Oct. 10, 2008

Cross Country Squads Finish 22nd at All-Ohio Championships

    Delaware, Ohio -- The Youngstown State men's and women's cross country teams each finished in 22nd place at the All-Ohio Championships at Delaware Golf Club on Friday afternoon.
    For the women junior Lauren Blase led the way finishing with a 5K time of 19:35, good for 51st. Sophomore Kayla Witmer finished in 62nd with a time of 19:40. Lisa Lee, a junior, finished in 146th after a time of 21:05. Senior Madelyn McGhee took 175th with a time of 21:36. Rounding out the scoring five In 199th was freshman Jocelyn Steiner with a time of 22:11.

    Sophomore Kelcie Witmer finished 210th with a time of 22:27. Junior Dawn Goodwin took 216th after a time of 23:00.

    Junior Justin Dickman led the men's squad finishing in 80th with an 8K time of 27:23.  Finishing second for the men was sophomore Jake Lape, who finished in 89th with a time of 27:30. Senior J.D. Sheppard ran a time of 28:01, which was good for 119th, and sophomore Jim Ramson ran a 28:24. finishing in 147th. The final scorer for the Penguins was sophomore Joe Copploe finishing 156th with a time of 28:39.      

     Senior Dan Nemergut finished in 169th after running a 29:00, and sophomore Scott Denham had a 227th-place time of 30:26.
    Both squads will return to action on Oct. 18 at the Falcon Invitational in Bowling Green, Ohio.