Wisconsin's Bairu Tabbed Big Ten Runner of the Week

Six Conference Squads Ranked in Nation's Top 20

Wisconsin's Simon Bairu won his first Roy Griak Invitational title of his illustrious career last week with a winning time of 23:34.

Wisconsin's Simon Bairu won his first Roy Griak Invitational title of his illustrious career last week with a winning time of 23:34.

Sept. 27, 2005

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Simon Bairu, Wisconsin
SR, Regina, Saskatchewan/Dr. Martin LeBoldus

Bairu won his first Roy Griak Invitational title of his illustrious career last week with a winning time of 23:34.  Bairu, the defending NCAA champion, cut more than 30 seconds off his runner-up time of 24:07 from a year ago.  His top-ranked Badgers placed second out of 31 teams at the Griak with 151 points.

This is Bairu's second career Runner of the Week award.  He earned the honor as a sophomore on Oct. 1, 2003.

Last WIS ROW:  Matt Tegenkamp (9/28/04)