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Wisconsin's Bairu Tabbed Big Ten Runner of the Week

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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)