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STEPHANIE THOMAS AND IZUDIN MEHMEDOVIC PACE UMBC CROSS COUNTRY SQUADS AT LAFAYETTE INVITATIONAL
10/18/2003
Easton, Pa. – UMBC men’s and women’s cross country athletes Stephanie Thomas (Springfield, PA/Springfield) and Izudin Mehmedovic (Columbia, MD/Oakland Mills) led the Retrievers to strong finishes at the Lafayette Invitational on Saturday morning. Thomas in the women’s 5,800 meter run placed sixth as the UMBC women took fifth place out of 12 teams while Mehmedovic, who captured eighth place individually set the pace for the Retriever men, recording a sixth place team finish out of 13 schools in the men’s five mile run.
Thomas crossed the line at the 20:58.31 mark as the first Retriever, followed by Cara Wattlaufer (Bel Air, MD/C. Milton Wright) with a 21st place finish on a time of 21:48.04. Yasmin Fields (Southeast, DC/Bollou) placed 24th (21:53.48), Britta Nelson (Havre De Grace, MD/Havre De Grace) took 39th (22:23.21) and Morgan Little (Bel Air, MD/C. Milton Wright) place 65th (22:59.32) to round out the women scorers for UMBC. The Retrievers total time was 1:50:02.36 with an average of 22:00.48 per runner.
On the men’s side, Mehmedovic completed the five-mile trek in 26:02.47 followed by teammate Greg Saylor (Frederick, MD/Walkersville) who placed 22nd in 26:39.12. Other Retriever scorers included Jesse Stump (Hughesville, MD/LaPlata) in 56th (27:10.27), Shawn Shokry (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park) in 61st (27:14.06) and Aaron Johnson in 76th (27:29.27).
Also competing in the even for UMBC was Ryan Cartwright (Perry Hall, MD/Eastern Technical) (27:36.00), Aaron Smith (Bel Air, MD/C. Milton Wright) (27:57.00) and J.J. Wetzel (Crofton, MD/Archbishop Spalding) (28:23.00).
Women’s Results
Top-10
1 Marin, Pilar PRIN 20:49.00 1
2 Vesey, Beth TCNJ 20:51.55 2
3 Dejesus, Belmax Rutgers University 20:54.45 3
4 Whicher, Danielle Colgate University 20:57.70 4
5 Roberto, Christina PRIN 20:57.96 5
6 Thomas, Stefanie UMBC 20:58.31 6
7 Mullen, Catha PRIN 21:05.23 7
8 Filoux, Claire PRIN 21:11.51 8
9 Donaldson, Nicole Columbia University 21:12.41 9
10 Carey, Elizabeth Columbia University 21:15.69 10
UMBC Finishers
6 Thomas, Stefanie UMBC 20:58.31 6
21 Wettlaufer, Cara UMBC 21:48.04 20
24 Fields, Yasmin UMBC 21:53.48 22
39 Nelson, Britta UMBC 22:23.21 36
65 Little, Morgan UMBC 22:59.32 54
Team Results
1 Princeton University 32 1 5 7 8 11 12 13
Total Time: 1:45:22.53
Average: 21:04.51
2 Columbia University 84 9 10 18 19 28 30 31
Total Time: 1:48:10.52
Average: 21:38.11
3 Rutgers University 90 3 15 21 25 26 37 41
Total Time: 1:48:40.05
Average: 21:44.01
4 College of New Jersey 113 2 16 29 32 34 47 52
Total Time: 1:49:14.19
Average: 21:50.84
5 Un. of Md-Baltimore Count 138 6 20 22 36 54
Total Time: 1:50:02.36
Average: 22:00.48
6 Colgate University 162 4 24 35 48 51 53 60
Total Time: 1:50:52.05
Average: 22:10.41
7 Lafayette College 177 17 33 40 43 44 45 57
Total Time: 1:51:47.96
Average: 22:21.60
8 Monmouth University 206 14 23 38 63 68 70 72
Total Time: 1:54:11.78
Average: 22:50.36
9 Bucknell University 209 27 39 42 46 55 62 64
Total Time: 1:52:54.43
Average: 22:34.89
10 LaSalle University 279 49 50 56 59 65
Total Time: 1:56:02.68
Average: 23:12.54
11 Rider University 325 58 61 66 67 73 75 78
Total Time: 2:01:23.80
Average: 24:16.76
12 Merchant Marine Academy 367 69 71 74 76 77
Total Time: 2:17:35.15
Average: 27:31.03
Men’s Results
Top-10
1 Deboissezon, Xavier Colgate University 25:46.42 1
2 Donovan, Brian TCNJ 25:47.54 2
3 Brach, Brian TCNJ 25:49.50 3
4 Vilt, Steve Columbia University 25:51.37 4
5 Teising, Ryan PRIN 25:51.79 5
6 MACKENZIE, Dan PRIN 25:53.87 6
7 Basler, John PRIN 26:01.42 7
8 Mehmedovic, Izudin UMBC 26:02.47 8
9 Coleman, Nate UST 26:03.04 9
10 Hopp, Wayne PRIN 26:09.15 10
UMBC Results
8 Mehmedovic, Izudin UMBC 26:02.47 8
22 Saylor, Greg UMBC 26:39.12 22
56 Stump, Jesse UMBC 27:10.27 49
61 Shokry, Shawn UMBC 27:14.06 53
76 Johnson, Aaron UMBC 27:29.27 58
82 Cartwright, Ryan UMBC 27:36.00 62
94 Smith, Aaron UMBC 27:57.00 69
114 Wetzel, J.J. UMBC 28:23.00
Team Results
1 Princeton University 39 5 6 7 10 11 12 20
Total Time: 2:10:11.94
Average: 26:02.39
2 Columbia University 78 4 13 15 19 27 30 42
Total Time: 2:12:08.61
Average: 26:25.72
3 Colgate University 80 1 14 18 21 26 50 51
Total Time: 2:12:10.25
Average: 26:26.05
4 University of St. Thomas 89 9 16 17 23 24 44 45
Total Time: 2:12:26.10
Average: 26:29.22
5 College of New Jersey 95 2 3 25 29 36 38 41
Total Time: 2:12:09.53
Average: 26:25.91
6 Un. of Md-Baltimore Count 190 8 22 49 53 58 62 69
Total Time: 2:14:35.19
Average: 26:55.04
7 Bucknell University 202 32 34 35 47 54 59 60
Total Time: 2:15:10.23
Average: 27:02.05
8 Lafayette College 223 28 39 43 48 65 79 82
Total Time: 2:15:44.26
Average: 27:08.86
9 LaSalle University 264 37 40 57 64 66 76 80
Total Time: 2:16:50.68
Average: 27:22.14
10 Rutgers University 270 31 46 52 70 71 73 78
Total Time: 2:17:13.36
Average: 27:26.68
11 Monmouth University 331 56 61 68 72 74 84 85
Total Time: 2:18:48.03
Average: 27:45.61
12 Merchant Marine Academy 347 33 67 77 83 87 88 89
Total Time: 2:20:26.86
Average: 28:05.38
13 Rider University 360 55 63 75 81 86 90 91
Total Time: 2:20:05.69
Average: 28:01.14