Loyola’s Imwalle Wins Loyola/Xavier Meet

Posted: September 14, 2007 for Cross Country and Track

NEW ORLEANS – Xavier University won the men's and women's team championships, and Mobile's Dennis Kimeli and Loyola's Mary Erin Imwalle won the individual titles Saturday in the Xavier/Loyola Big Easy Invitational cross country meet at Audubon Park.

Xavier's Gold Rush had five of the first seven male finishers and scored 22 points. Mobile was was second with 49. Kimeli won the 8,000-meter men's race in 29 minutes, 0.69 seconds, nearly 17 seconds faster than runner-up Milo Barry of Xavier.

Xavier's women had three of the first eight finishers and won its division with 32 points. Loyola was second with 47, one point ahead of Mobile. Imwalle ran 5,000 meters in 20:36.65 to win her race by nearly 10 seconds over Xavier's Ebony Harding, the runner-up.

Results
Women (5,000 meters)
Team: 1, Xavier 32. 2, Loyola 47. 3, Mobile 48. (Belhaven, no team score)
Individual: 1, Mary Erin Imwalle, Loyola, 20:36.65. 2, Ebony Harding, Xavier, 20:46.20. 3, Jordan Martin, Mobile, 21:30.78.

Men (8,000 meters)
Team: 1, Xavier 22. 2, Mobile 49. 3, Belhaven 61. (Loyola, no team score)
Individual: 1, Dennis Kimeli, Mobile, 29:00.69. 2, Milo Barry, Xavier, 29:17.59. 3, Darren Wallace, Xavier, 29:46.19.