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State College, Pa. – The UMBC men’s and women’s cross country teams completed their season at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals on Saturday held on the campus of Penn State University.  The Retrievers placed 18^th as a team on the women’s side out of 24 programs in the 171 student-athlete deep 6K run.  The men’s team, against 23 schools and 166 student-athletes took 17^th overall in the 10K run. 

Cara Wettlaufer led the women’s team as the senior completed her final cross country run in the black and gold.  The Retrievers co-captain ran a 22:43 6K mark to place 49^th overall.  Kathleen Galan finished in 96^th at 23:49, freshman Tawny Barin placed 124 in 24:49, Jennifer Hickey took 129^th in 24:56 and Morgan Little rounded out the Retrievers scoring with an 138^th place finish and a time of 25:19.

Izudin Mehmedovic paced the Retriever men through their longest run of the season as Mehmedovic tackled the 10K run with a time of 33:22 for 94^th.  Shawn Shokry took 100^th in 33:34, Aaron Smith took 115 in 34:08, Blake Davis finish in 34:12 for 118 and J.J. Wetzel rounded out the scoring with an 120^th place finish and a time of 34:18. 

UMBC Women’s Results

   49  Cara Wettlaufer, Sr         22:43    6:05

   96  Kathleen Galan, So          23:49    6:23

  124  Tawny Barin, Fr             24:49    6:39

  129  Jennifer Hickey, Jr         24:56    6:41

  138  Morgan Little, So           25:19    6:47

Time = 2:01:34     Places = 536

UMBC Men’s Results

   94  Izudin Mehmedovic, Jr       33:22    5:22

  100  Shawn Shokry, So            33:34    5:24

  115  Aaron Smith, Jr             34:08    5:30

  118  Blake Davis, So             34:12    5:30

  120  John Wetzel, Jr             34:18    5:31

  136  Ryan Cartwright, Jr         35:11    5:40

  147  John Commins, Jr            35:55    5:47

Time = 2:49:33     Places = 547