McGregor Named Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Week

PARK RIDGE, ILL. -- University of Michigan senior All-American Katie McGregor (Willoughby, Ohio/Willoughby South HS) has been named the Big Ten Conference women's cross country Athlete of the Week, conference officials announced Wednesday (Sept. 9). McGregor earned the honor after winning the Indiana State Sycamore Pride meet last Sept. 5 in Terre Haute, Ind. She ran the 5,000-meter race in 17:32.66, leading a 1-2-3-6-7 Wolverine finish. Michigan won its season opener with just 19 points, 65 points ahead of runnerup Butler University.

The 1997 Big Ten individual champion, McGregor finished fifth overall at last season's NCAA National Championship. She also won 1997 individual titles at the Spartan Invitational, William and Mary Invitational and Michigan Intercollegiate. McGregor is enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts.

McGregor's Sycamore Pride time was the fastest posted in the conference over the weekend. Seven of the conference's top nine 5,000-meter times were accomplished by Michigan runners. Junior All-American Elizabeth Kampfe's (Decatur, Ill./MacArthur HS) runnerup performance of 18:11.84 ranks second in the league, followed by redshirt freshman Katy Radkewich's (Hudson, Ohio/Beaumont HS) 18:28.83 in third.