Cross Country Heads to BIG EAST Championships

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men's and women's cross country teams head to Attleboro, Massachusetts on Saturday, Oct. 29 for the 2022 BIG EAST Cross Country Championships presented by JEEP.

Providence will play host to the conference championship for the first time in the league's history. The meet will be held at the Mark Coogan Course at Highland Park.

The BIG EAST Cross Country Championships will begin at 10:00 a.m. CT with the women's race, followed by the men's race at 10:50 a.m. CT. The meet will be free to the public.

The BIG EAST Digital Network will broadcast the event on Flo Sports. Live timing will be available through Millennium Running.

GOLDEN EAGLES NOTES
Both the men and women finished sixth at last year's BIG EAST Cross Country Championships. The MU men return three of their top five scorers from 2021. Dan Weizeorick (36th) finished first for MU, Zak Kindl (39th) finished second for the Golden Eagles, and Jadon Conroy took 51st overall. The women also return three of their top five scorers in Kate Jochims (28th), Laurel Moneysmith (44th) and Emily Noone (51st).

Jochims has finished first for the MU women in four of the five meets she has competed in, including a first-overall finish in the season opener at Eastern Illinois. Her performance earned her BIG EAST Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors.

Junior Anna Penzkover has been a consistent scorer for the women finishing in the top three in all five meets she has run in this season. The River Lake, Wisconsin native is coming off a personal best performance at Bradley with a time of 21:56.5 to finish first for MU and 82nd overall.

On the men's side, Sophomores David Zeller and Tyler Re have been mainstays for the Golden Eagles. Zeller has finished in MU's top three in four of five meets this season and was the top finisher in the last two meets. In his second season, Re has finished first for Marquette in two meets and has scored in every meet this season.

UP NEXT
MU will have a week off after the BIG EAST Championships before heading to Terre Haute, Indiana for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Friday, Nov. 11.

Keep up with the Marquette cross country program through social media by following on Twitter (@MUTFXC) and Instagram (@MUTFXC) and `liking' on Facebook (/MUTFXC).

ENTRIES
MEN
Jadon Conroy
Cade Ferron
Sean Kellogg
Zak Kindl
Thomas Leonard
Keagan Morgan
Tyler Re
Dan Weizeorick
David Zeller

WOMEN
Audrey Grimm
Kate Jochims
Lexi Keppler
Mallory Lafever
Laurel Moneysmith
Anna Penzkover
Mikaela Sullivan
Marissa Valentini