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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Friday, August 31
Bowling Green, Ohio
6:30 P.M.
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Mel Brodt Collegiate Opener
Abby Koch makes her way up the hill
Falcons Take Second At Mel Brodt Collegiate Opener
August 31, 2012 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio. – The Bowling Green State University men's and women's cross country teams each placed second in the Mel Brodt Collegiate Opener Friday night (Aug. 31), kicking off a successful beginning to the 2012 campaign.
The men finished with an average time of 17:20.28, earning a total team score of 52 points. The finish put the Falcons in second place, edging out Madonna's 18:50.18 average time, and 76 total team points. Toledo earned the first place finish with a 16:12.36 average time, and 15 total team points.
Freshman Tim Jurick led the men with a ninth place finish, completing the 5000-meter race in 16:46.50. Junior Joe van Bolderon (17:17.20) and freshman Brian Coleman (17:21.00) followed Jurick with a top 20 finish, earning 13th and 14th place, respectively. Sophomore Tom Hipwell and junior Perry Fraylick rounded out the top five Bowling Green finishers.
Van Bolderon's finish time marked a new personal best, eclipsing his previous 5K mark of 18:29, set at the Toledo Opener last season. The race marked the first collegiate action for Jurick and Coleman.
The women finished with an average time of 19:39.30, and a team score of 71. Bowling Green edged out Eastern Michigan, Ball State and Madonna University for the second place finish. Toledo, the reigning Mid-American Conference champion, placed first with an average time of 18:28.58 and 19 total team points.
Redshirt junior Abby Koch paced the Orange and Brown with a seventh place finish, completing the course in 18:58.00. Koch won the last Mel Brodt Open in 2010.
Redshirt freshman Andrea Alt earned a tenth place finish with a time of 19:14.90, while sophomore transfer Kendra Kezur (19:20.90) followed closely with a 16th place finish. Redshirt freshmen Jasmine Redman (19:55.20) and Megan Monte (20:46.50) rounded out the Falcons top five, earning 23rd and 36th place, respectively.
Bowling Green's next competition occurs on Saturday, Sept. 15th in Buffalo, N.Y., at the Buffalo Stampede Invitational.
The men finished with an average time of 17:20.28, earning a total team score of 52 points. The finish put the Falcons in second place, edging out Madonna's 18:50.18 average time, and 76 total team points. Toledo earned the first place finish with a 16:12.36 average time, and 15 total team points.
Freshman Tim Jurick led the men with a ninth place finish, completing the 5000-meter race in 16:46.50. Junior Joe van Bolderon (17:17.20) and freshman Brian Coleman (17:21.00) followed Jurick with a top 20 finish, earning 13th and 14th place, respectively. Sophomore Tom Hipwell and junior Perry Fraylick rounded out the top five Bowling Green finishers.
Van Bolderon's finish time marked a new personal best, eclipsing his previous 5K mark of 18:29, set at the Toledo Opener last season. The race marked the first collegiate action for Jurick and Coleman.
The women finished with an average time of 19:39.30, and a team score of 71. Bowling Green edged out Eastern Michigan, Ball State and Madonna University for the second place finish. Toledo, the reigning Mid-American Conference champion, placed first with an average time of 18:28.58 and 19 total team points.
Redshirt junior Abby Koch paced the Orange and Brown with a seventh place finish, completing the course in 18:58.00. Koch won the last Mel Brodt Open in 2010.
Redshirt freshman Andrea Alt earned a tenth place finish with a time of 19:14.90, while sophomore transfer Kendra Kezur (19:20.90) followed closely with a 16th place finish. Redshirt freshmen Jasmine Redman (19:55.20) and Megan Monte (20:46.50) rounded out the Falcons top five, earning 23rd and 36th place, respectively.
Bowling Green's next competition occurs on Saturday, Sept. 15th in Buffalo, N.Y., at the Buffalo Stampede Invitational.
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