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MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY COMPETES AT NAVY INVITATIONAL

9/17/2005

Shawn Shokry placed 14th to lead the men to a third place finish.

The UMBC men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at Navy on Saturday as the men’s team took third place out of six teams in the 8K Navy Invitational Run while the women’s team went 0-6 in dual meet scoring at the Navy Salty Sea Dog 6K Invitational.  UMBC in both runs competed against host Navy, American, Berry College, George Washington, Colgate women’s team and Howard. 

Izudin Mehmedovic led the men’s team placing 11^th overall in 26:02.72.  Shawn Shokry took 14^th place in 26:19.63, J.J Wetzel placed 17^th in 26:30.75, Blake Davis finished 23^rd in 27:07.31 and Ryan Cartwright rounded out the UMBC scoring in 27:41.82 for 27^th overall.

Stefanie Thomas led the women’s team across the line with a 6K mark of 25:04.77 for 19^th place.  Allison Mathis came in 45^th in 26:36.23 as the freshman finished as the second Retriever across the line.  Tawny Barin was close behind in 48^th in 28:46.23 with Emily Saltsman finishing 60^th in 28:00.95 and Morgan Little 64^th in 28:10.53 to round out the women’s scoring.