December 06, 2007
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Invaders will send a men's and women's team to West Chester, Ohio, on Saturday, December 8th to compete in the 2007 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships.  Leading off the competition schedule for the Indiana Invaders is the Women’s 6K race at 12:45 PM followed by the Men's 10K race at 1:30 PM in Voice of America Park.
 
Leading the Indiana Invaders on the women's side will be Julia Rudd and Erin Nehus. Rudd had a break out year in 2007 as she qualified for the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships placing seventh in her heat and running a 3000m Steeplechase PR of 10:15.76.  Nehus is also no stranger to competing at an elite level as she represented the United States in the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships and was a third place team scoring finisher in the 2005 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships while leading the Indiana Invaders team to a fourth place finish.  Making up the rest of the women’s entry roster is Robyn Burns, Stefanie Calhoun, Stephanie Dueringer, Alana Margarf, Shannon Runge and Jessica Textoris.
 
For the Indiana Invaders men's team, Ted Turner and John Poray are positioned to lead the team efforts. Turner has had a strong fall training and racing local events and will be poised to be a top finisher this weekend in Ohio. Poray comes into the championships off of a multiple PR 2007 season at numerous distances and his best fall training.  Rounding out the men's roster will be Jesse Davis, Aaron Harding and Hunter Spencer.

Invaders Director and Head Coach Greg Harger said, "It is good to be back to our sport’s national cross country championship with a men’s and women’s team. With new cross country resources coming on-line for us in Indianapolis next year, this weekend’s results will give us a national measuring stick and reference point as we head in to a new era and our second decade of competition." Harger added, "With some focused effort we expect to be back in the mix and ready to challenge for national titles in the coming years with both our men’s and women’s teams."
 
The Indiana Invaders Cross Country Team recently made a partial roster appearance in winning both the women’s and men’s team titles at the GVH Invitational on November 18, 2007.
 
This is the Invaders' seventh team appearance at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships where the team has finished a team in the Top Five a total of six times in the past eight years.  Individually the Indiana Invaders have had 12 finishers in the Top Ten since their activation in 1999.
 
2007 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships

Indiana Invaders Team History with scoring place finishers
      
Women                                   Men

1999  Second(1,16,17,19,27)     Eighth (22,29,33,37,73)
2000  Second(2,3,23,31,44)       Fifth (2,5,14,18,142)
2001  First (1,2,10,11,14)          Seventh (27,33,34,47,57)
2002  Second (5,7,18,19,38)      Seventh (8,27,39,57,88)
2003  DNR                               DNR
2004  Sixth (25,36,40,53,58)      DNR
2005  Fourth (3,19,38,39,41)      13th (34,73,89,105,106)
2006  DNR                               DNR
 
Indiana Invaders Top Ten Individual Team Finisher History:  
Erin Nehus (’05) - Third
Stephanie Dueringer (’02) - Fifth
Keisha Banks (’02) – Seventh
Geoff Fleming (’02) – Eighth
Priscilla Hein (’01) – First
Collette Liss (’01) – Second
Kelly French (’01) – Tenth
Collette Liss (’00) – Second
Kyle Baker (’00) - Second
Priscilla Hein (’00) – Third
Rick Sluder (’00) – Fifth
Collette Liss (’99) – First
 
For additional information on the Indiana Invaders, please contact Coach Harger at 317 289-4018 or by e-mail at: greg.harger@indianainvaders.com or visit the Indiana Invaders web page at www.indianainvaders.com