falcon sophomore Eddie Kipchoge (Eldoret, Kenya) was forced to drop out due to an ankle injury that had caused him problems earlier in the week. Kipchoge had won the event last fall and was looking to defend his race crown.
Though Kipchoge didn't have the opportunity to win this weekend, he and his Falcon teammates will have a week off once again to prepare for their next event. Both squads will next compete at the Greater Louisville Classic in Louisville, Ky. On Sept. 29. The event will kick-off at 9:30 a.m.
