Tina Muir Earns GLIAC Weekly Award Again

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Big Rapids, Mich. - For the second time this campaign, Ferris State University junior runner Tina Muir (St. Albans, U.K.) has been recognized as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week.

Muir claimed the honor following her latest race when she won the Wisconsin-Parkside Lucian Rosa Invitational (Oct. 10) in Kenosha, Wis.  The announcement was made this week by the league office.

Muir helped the nationally-ranked Bulldog women’s squad to the team championship in the 5K event as FSU placed four runners among the top 20 scoring individuals overall to finish with 60 points. Ferris finished ahead of the four NCAA Division I programs taking part in the competition.

In the event, Muir continued her strong performance for the women’s team by winning the individual title with a time of 17:45.8 on the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course at Wisconsin-Parkside. The women’s race featured 176 runners. Muir took the lead prior to the 2K mark and held off former Wisconsin-Parkside runner Jessica Monson, who placed second nearly 16 seconds behind.

The victory was Muir's third title in as many outings this campaign and this week's recognition represents the third time in her career Muir has claimed the GLIAC weekly honor.  She originally received the same recognition last campaign following an eighth-place finish in the 36th annual Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational (9/27/08) at Montrose Beach in Chicago and claimed it again earlier this campaign after taking first place in the Ray Helsing Bulldog Invitational (Sept. 18) at FSU's Katke Golf Course.

Muir placed 12th overall at last year's nationals to become only the second All-American in Bulldog women's cross country history and FSU's highest finisher ever at the national championships. Her performance helped head coach Steve Picucci's squad wrap up one of its most successful seasons ever with a 17th-place performance a year ago at the 2008 NCAA-II National Championships (11/22/08) held at Cooper's Lake Campground in Slippery Rock, Pa.

The Ferris women’s cross country team is ranked third in the latest United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II Midwest Regional Rankings. FSU’s women are ranked 18th nationally this week.

The Bulldogs will compete in the GLIAC Championships this Saturday, Oct. 24, starting at 11 a.m. (EDT) at the Maple Leaf Golf Course in Linwood, Mich.  The site is located 19 miles north of host Saginaw Valley State University's campus.