Lake Forest College Sports Information
September 19, 2009
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Forester Women Finish Third, Men Eighth at Concordia Wisconsin's Falcon Invite
Ryann Freeman and Sarah Peluse post 6K times among best in team history


Sarah Peluse
Peter Sullivan
MEQUON, Wis. - The Lake Forest College cross country teams competed in the Falcon Invite at Concordia University Wisconsin on Saturday (September 19). The Forester women placed third out of 10 complete teams, trailing only first-place St. Norbert College and runner-up Concordia Wisconsin. Lake Forest's men finished eighth out of 13 teams. Waubonsee Community College was the men's team champion.

A pair of Forester women were among the first dozen finishers and both posted 6K times among the top 25 in team history. Junior Ryann Freeman (Northfield, Minn./Northfield) placed eighth in 24:46, the program's 11th-fastest time, and freshman Sarah Peluse (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Buffalo Grove) was 12th in 25:01, which is tied for 12th. Senior Hadley Skeffington-Vos (Minburn, Iowa/Adel-DeSoto-Minburn) finished 24th in 26:40 and classmate Martina Kolb (Gurnee, Ill./Warren) was the next runner to cross the line just a second later. Junior Claire Garrett (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) completed the team's top five in 33rd place with a time of 27:11. There were 90 runners in the race.

Sophomore Peter Sullivan (Lockport, Ill./Lockport) continued to lead the Forester men. He posted a career-best 8K time of 28:45 and placed 29th out of 119 runners, 10 places and 25 seconds ahead of fellow sophomore Kelsey Small (Wallingford, Conn./Notre Dame). Junior Evan Piermont (East Hampton, N.Y./East Hampton) was third on the team and 43rd in the race with a time of 29:27. Senior David Ehrenreich (Deerfield, Ill./Deerfield) was 75th in 31:04 and sophomore J.D. Randol (Topeka, Kan./Seaman) finished 91st in 32:30..

Lake Forest will host the 11th annual Forester Invitational next Saturday (September 26). The meet will begin at 11:00 a.m. and start and finish at Half Day Forest Preserve in Vernon Hills.

Overall Results: Women | Men


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