Notre Dame, Ind. - The Viterbo cross country teams ran in one of the largest meets in the country Friday at the 31^st National Catholic Invitational, hosted by the University of Notre Dame. In the thirty-two team meet the V-Hawk women finished seventeenth overall in the 5,000 meter race, and the V-Hawk men finished twenty-sixth in the men's five mile race. The host fighting irish swept the team crowns, with Lindsey Ferguson winning the women's 5-K race. DePaul University's Matt Graham won the men's race in 24:53.

Sophomore Bea Foley (Greenville, Wis.) continued her strong season as she once again was the first Lady V-Hawk finisher, this time finishing in 16th place out of 260 finishers. Foley's time of 19:02 for the 5-K distance sets a new record for the women's cross country team. The previous fastest 5-K run by a Lady V-Hawk harrier was 20:35 by Holly Cuhel last year. Freshman Rosemary Loken (La Crosse, Wis.) also bettered Cuhel's former school record, finishing the race in 20:29 and in ninety-second place.

"With some of our team members not feeling 100% today, it was important that Bea and Rosemary ran well," commented Head Coach John Metelko. "It was encouraging to see our runners battling for positions throughout the entire race."

As a team, the Lady V-Hawks finished twenty points behind Midwest Collegiate Conference rival Mount Mercy, and seventy-eight points ahead of St. Ambrose

In the men's race, freshman Cameron Olson (Holmen, Wis.) became the third different freshman to lead the men's team at the finish this year. Olson's time of 27:56 earned him 96^th place out of 248 runners. Olson's performance was more than 90 seconds quicker than his last race at Crown College. Freshman Patrick Understeller (Mountview, Hawaii) also ran a strong race, finishing the 5-mile course in 29:16 and 160^th place.

As a team, the V-Hawk harriers finished in 26^th place, sixteen points behind NCAA Division 1 St. Bonaventure, but ahead of the NAIA's St. Francis (Ind.) and Holy Cross (Ind.).

The V-Hawks will now be off for two weeks before they travel to West Allis, Wis., for the Wisconsin Lutheran College Warrior Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 3. The women's 6-K race will kick off the meet at 11 a.m., and will be followed by the men's 8-K race at 12:00 p.m.

Overall Team Results:

Women: 1. Notre Dame (20 points), 2. Canisius (129), 3. DePaul (150), 4. Holy Cross (158), 5. Xavier (174), 6. Bellarmine (178), 7. Franciscan (228) 8. Loras (281), 9. John Carroll (294), 10. Detroit Mercy (308), 11. St. Benedict (341), 12. Wheeling Jesuit (368), 13. Mercyhurst (423), 14. St. Joseph's (Ind.) (423), 15. Siena Heights (436), 16. Mount Mercy (477), 17. Viterbo (497), 18. Walsh (526), 19. St. Vincent (535), 20. St. Francis (Ill.) (547), 21. St. Ambrose (575), 22. Newman (579), 23. Madonna (597), 24. Gannon (611), 25. King's (672), 26. Ursuline (688), 27. Notre Dame (Ohio) (699), 28. Edgewood (712), 29. St. Francis (Ind.) (802), 30. Marian (Ind.) (804), 31. St. Bonaventure (952), 32. Brescia (incomplete)

Men: 1. Notre Dame (24 points), 2. Xavier (119), 3. Bellarmine (120), 4. DePaul (135), 5. Holy Cross (157), 6. Detroit Mercy (189), 7. Wheeling Jesuit (224) 8. Siena Heights (276), 9. Canisius (290), 10. Marian (Ind.) (290), 11. Loras (315), 12. St. Francis (Ill.) (320), 13. St. Vincent (383), 14. St. Joseph's (Ind.) (417), 15. St. Xavier (428), 16. Newman (432), 17. Edgewood (443), 18. Notre Dame (Ohio) (474), 19. St. Ambrose (517), 20. Mercyhurst (524), 21. Walsh (536), 22. Brescia (607), 23. John Carroll (628), 24. Mount Mercy (738), 25. St. Bonaventure (739), 26. Viterbo (755), 27. St. Francis (Ind.) (758), 28. Gannon (837), 29. Franciscan (858), 30. Mt. St. Joseph (909), 31. King's (946), 32. Holy Cross (Ind.) (1035)

Individual Viterbo Results

Women (out of 260 runners, all times for 5-K)

16. Bea Foley 19:02

92. Rosemary Loken 20:29

139. Danielle Stark 21:10

140. Cindy Leuck 21:10

146. Mollie Brady 21:16

147. Emma McCarthy 21:16

219. Jennifer Johnson 22:58

234. Catie Pinger 23:40

Men (out of 248 runners, all times for 8-K)

96. Cameron Olson 27:56

160. Patrick Understeller 29:16

173. Pedro Gonzalez 29:35

203. Nathan Spangler 30:59

204. Matt Long 31:05

208. William Leonard 31:26

220. Dennis Campos 32:22

233. Aaron Newell 34:10

92. Molly Jensen 25:29

104. Kelsey Lange 29:04

105. Jackelyn Lutes 32:12