MICHIGAN RUNNING NEWS --NOVEMBER 14, 2001

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__/CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: IN PURSUIT OF GHOSTS

__/NCAA DIVISION II, III XC FINALS COMING SATURDAY, 11/17.

__/NCAA DIVISION I XC FINALS COMING MONDAY, 11/19

__/RITZENHEIN NAMED BIG 12 CROSS COUNTRY NEWCOMER

__/BEDFORD PRE-NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RACE

__/TURKEY TROT CALENDAR

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__/CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: IN PURSUIT OF GHOSTS

"The state of Michigan high school running in the year 1 A.D. (After Dathan) is just fine, thank you," reports Scott Sullivan. See Scott's story and photos of the Michigan High School Athletic Association LP Cross Country Finals at the MIS in Brooklyn, November 3rd, Michigan Runner On-line, http://michiganrunner.com .

__/NCAA DIVISION II, III XC FINALS COMING SATURDAY, 11/17.

Second place Wayne State men will compete for the NCAA Division II title for the first time in school history at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania on Saturday, November 17. They'll be joined by Great Lakes Regional champion Grand Valley women and second place Northern Michigan.

Brian Diemer's Calvin College cross country teams (both men and women) will compete for the NCAA Division III team title in Rock Island, Illinois, Saturday, November 17. The men return as defending champions. Individuals Dylan Wade, Hope College and Nick Mockeridge, Albion will also be competing.

__/NCAA DIVISION I XC FINALS COMING Monday, 11/19

Last weekend in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Michigan State Women's Cross Country team added a Great Lakes Regional victory to their Big 10 title and earned an automatic invitation to the NCAA Division I finals in Greenville, SC, November 19. Notre Dame's 2nd place women also earned an automatic bid. Kalin Todebusch (Rockford HS '01) will be running for Villanova and 4-time XC champion Katy Boyles (Rochester- Adams '01) will be running for Cornell.

Notre Dame men (1st) and the University of Michigan men (2nd) also earned automatic bids. The Michigan State, Butler and Wisconsin men earned at-large bids from the strong Great Lakes Region. They'll be up against Number 1 Colorado and strong teams from Stanford and Arkansas. With previous victories this season over Alan Webb (Michigan) Jorge Torres and Dathan Ritzenhein (Colorado) Eastern Michigan's Boaz Cheboiywo is the man to beat for the individual title.

__/RITZENHEIN NAMED BIG 12 CROSS COUNTRY NEWCOMER

The University of Colorado reports that Freshman Dathan Ritzenhein has been named the Big 12 Conference Cross Country Newcomer for 2001. Ritz's cross country team, the University of Colorado Buffaloes, continues its No. 1 ranking going into the NCAA Division I national meet, Monday, November 19 at Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina. Check out the Runner's World's interview earlier this week with Ritz's All-American teammate, Jorge Torres, for more news about Dathan: http://www.runnersworld.com/dailynew/archives/2001/ November/011113.html .

__/BEDFORD PRE-NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RACE

The Bedford Running Club is holding an open meet for the cross country runner who wants to get in one more good race before hanging up the spikes or is getting ready for the Footlocker Regional. This is an individual event; no team scoring or uniforms. Indian Creek park, Temperance, 11:00am Girls; 11:30 am Boys. For questions, contact Bob Johnson (734) 854-3761.

__/TURKEY TROT CALENDAR

Turkey Trot, 5K, Bad Axe, 11:00 am, Saturday, 11/17, (517)375-2522

Wayne County Park System Walk, 9:00 am, Saturday, 11/17, (734)261- 1990

Ann Arbor Turkey Trot, 5K, 9:00 am, Sunday, 11/18, (734) 623-9640

Holiday 5K, Jackson, 2:00 pm, Sunday, 11/18, (517) 351-8148

Turkey Trot 8K, Dowagiac, 1:00 pm, Sunday, 11/18, (616) 782-5113

Gladstone Turkey Trot 5K, 10:00 am, Thanksgiving Day, 11/22, (906) 474-6563

Lansing Turkey Trot, 5K, 8:30 am, Thanksgiving Day, 11/22, (517)702- 0226

Thanksgiving Turkey Trot, 10K, Detroit, 8:00 am, Thanksgiving Day, 11/ 22, (248) 544-9099

Turkey Trot, 8K, Miamisburg, Ohio, 8:00 am, Thanksgiving Day, 11/22, (937)640-2RUN

Smoke the Turkey 5K, Toledo, Ohio, 9:00 am, Thanksgiving Day, 11/22, (419)841-5597

Thanksgiving Day Run, 5K, 10K, Niles, 9:00 am, Thanksgiving Day, 11/ 22, (616) 683.1552

Fantasy 5K, Howell, 6:00 pm, Friday, 11/23, (517)546-2439