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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY PLACES FOURTH, WOMEN SEVENTH AT BINGHAMTON INVITATIONAL

9/10/2005


Stefanie Thomas led the women's team with an 18th place finish on Saturday.

Binghamton, N.Y. – The UMBC men’s cross country team took fourth and the women placed seventh at the Binghamton Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Izudin Mehmedovic had his second consecutive big performance, placing second overall in the men’s 8,000m run.  Stefanie Thomas placed 18th in the women’s 5,000m run. 

 

Mehmedovic finished in a time of 25:39 to place second after coming last weekend’s win at the Mount St. Mary’s 5K Duals.  Mehmedovic paced the Retrievers to a team score of 110 points and fourth overall.  Shawn Shokry took 18th in 26:14, J.J. Wetzel 21 in 26:25, Blake Davis 31st in 27:11 and Ryan Cartwright 28th in 27:27 to round out the Retriever scoring.

 

Thomas on the women’s side led UMBC to a 179 point team score for seventh place as a team.  Thomas finished 18th in 19:59 while teammate Kathleen Galan took 25th in 20:24.  Allison Mathis finished in 21:33 for 42nd, Tawny Barin placed 46th in 21:50 and Emily Saltsman took 48th in 22:21. 

 

The Retrievers return to action next Saturday at the Navy Invitational. 

 

 

UMBC Women’s Results
179                             (21:14  106:07)
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  1     18  STEFANIE THOMAS           19:59
  2     25  KATHLEEN GALAN            20:24
  3     42  ALLISON MATHIS            21:33
  4     46  TAWNY BARIN               21:50
  5     48  EMILY SALTSMAN            22:21
  6   ( 52) MORGAN LITTLE             23:00

 

 

UMBC Men’s Results
110                           (26:36  132:56)
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  1      2  IZUDIN MEHMEDOVIC        25:39
  2     18  SHAWN SHOKRY             26:14
  3     21  JJ WETZEL                26:25
  4     31  BLAKE DAVIS              27:11
  5     38  RYAN CARTWRIGHT          27:27
  6   ( 41) AARON SMITH              27:50
  7   ( 48) CHRIS BAUMLER            28:27