Sept. 16, 2006

Bowling Green, Ohio - Rachelle Malette (Windsor, Ontario/Holy Names) finished in second place in the Division II bracket as Wayne State finished in third place out of five Division II teams at the Bowling Green Mel Brodt Invitational.

Division I Ohio University won the invitational with 27 points. Bowling Green's Jamie Roflow won the race with a time of 17:53, making a clean sweep of Falcon individual winners. Eddie Kipchoge of BGSU won the men's division.

Malette's second place win was her third-straight top-five finish in as many races in 2006.

Complete results are as follows:

Division I:
1. Ohio University (36 points)
2. Bowling Green State (39 points)
3. Central Michigan (46 points)
4. Youngstown State (120 points)

Division II:
1. Malone (27 points)
2. Spring Arbor (63 points)
3. Wayne State (67 points)
4. Ashland (79 points)
5. Wheeling Jesuit (145 points)

Wayne State Runners:
2. Rachelle Malette (18:35)
5. Leah Steinke (19:13)
17. Danielle Malone (20:24)
18. Sarah Kearfott (20:29)
27. Kara Kessler (21:16)
34. Teresa Sabin (22:03)
35. Vallorie Ebert (22:10)

Wayne State will rest for a week and then race at the Lehigh University Paul Short Invitational on Friday, September 29.