1. Eventual Gold Division champion Heather Cooksey of Southern Indiana leads Grand Valley State's Mandi Zembe and UIC's Laura Macia's through one of the course's unique features, the sand along Montrose Ave. Beach.

2. The women's 5K and men's 8K courses wind along the trails and beneath the underpasses throughout Montrose Harbor. The urban cross country venue attracts collegiate teams from as far away as Central Florida and Canada.

3. Audrey Giesler helps the Universal Sole-Reebok team to a 14th place finish in the Gold Division. Marquette University won the team title over Grand Valley State, while host Loyola placed sixth.

4. Nearly 300 men funnel through the sand along the beach house at the start of the men's Gold Division race.

5. Brian Hague leads the charge for the University of Chicago team. The Maroons finished 12th out of 28 teams in the men's Gold Division.

6. With a few hundred meters to go, Eastern Michigan's Corey Nowitzke pulls away from Grand Valley's Nate Peck and host Loyola's Sam Romanoski in the men's Gold Division. The trio finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respetively.