Oct. 20, 2001

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - The Northwestern women's cross country team finished first out of 22 schools at the 5-kilometer Forester Invitational Saturday morning. The race took place at the Half Day Forest Preserve in Lake Forest.

The Wildcats scored 60 points to defeat second-place Carroll College by nine points. Third-place Wisconsin-Parkside was the only other school to break 100 points, with 97.

Nicole Kalogeropoulos (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Fremd) was NU's top finisher on the day, placing third individually with a time of 19:24. She was eight seconds off the pace set by individual champion Christian Bock of Bethel. Jennifer Anderson (Rockford, Ill./Auburn Academy) was also in the Top 10, clocked 20:01.

Holly Levine (Hannibal, Mo./Hannibal) was 11th in 20:06, Elizabeth Gibbons (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) was 16th in 20:28, and Kathy Travnicek (Long Beach, Miss./Long Beach) was 20th in 20:35 to round out NU's scorers. Catie LaBracke (Spring Grove, Ill./Marian Central Catholic) and Justine Pierce (Eugene, Ore./Winston Churchill) rounded out the Northwestern contingent at Saturday's race.

The Wildcats will run again next Sunday, at the Big Ten Championships in Champaign, Ill.

Team Scores
1. Northwestern, 60 points
2. Carroll College, 69
3. UW-Parkside, 97
4. Bethel College, 181
5. Milwaukee School of Engineering, 182
6. Harper College, 214
7. Trinity Christian College, 254
8. Benedictine University, 278
9. Lake Forest College, 282
10. South Suburban College, 299

Top 10 Finishers/Northwestern Scorers
1. Christian Bock, Bethel (19:16)
2. Kristin Igielski, Carroll (19:20)
3. Nicole Kalogeropoulos (19:24)
4. Tracey Murnane, Benedictine (19:28)
5. Sharon Metzger, Waubonsee CC (19:40)
6. Marybeth Dewey, Bethel (19:44)
7. Melanie Schwarz, Harper (19:45)
8. Tami Whittlief, Carroll (19:55)
9. Anne Favolise, UW-Parkside (19:56)
10. Jennifer Anderson (20:01)
11. Holly Levine (20:06)
16. Elizabeth Gibbons (20:28)
20. Kathy Travnicek (20:35)

Other NU Runners
21. Catie LaBracke (20:35)
31. Justine Pierce (21:04)