Oct. 18, 2008

Penn State National - Men's Results
Penn State National - Women's Results

Lafayette Invitational Results

PHILADELPHIA - Korey Edwards paced the La Salle men's cross country team with an eighth place overall finish out of 306 runners at the prestigious Penn State National Open. The men finished sixth out of 28 teams, while the women placed 15th out of 28 teams in their field. Several other Explorers were also in action on Saturday in Easton, Pa., for the Lafayette Leopard Invitational.

All seven scoring runners on the men's side finished in the top half of the field. Following Edwards - who ran the 8K course in 25:27 - was Trevon Rainford in 30th (25:57) and Tyler Jones in 49th (26:12). Rounding out the results for the Explorers was Sean Ward (57th, 26:20), Thomas Panulla (82nd, 26:37), David Hausherr (92nd, 26:41) and Andrew Wagoner (99th, 26:48).

The women also posted a successful outing on Friday, led by the freshmen once again. Rookie Stephanie Bearish paced the Explorers with a 72nd place finish out of 300 runners by completing the 6K course in 22:12. Right on her heels was Caitlin Storbeck in 77th, with a time of 22:16. Freshman Wendy Hutchinson rounded out the top three for the Explorers, crossing the finish line in 22:48 (110th).

Also in action on Saturday was the 'B' squad at the Lafayette Invitational. The men finished third overall in the team standings out of 10 competing teams, and all scoring Explorers finished in the top 40 of 104 runners. Steve Childs paced the Explorers with an eighth place in the men's five mile race. Childs completed the course in 26:08.40. Kasey Geller placed 14th overall, second for the Explorers, with a time of 26:21.20 followed by Robert Ricketts in 22nd with a 26:38.00 mark.

The women's 'B' squad placed seventh as a team out of eight teams. Emily Paffett led the way for the Explorers with a 27th place finish by completing the 6K course in 23:28.70. Sheila and Margaret McFadden rounded out the top three finishers, as Sheila crossed the finish line 29th (23:41.40) and Margaret finished 38th (24:02.70).

The Explorers next head to the Atlantic 10 Championships on Saturday, Nov. 1st, held in Charlotte, N.C.

Penn State National - Men's

8	Korey Edwards	Sr	25:27
30	Trevon Rainford	Jr	25:57
49	Tyler Jones	Fr	26:12
57	Sean Ward	So	26:20
82	Thomas Pannulla	So	26:37
92	David Hausherr	Fr	26:41
99	Andrew Wagoner	Jr	26:48
100	Sean Mallon	Fr	26:48
104	James Mauro	So	26:51
121	Patrick McAllister	Fr	27:00
122	Ellis Wilson	Sr	27:00
124	Matt Mitchell	Jr	27:03
146	Nick Crits	Fr	27:12
159	Rollin Deas	Jr	27:22

Penn State National - Women's

72	Stephanie Bearish	Fr	22:12
77	Caitlin Storbeck	Fr	22:16
110	Wendy Hutchinson	Fr	22:48
117	Colleen Boland	So	22:53
138	Mary Clare Parrott	Sr	23:07
151	Caroline Grant	Fr	23:22
160	Veronica Shanoski	So	23:27
164	Samantha Gallagher	Fr	23:31
195	Kayleigh Maher	So	23:51
209	Nicole Pearce	So	24:05

 

Leopard Invitational - Men's

8	Stephen Childs	So	26:08.40
14	Kasey Gellar	So	26:21.20
22	Robert Ricketts	Jr	26:38.00
29	Tom Ranalli	Sr	26:53.40
32	Joe Fedorowicz	Sr	27:00.70
39	Kevin Buell	So	27:17.00
43	Kyle Luke	GS	27:29.40
61	Colin Barrett	So	26:56.60
66	Mark Del Monaco	Jr	28:08.70
74	Michael Roethel	Jr	28:33.10
89	Emanuel Waktola	So	30:03.90
94	Michael Power	So	30:16.30

Leopard Invitational - Women's

27	Emily Paffett	So	23:28.70
29	Sheila McFadden	So	23:41.40
38	Margaret McFadden	So	24:02.70
39	Nicole Shiavone	Fr	24:04.30
42	Pamela Alva	Fr	24:12.10
49	Colleen O'Donnell	So	24:53.90
54	Meaghan Hobson	Sr	25:17.70