2008 Behrend Lions Cross Country Invitational Results
Behrend Men Place 2 and Women Finish 3

The Behrend Lions cross country team hosted fifteen men's and eighteen women's teams on September 13, 2008, on the Behrend course.  Mt. Union men's team took the first place trophy.  While on the women's side, Gannon University took home the first place finish. Dustin Ford ran a solid race finishing in 27:14 for the first place finishing Mt. Union.  Mercyhurst's Christie Turak paced the women's race with a finishing time of 18:32. The Behrend Lions had excellent finishes on both the men and women's sides.  The men placed second and the women third.

The top finishers for the Penn State Behrend women included Jenna Fatica (Erie/Villa Maria) who finished ninth overall and Mallory Souleret (Pittsburgh/Baldwin) who finished twelfth.  Emily Berry (Reno/Rocky Grove) and Liz Keller (Bradford/Bradford) had strong finishes at 18th and 27th respectively.   

For the second year in a row the Behrend men finished with six runners in the top 30.  The top finish went to Andy Iams () who finished in eighth place.  Many of the other Behrend lions ran strong races including Alex Zarger (Erie/Harborcreek), Carl Kallgren (Erie/McDowell), Rob Shrawder (New Wilmington/West Middlesex), Bob Cizek (Pittsburgh/Shaler), Justin Dipenti (Russell/Warren) who all finished in the top 30.

Behrend Lions Cross Country Invitational Women's Team Standings

1 Gannon University                       50
2 Mercyhurst College     72
3 Penn State Behrend 95
4 Ursuline College 121
5 Cuyahoga 160
6 Penn State Altoona 166
7 Westminster College 184
8 Mount Union College 210
9 Point Park University 251
10 Lake Erie 279
11 Thiell 317
12 D'Youville College 332
13 Hiram College 352
14 Medaille 361
15 Mount Aloysius 383
16 Pitt-Bradford 405
17 La Roche

