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Blue Angels Place 8th of 13 in Private College's Meet
October 15, 2011 -- The Blue Angels cross-country team traveled to Viterbo University in LaCrosse, WI on Saturday. The Blue Angels competed in their third 6K race in the Private Colleges Championships this weekend.

The Blue Angels placed 8th out of 13 teams. See individual and team results. Coach Eugene Miranda was happy with each runner's performance. Miranda stated: "I am pleased with each runner's performance. Each runner performed the best they could considering the circumstances they were under." Coach Miranda is confident his runner's will return personal bests in the next two races of the season as each runner continues to come to practice and give it their all.

The Blue Angel runners will head to UW-Oshkosh On Friday, October 21st to compete in the Oshkosh Open. The race is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. The team looks forward to improving their 5K races times in this upcoming meet.

Blue Angels Place 10th of 15th at Warrior Invitational
October 1, 2011--The Blue Angels cross-country team traveled to Wisconsin Lutheran College on Saturday to compete in the Warrior Invitational. The team placed 10th out of 15th placing ahead of Dominican, Maranatha, Benedictine, Silver Lake, and Oakton.

This meet marked the Blue Angels second 6K of the season posting improvements from each runner that competed in the Concordia 6K two weeks ago.

Amanda Gonzalez placed 36th overall in the meet crossing the finish line first for the Mount Mary squad. Gonzalez clocked a 27:52.35 time. Gonzalez averaged a 7:28 mile time throughout the race.

Behind Gonzalez, placing 51st and 52nd was Sarah Cull and Laura Bavlnka, respectively.

The Blue Angels have been overcoming injuries all season and were able to compete in this weekend's meet with all seven runners for the first time all season. Coach Eugene Miranda looks forward to competing next week in the Private College Championships at UW-Parkside with all seven runners continuing to improve over the course of the week.

Cross-Country Encounters Tough Course, Improve Times
September 10, 2011 -- The Blue Angels cross-country team traveled to UW-Parkside in Somers, WI on Saturday morning. The team placed 12th of 13th overall in an open race that included several DI and DII schools. Most of the runners improved their race time from last week at St. Norbert College despite the tougher course at Parkside.

The top finisher for the Blue Angels was Amanda Gonzalez who finished 79th in the 5K race in a time of 22:43, averaging a 7:20 mile pace. This was Gonzalez's first race of the season for the Blue Angels. Laura Bavlnka improved her time by 2:36 from the previous week finishing with a time of 34:53. Sarah Holdorf and Vanessa Schellinger also improved their race times by eighteen seconds and fifteen seconds, respectively.

Coach Miranda and the Blue Angels are looking forward to fielding their strongest team yet this season with the joining of Sarah Cull next week. The team travels to Concordia University-Wisconsin next Saturday, September 17th, to compete in their first 6K of the season. The race is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.

Cross-Country Competes in First Meet of Season
September 3, 2011 --The Blue Angel cross-country team ran their first meet of the season this Saturday at the Tom Barry Invitational in Green Bay, Wisconsin hosted by St. Norbert College.

Despite the harsh weather conditions, each runner completed the tough course. Vanessa Schellinger finished first for the Blue Angles in 60th place (23:51) recording a 7:42 pace per mile. Schellinger improved her performance by almost 40 seconds from the previous season--a tremendous accomplishment! Right behind Schellinger came Sarah Cull who finished in 63rd place recording a finishing time of 23:52.

Laura Bavlinka, Sarah Holdorf, Meghan Haese, and Lara Lejewski ran in a tight pack finishing within only seconds of each other.

The Blue Angels will compete again in the UW-Parkside Midwest Open on Saturday, September 10. The gun is scheduled to start the race at 10:00 a.m.

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