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Cross Country Idle Until Oct. 7

Cross Country Idle Until Oct. 7
Posted: Sep 26, 2005

Sept. 26, 2005

Contact: Brian Wolff

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SETTING THE SCENE: The Vikings will take the week off from competition before racing again on Friday, Oct. 7 at the All-Ohio Invitational. CSU will use the next two weeks to practice hard and close the time gap between the top and bottom of the lineup.

REVIEWING LAST WEEK: Running in a six kilometer race for the first time this year, the Vikings finished six of eight at the Great Lakes Pre-Regional. For the third week in a row Sherri Douglas led the squad. Douglas finished in 15th place in 23:16 and was followed Julie Piotrowski and Audrey Piotrowski who came in 34th place in 23:57 and 39th place in 24:41, respectively. Madeline Singer, Lesley Jones, and Shilah Pratt rounded it out for the Vikings in 71st place in 28:14, 72nd place in 28:17 and 80th place in 32:02, respectively.

PREVIEWING THE VIKINGS: The Vikings feature a seven member team that has competed in three races so far. In all three meets, team captain Sherri Douglas has led the Vikings squad. Her best time of the season was at the Mel Brodt Invitational where she finished in 19:58. She has been followed by Julie and Audrey Piotrowski in each of the last two races. The Vikings also have Lesley Jones and Shilah Pratt, who following cross country will join their winter sports of swimming and fencing, respectively. Madeline Singer, a member of the innagural women's soccer team and Amanda Whitmer round out the 2005 squad.

TRIPLETS?: Junior Sherri Douglas may as well be the third Piotrowski sister. Through three races Douglas, Julie Piotrowski and Audrey Piotrowski have led the Viking charge and finished one-two-three in the last two races. Douglas and Julie Piotrowski finished one-two, both under 20 minutes, at the Mel Brodt Invitational to start 2005, but Audrey Piotrowski sat out recovering from an illness. It was the first time multiple CSU runners ran under 20 minutes on the Bowling Green campus since three CSU runners accomplished it in 1996.

HEAD COACH Joe Jaketic: No stranger to CSU Athletics, Joe Jaketic is in his first year as head coach, but his 35th year overseeing the department's equipment operations. Jaketic worked with the Revco Cleveland Marathon for over 20 years. Jaketic earned his BA in Business in 1972 and his MED in Sports Management in 1992, both from Cleveland State.

UP NEXT: The Vikings head back to Bowling Green, Ohio for the Falcon Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 10:45 a.m.