MILFORD, Mich. – The WSU women’s cross country team recorded its highest conference finish ever the 2002 GLIAC Championships Saturday, Oct. 26. The women placed third overall while the men’s squad finished in a respectful fourth place at Kensington Metropark.

Grand Valley made it a clean sweep, winning the women’s race with 29 points and the men’s with 42. Ashland’s Nick Cordes earned individual honors with a time of 24:15.8 while Shannon Antvelink from GVSU had the fastest women’s time of 21:59.5.

Shelly Vickery

Warrior Senior Shelly Vickery (Berkley, Mich.) ran in a second-place time of 22:01.7. Junior Amy Averill (Detroit, Mich./Southfield Christian) joined Vickery in the top 10 with a time of 22:37.3 for eighth place. Vickery was selected to the first team all-GLIAC while Averill was second team.

The men’s team was led by Brian Goodwin with a time of 25:28.1 (sixth place) and Mike Buslepp (25:40.2, 13th place) and Ed Garza (26:03.7, 24th place). Goodwin’s placing was good enough for first team all-league

Wayne State now preps for the Great Lakes Regional in Grand Rapids on Nov. 9.