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18 Hilbert

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Women's Overall Results

Place

Name

School

Time

1

Christie Turak

Mercyhurst College

18:32.1

2

Jessica Dingman

Ursuline College

19:11.0

3

Cherie Jackson

Mercyhurst College

19:47.7

4

Brittany Zaborowski

Gannon University

19:56.7

5

Noelle Blank

Gannon University

20:09.5

6

Heather Stalter

Mount Union College

20:19.3

7

Kirsten Luzik

Penn State Altoona

20:23.3

8

Stephanie Wilson

Gannon University

20:25.6

9

Jenna Fatica

Penn State Behrend

20:28.5

10

Jennifer Mieczkowski

Mercyhurst College

20:35.8

11

Erica Casto

Ursuline College

20:47.6

12

Mallory Souleret

Penn State Behrend

20:50.3

13

Elizabeth Beardsley

Westminster College

20:53.5

14

Amanda Buck

Cuyahoga

20:56.7

15

Ellen Stryffeler

Ursuline College

20:57.6

16

Maureen McAnany

Gannon University

20:58.2

17

Rosie Cooper

Gannon University

21:01.6

18

Emily Berry

Penn State Behrend

21:03.2

19

Jenna Szczepanski

Gannon University

21:03.6

20

Madison Steward

Gannon University

21:07.0

21

Kim Gueterman

Penn State Altoona

21:15.2

22

Jess Hedrick

Lake Erie College

21:18.1

23

Tiffany Blosser

Thiel College

21:20.2

24

Amanda Ehrbar

Mercyhurst College

21:23.0

25

Ashley Heidenreich

Unaffiliated

21:26.8

26

Margaret Pokryfki

Hiram College

21:30.7

27

Brittany Buck

Cuyahoga

21:31.5

28

Kim Urbanowicz

Gannon University

21:32.5

29

Elizabeth Keller

Penn State Behrend

21:34.0

30

Lesley Sherwood

Mount Union College

21:35.8

31

Tanisha Wheatley

Penn State Behrend

21:35.9

32

Lindsay Dill

Point Park University

21:36.2

33

Kadri Uusleer

Cuyahoga

21:37.1

34

Makenzie Smith

Point Park University

21:38.4

35

Alice Coughlin

Mount Union College

21:46.2

36

Emily Monahan Emily

Mercyhurst College

21:48.6

37

Ali Mertsock

Pitt-Bradford

21:50.4

38

Lauren Pecor

Penn State Behrend

21:55.6

39

Sarah Austin

Point Park University

21:59.2

40

Jasmine Grady

Westminster College

22:00.1

41

Amanda Everett

Westminster College

22:00.8

42

Kelley Rager

Penn State Altoona

22:00.9

43

Alexandra Falvo

Penn State Behrend

22:18.4

44

Jenny Krueger

Westminster College

22:21.3

45

Staci Hallberg

Ursuline College

22:23.9

46

Charmaine Jefferson

Cuyahoga

22:25.6

47

Crystal Watson

Cuyahoga

22:26.9

48

Allison Wright

Lake Erie College

22:31.4

49

Maggie Lavelle

Penn State Altoona

22:34.5

50

Rachel Miller

Mount Union College

22:39.8

51

Bridget George

Medaille

22:42.1

52

Sami Hallberg

Ursuline College

22:48.6

53

Chelsey Meckler

Penn State Altoona

22:57.2

54

Leighann Jordon

Westminster College

22:59.2

55

Jennette Goans

Ursuline College

23:06.2

56

Ellen Remillard

D'Youville College

23:11.2

57

Carrie Crews

Lake Erie College

23:11.7

58

Emily Paul

Westminster College

23:12.8

59

Christina Mobilia

Mercyhurst College

23:13.7

60

Mindy Elias

Westminster College

23:13.7

61

Kristin Smith

D'Youville College

23:15.2

62

Amanda Oravec

Ursuline College

23:15.7

63

Amanda Phillips

Hilbert

23:24.5

64

Christine Benaiah

La Roche College

23:37.1

65

Roxanne Alsbury

Penn State Behrend

23:41.7

66

Sara Rex

Mercyhurst College

23:48.9

67

Ashley Russell

Mercyhurst College

23:59.2

68

Ramanda Leaver

Ursuline College

24:00.0

69

Sarah McAfee

Thiel College

24:01.1

70

Rebecca Walton

Thiel College

24:02.1

71

Erin Childers

Ursuline College

24:03.4

72

Susan Wieliczki

D'Youville College

24:04.4

73

Nadia Husein

Cuyahoga

24:05.5

74

Kyle Herron

Lake Erie College

24:11.1

75

Kennia Adams

Penn State Behrend

24:11.2

76

Jordan Schrimmel

Medaille

24:15.2

77

Jill Leaness

Mercyhurst College

24:16.4

78

Kate Best

Westminster College

24:18.1

79

Meghen Broman

Hiram College

24:21.8

80

Julie Boehly

D'Youville College

24:26.0

81

Quovadis Vickers

Mount Aloysius College

24:28.9

82

Carissa O'Connor

Westminster College

24:32.1

83

Amanda Woleslagle

Mount Aloysius College

24:35.3

84

Stephanie Wilkins

Mercyhurst College

24:37.2

85

Becky Schodt

Penn State Altoona

24:43.9

86

Shalyn Eakin

Westminster College

24:48.8

87

Sarah Kociuba

Cuyahoga

24:51.4

88

Jacque Huff

Gannon University

24:54.0

89

Courtney Smith

Penn State Behrend

24:55.8

90

Katie Eppley

Hiram College

25:01.5

91

Martine Saul

Point Park University

25:02.8

92

Ashlea Browning

Medaille

25:06.8

93

Tonaisha Williams

Cuyahoga

25:07.6

94

Carina Jollie

Point Park University

25:10.1

95

Amanda Trickey

Hilbert

25:15.2

96

Heather Abernethy

Point Park University

25:17.2

97

Laquesha Cathcart

Mount Aloysius College

25:28.3

98

Kirsten Zinsser

Penn State Behrend

25:33.7

99

Amanda Escano

Ursuline College

25:37.0

100

Katelyn Hollembeck

Medaille

25:52.0

 

 

Behrend Invitaional Men's Team Results
1 Mount Union 15
2 Penn State Behrend 80
3 Mercyhurst College 101
4 Gannon University 146
5 Westminster 154
6 Thiel 159
7 Hiram College 168
8 Penn State Altoona 172
9 Point Park University 289
10 Lake Erie 301
11 Pitt-Bradford 347
12 La Roche 370
13 Mont Aloysius 379
14 Medaille 405
15 D'Youville 414
16 Hilbert

