LANSING, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University men's and women's cross country teams competed Friday (9/30) in the Lansing Community College (LCC) Invitational.  The men's team finished the day second overall while the women placed first.

The Cardinals were led by junior Tyler Noble (Shepherd, Mich./Shepherd HS) and junior transfer Joseph Burelle (Sterling Heights, Mich./Livonia Stevenson HS) who finished seventh and eighth overall, both crossing the line at 25:49.  Following close behind Noble and Burelle were teammates Jonathan Wetters (Essexville, Mich./Garber HS) and Chad Scott (Ada, Mich./Forest Hills Eastern HS) who came in at 26:12 and 26:21, respectively, good for tenth and 11th place finishes.  Rounding out Saginaw Valley's top-five was junior transfer Eric Spitz (Holt, Mich./Holt HS) who finished 19th overall with a final time of 26:44.

The women's team finished the day with seven runners in the top-25 and were led by junior Lauren Hill (Flat Rock, Mich./Flat Rock HS) who finished second overall and came in with a final time of 18:32. Closely following Hill were teammates Alycia Wright (Macomb Township, Mich./Lutheran High North), Ashley Meyer (Shepherd, Mich./Shepherd HS), and Emily short (Tawas, Mich./Tawas Area HS) coming in at 18:49, 18:53, and 18:53 good for fourth, fifth and sixth places, respectively.  Rounding out the Cardinals top-five was senior Jean Hollerbach (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Pointe HS) who crossed the line at 18:59 which was good for an eighth place finish.

The Cardinals will be back in action again Friday (10/7) when they travel to Hillsdale, Mich. to compete in the Hillsdale Invitational.