Site:Notre Dame, Ind. (Notre Dame Golf Course)
Meet: National Catholic Championship Open Race (Five Kilometers)
MU Finish: 18th of 24
Top MU Individual: Sarah Sherwood, 11th (19:20)
Next MU Event: Saturday, Oct. 3 -- at Lansing Invitational (Lansing, Mich.), 12:00 pm
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - - The Madonna University women's cross country team improved 12 places from a year ago at the 2009 National Catholic Championship on Friday (Sept. 18) coming in 18th at the Notre Dame Golf Course.
Junior Sarah Sherwood (Plymouth, Mich.) was the top MU harrier, placing 11th overall, crossing the line in 19:20. Fellow junior Kari Saarela (Livonia, Mich.) was 77th, running the 5k distance in 20:54. Sophomore Cassie Yarnall (Clarkston, Mich.) was 90th with a time of 21:12 while senior Emma Czaplicki (Farmington Hills, Mich.) was 114th, running 21:45 and junior Devan Walley (Livonia, Mich.) crossed the line in 21:56, coming in 122nd.
MU takes next week off before returning to the course to race in the Lansing Invitational on Oct. 3.
| (23) Madonna vs | 2:00pm |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | EST |
| Played at Vanguard University (Costa Mesa, Calif.) | |
| (23) Madonna at | 5:00pm |
| Vanguard University | EST |
| (23) Madonna at | 5:00pm |
| (RV) Point Loma Nazarene University | EST |
| (23) Madonna at | 3:00pm |
| (RV) Point Loma Nazarene University | EST |
| (23) Madonna at | Game |
| (RV) Point Loma Nazarene University | 2 |
| Madonna at | 1:00pm |
| Lourdes University | EST |
| (RV) Madonna at | 3:00pm |
| Lourdes University | EST |
| Madonna at | 5:30pm |
| (RV) University of Northwestern Ohio | EST |
| (RV) Madonna at | 7:30pm |
| University of Northwestern Ohio | EST |
| (23) Madonna vs | 3:00pm |
| Asbury College | EST |
| Tennessee Valley Invitational (Hosted by Bryan College - Dayton, Tenn.) | |
| (23) Madonna at | 6:00pm |
| Bryan College | EST |
| Tennessee Valley Invitational (Hosted by Bryan College - Dayton, Tenn.) | |
| (23) Madonna at | 2:00pm |
| Tennessee Temple | EST |
| Tennessee Valley Invitational (Hosted by Bryan College - Dayton, Tenn.) - Played at Red Bank HS - Chattanooga, Tenn. | |
| (23) Madonna at | 5:00pm |
| University of Rio Grande | EST |
| Tennessee Valley Invitational (Hosted by Bryan College - Dayton, Tenn.) | |
| Madonna at | 5:00pm |
| Aquinas College | EST |
| Aquinas College at | 3:00pm |
| (RV) Madonna | EST |
