Jerimie Slick
Senior Jerimie Slick of the UB cross country squad has been named the Mid-American Conference Men's Runner of the Week as announced Tuesday by the conference office.
Slick led the Bulls to a first-place finish at Saturday's UB Open, setting a course record of 25:50 for the 8K race. The Bulls placed the first 12 runners in the 34-entrant race across the finish line to ensure a perfect 15 point score to easily outdistance their three competitors.
Slick has been UB's top finisher in the past four of UB's five cross country meets in the 2002 season. He turned in a season-best time of 24:52.97 to finish second among 43 runners at the Miami Fall Classic on Sept. 21 in Oxford, Ohio. The time was his first sub-25 minute clocking of his two-year UB career.
Last season, Slick became the first UB runner since 1970 to represent the Bulls at the NCAA National Championship. He finished 91st in a 249-runner field in a 10K time of 30:54.
Motor City Bowl
Tickets for the 2002 Motor City Bowl will go on sale Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Ford Field Box Office and all TicketMaster outlets.
The 6th Annual Motor City Bowl will be played on Thursday, Dec. 26 at the new Ford Field in Detroit, Mich., at 5 p.m. This year's game will feature a top Mid-American Conference selection against an opponent from the Big Ten Conference. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN. This is the first year that the Big Ten Conference will send a team to the Motor City Bowl.
Tickets will also be on sale at all 14 Mid-American Conference schools' Athletic Ticket Offices in early November.
Stories Courtesy of the UB Athletic Department and the Mid-American Conference.
