Nov. 8, 2003

Nov. 8, 2003

For the second straight year, Grand Valley State won the 2003 Great Lakes Regional Men's and Women's team championships. The teams will advanced to the DII NCAA Championships on Nov. 22, 2003 in Cary, North Carolina.

Grand Valley won the women's race with a total of 35 points. Also qualifying for NCAA Nationals for the women in the top four spots were Northern Michigan in second with 82 points, Southern Indiana in third with 96 points, and Wayne State in fourth with 141 points. Individuals qualifying for NCAA Nationals were Breanne Steffens from Southern Illinois, who finished second overall, and Kristina Owen from Michigan Tech who finished eighth.

Grand Valley State's Natalie Ewing was the individual winner of the women's race with a time of 21:31.3 and was named the 2003 Great Lakes Regional Women's Runner of the Year. Kara Egan finished in third place overall with a time of 21:49.2, while Krista O'Dell came in sixth place (22:11.7), and Megan Doerr took ninth place with a time of 22:25.1. Also finishing for the Lakers, were Jeannette Seckinger, who ran a 22:36.1, Steph Sliwinski who was 18th (22:42.2), and Adrian Chouinard, who tallied 24th place with a time of 22:52.0.

Grand Valley State's men finished with a total of 46 points. Also qualifying for NCAA Nationals and finishing second for the men was Wayne State with 50 points. The men's race was won by Nick Allen from Wayne State with a time of 31:29 and he was named the 2003 Great Lakes Regional Men's Runner of the Year. The two individuals who will advance to NCAA Nationals are Brian Taghon from Southern Illinois, who finished second overall and Michael Nikkila, who finished fifth overall.

Mark Terpstra finished in third place overall and first for the Lakers with a time of 31:41.1, while Jeff Vyain took fourth place tallied a time of 31:47.2. Chris Pabst took ninth place (31:57.9), Blake Terhune was 11th with a time of 32:03.6, and Jason Prowant finished in 19th place (32:32.6). Casey Abston finished in 36th place with a time of 33:06.3 and David Harvey took 44th (33:32.4).

Grand Valley State's head coach Jerry Baltes was named the 2003 Great Lakes Men's and Women's Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year.

For complete results, please click on the link below:
Complete Great Lakes Region CC Results