Youngstown State University
Penn State National Open
Penguins Set to Race at Penn State National Open
10/12/2022 2:00:00 PM | Cross Country
The Youngstown State men's and women's cross country programs will return to action on Friday at the Penn State National Open at the PSU Golf Courses in State College, Pa.
The women's 6k will begin at 10:45 a.m followed by the men's 5.2 mile at 11:30 a.m.
Penguin Participants
Women's 6k:
Morgan Cole
Alayna Cuevas
Malena Cybak
Maria Dellimuti
Aiamyia Dudley
Carly Hall
Molly Hopple
Caylee Mackey
Mackenzie Scott
Ashley Ventimiglia
Men's 5.2 mile:
Keegan Barnette
Luke Baun
Thomas Caputo
Hunter Christopher
Tyler Clark
Ty Coon
Chase Easterling
Mike Formica
Beau Gorby
Riley Jackson
Tobias Jones
Ryan Meadows
Competing Teams: Bucknell, Columbia, Delaware (F), Eastern Michigan, Georgia Tech, La Salle, Lehigh (M), Maryland (F), Northeastern, Penn State, Quinnipiac (F), Rider, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, UMB, Villanova (F), West Virginia (F), Youngstown State
Last Time Out
The Penguins last competed at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on September 30. For the first time in program history, the men's team finished first in the Gold Division Race of the men's 5-mile.
The Penguins placed five men in the top 20 to tally 60 points. Senior Chase Easterling led the Penguins with a time of 24:17.6, the second-fastest 5-mile time in school history. He finished fourth out of 111 runners.
Junior Hunter Christopher was the next Guin to cross the line, finishing seventh with a time of 24:35.8. Juniors Tyler Clark and Ryan Meadows finished in 14th and 15th with personal-best times of 24:45.6 and 24:46.4, respectively. Clark's 5-mile time is the sixth-fastest in school history, and Meadows' time ties for the seventh-fastest.
Sophomore Keegan Barnette finished 20th, clocking a 24:59.1, the eighth-fastest 5-mile time in YSU history.
In the women's 5k, Senior Morgan Cole ran the second-fastest women's 5k time in YSU history, 17:07.5, to place fifth out of 145 competitors in the Gold Division. Senior Mackenzie Scott was the next Penguin to cross the line with the 14th-fastest time in school history, 18:11.01, to finish 44th.
The women tallied 236 points to finish eighth out of 19 teams.
Easterling and Cole earned Nike Horizon League Runners of the Week honors after their tremendous performance at the race.
Up Next
The Penguins will compete in one final tune-up before the Horizon League Championships as they head to the Bill Lennox Slippery Rock Invitational at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds in New Castle, Pa. on Saturday, October 22. The women's 6k is set to begin at 10:45 a.m. followed by the men's 8k at 11:30 a.m.
The Horizon League Championships will take place on the following Saturday, October 29.
For live updates and results throughout the 2022 season, follow @YSUTrackFieldXC on Twitter.