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Men's Overall Results
Place Name School Time
1 Dustin Ford Mount Union College 27:15.0
2 Bryce Basista Mount Union College 27:15.3
3 Ty Griffin Mount Union College 27:15.3
4 Dan Whisler Mount Union College 27:15.4
5 Matt Dieterich Mount Union College 27:15.8
6 Scott Wolfe Mount Union College 27:25.0
7 Wes Brubaker Penn State Altoona 27:45.7
8 Andy Iams Penn State Behrend 27:48.7
9 Tomas Bolger Mercyhurst College 28:05.9
10 Morgan Hanes Westminster College 28:15.4
11 Mickey Nadeau Mount Union College 28:16.0
12 Justin Meeson Mount Union College 28:27.4
13 Richard Peterson Thiel College 28:36.0
14 Kevin Gregg Mercyhurst College 28:43.8
15 Joseph Hengoed Hiram College 28:46.8
16 Kyle Griffith Lake Erie College 28:50.1
17 Alex Zarger Penn State Behrend 28:56.1
18 Kallgren Carl Penn State Behrend 29:00.5
19 Rob Shrawder Penn State Behrend 29:05.1
20 Andy Hellmann Gannon University 29:06.4
21 Reuben Rono Point Park University 29:06.6
22 Bob Cizek Penn State Behrend 29:07.0
23 Justin Dipenti Penn State Behrend 29:12.0
24 Adam Green Gannon University 29:12.6
25 Tim Kelly Mount Union College 29:14.9
26 Steven Lovewell Mercyhurst College 29:17.9
27 Christopher Strohm Mercyhurst College 29:20.0
28 Alex Bent Thiel College 29:31.3
29 Danny Bauer Gannon University 29:34.4
30 William Brown Hiram College 29:36.6
31 Bryan McIntyre Mount Union College 29:43.8
32 Jeremiah Patterson Westminster College 29:47.3
33 Kurtis Billig Mercyhurst College 29:55.1
34 Harrison Markel Mount Union College 30:03.2
35 Matt Gorman Penn State Altoona 30:06.8
36 Nathan Hunter Westminster College 30:09.1
37 Robert Kistner Penn State Altoona 30:16.4
38 Flanagan Kevin Mercyhurst College 30:17.8
39 Steve Monnie Penn State Behrend 30:21.0
40 Aaron Titus Westminster College 30:23.2
41 Sam Slaven Thiel College 30:23.9
42 Dan Shephard Gannon University 30:26.2
43 Brandon Chambers Gannon University 30:29.6
44 Nicholas Michalenko Hiram College 30:32.4
45 Matt Woods Mount Union College 30:32.8
46 Brendan Dulaney Thiel College 30:40.6
47 Zachary Eshelman Hiram College 30:41.3
48 Ben Moran Thiel College 30:43.2
49 Kent Vasko Hiram College 30:44.1
50 Josh Kashmer Hiram College 30:46.5
51 Bryan Montozzi Thiel College 30:47.6
52 Bryan Yost Westminster College 30:47.6
53 Adam Griffith Westminster College 30:49.9
54 Bobby Forbes Thiel College 30:51.6
55 David Fiser Mount Union College 30:53.0
56 Jordan Rowley Penn State Altoona 30:53.2
57 Brad Tibbens Penn State Altoona 31:08.9
58 Gibbens Steven Penn State Behrend 31:10.1
59 Mitch Mahfoud Mercyhurst College 31:21.5
60 Rich Hanlon Penn State Altoona 31:24.0
61 Derek Workman Thiel College 31:25.8
62 Matt Deleon Penn State Behrend 31:28.4
63 Justin Jones Westminster College 31:42.3
64 Alexander Petecca Lake Erie College 31:46.1
65 Phillip Cantu D'Youville College 31:48.5
66 Michael Evans U Of Pittsburgh At Br 31:48.5
67 Ciak Brian Penn State Behrend 31:50.4
68 Christopher Cuviello Gannon University 31:51.6
69 Ronny Whiting Mercyhurst College 32:03.6
70 Peter Ianccione Point Park University 32:04.7
71 Rayshawn Walker Thiel College 32:07.2
72 Ben Shannon Gannon University 32:10.4
73 Chris Bradigan Penn State Altoona 32:12.2
74 Jeff Dailey La Roche College 32:13.9
75 Kevin Woods Thiel College 32:27.3
76 Josh Willson Penn State Altoona 32:39.2
77 Andrew Brown Westminster College 32:41.3
78 Ryan Jones Westminster College 32:47.0
79 Andrew Rusnak Mercyhurst College 32:54.5
80 John Eich Thiel College 33:05.5
81 Ron Edison Thiel College 33:15.1
82 Steel Flynn Penn State Behrend 33:16.9
83 Alan Nascone Point Park University 33:27.4
84 Kevin Mottura Penn State Altoona 33:35.2
85 Chris Ribble Medaille 34:05.8
86 Sam Mason U Of Pittsburgh At Br 34:08.4
87 Josh Rulnick La Roche College 34:11.1
88 Kevin Oblocki Lake Erie College 34:25.0
89 Andrew Lepine Penn State Altoona 34:38.9
90 Ross Davis Lake Erie College 34:42.6
91 Robert Aldrich Gannon University 34:42.7
92 Tom Hoffman Mount Aloysius College 34:48.8
93 Jared Ferree Point Park University 34:56.7
94 Connor Walsh Mount Aloysius College 35:01.5
95 Nate Evans U Of Pittsburgh At Br 35:40.3
96 Jay Munjas Westminster College 35:49.0

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