Now a two-time cross country All-American, McGregor won seven of the eight meets in which she ran this year, including the Big Ten Conference and NCAA Great Lakes Regional championships. She became the first woman at Michigan to repeat as the Big Ten cross country champion (1997 and 1998) and also winning the 1998 NCAA 3,000-meter indoor track and field title.

"Katie did a really great job," said U-M coach Mike McGuire following the race. "Amy Skieresz (Arizona) was the pre-race favorite, but Katie ran under control and never lost contact with her.

"There's a long hill right around the 4K mark," McGuire explained. "Katie came off the hill and you just saw she was going to win. She caught Skieresz with about 500 meters to go and put her away."

Sophomore Lisa Ouellet (Sudbury, Ontario/Lasalle SS) was Michigan's second finisher, placing 68th in a time of 17:59.65. The Wolverines' No. 2 runner during the season, junior Elizabeth Kampfe (Decatur, Ill./MacArthur HS), was unable to finish the race due to shin splints.

Top 15 Teams

    1. Villanova              106
    2. Brigham Young          110
    3. Stanford               111   
    4. Georgetown             199    
    5. Wisconsin              233    
    6. Arkansas               311    
    7. Colorado               332    
    8. Baylor                 351    
    9. Washington             363   
   10. William and Mary       374   
   11. MICHIGAN               380   
   12. Oregon                 384   
   13. Kansas State           385   
   14. Providence             386   
   15. Wake Forest            388

    1. Sr. KATIE McGREGOR, MICHIGAN     16:47.21   
    2. Amy Skieresz, Arizona            16:53.52    
    3. Amy Yoder, Arkansas              17:03.05    
    4. Kristen Gordon, Georgetown       17:09.17    
    5. Sally Glynn, Stanford            17:09.47

   
   68. So. Lisa Ouellet                 17:59.65  
  109. Sr. Michelle Slater              18:20.12  
  146. Jr. Sarah Hamilton               18:38.27  
  165. So. Katie Clifford               18:48.66  
  175. So. Julie Froud                  18:55.68  
    ---  Jr. Elizabeth Kampfe             DNF

Last updated: Monday, 23-Nov-1998 17:43:21 EST
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