FULL RESULTS - Men's | Women's
ERIE, Pa. (Sept. 19, 2009)—The Thiel College cross country teams continued their seasons Saturday as the men’s and women’s squads took part in the Penn State-Behrend Invitational. The men put on a particularly strong performance, finishing in fourth place out of 15 teams. The women turned in an eighth place finish in a field of 12 teams.
Freshman Regis Wagner led Thiel with a time of 27:14, to place 13th individually. Sophomore Brendan DuLaney was close behind, posting a breakthrough 19th-place, 27:44 finish. Rounding out Thiel’s top-25 finishers was junior Alex Bent, who cruised to a 23rd-place time of 27:58.
Sophomore Richard Peterson (32nd place/28:44), freshman Chris Healy (39th/29:29), junior Bryan Montozzi (41st/29:33), and senior Ben Moran (47th/29:42) also contributed to the solid outing.
Sophomore Tiffany Blosser retained her position as the Thiel women’s frontrunner, claiming 37th place individually with a time of 26:54.
Sophomore Tara Sturey, senior Rebecca Walton, senior Sarah McAfee and freshman Clare Rech rounded out the Thiel scorers. Sophomore Lynette Enterline and freshman Satbyul Park also competed for the Tomcats.
“We had a lot of improvements since the Westminster meet, with some people running a season-best time by over a minute,” said Thiel head coach Kevin Pool. “However, we still have a lot of improvement to make before the PAC Championships. “
Thiel will preview the championship courses next weekend when it visits Saint Vincent for the school’s invitational meet.