Saturday, September 6
Hamilton, NY
W-11:45 a.m; M-12:15 p.m.
Syracuse University
at
Harry Lang Invitational
Cross Country Starts Season with Dominant Wins
9/6/2014 7:28:00 PM | Cross Country
Men and Women sweep Harry Lang Invitational
The Syracuse cross country team got their season started in dominant fashion on Saturday, cruising to a pair of victories at the Harry Lang Invitational.
Men's Results | Women's Results
The 'Cuse women took the top-10 spots in the race and the men placed 11 in the top-12 including the first five. Junior Angelica Peck took the women's crown and freshman Shawn Wilson earned the men's title.
Peck paced the women's race, finishing in 16:30.50, exactly 10 seconds ahead of sophomore Emily Nist. Freshman Stephanie Bitcon (16:51.00) was the first SU newcomer across the line, finishing third.
Senior Molly Malone (17:00.90) and sophomore Rebecca Skodis (17:12.40) rounded out the Syracuse top-five, with Katherine Fleischer (6th, 17:12.40), Karina
Ernst (7th, 17:14.20), Mary Malone (8th,17:24.70), Chelsie Pennello (9th, 17:34.80) and Sabrina Olsen (10th, 17:54.60) rounding out the Orange in the field.
A pack of freshmen were out front for the Orange men as Wilson completed the course in 20:38.80 in his Orange debut, with Mickey Burke (2nd, 20:39.10), Colin Bennie (3rd, 20:39.30) and T.J. Hornberger (4th, 20:39.60) right on his heels.
Junior Andrew Bennison took fifth with a time of 20:40.10 to close out the Syracuse scoring. Joseph Kush (20:42.60), Nick Ryan (20:45.60), last year's champion in this event Juris Silenieks (21:08.70), Robert Hall (21:20.70), Philo Germano (21:23.60) and Andrew Paladino (21:34.90) finished seventh through 12th overall respectively as the other 'Cuse competitors.
The Orange will return to action next Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational on the campus of Penn State.
Men's Results | Women's Results
The 'Cuse women took the top-10 spots in the race and the men placed 11 in the top-12 including the first five. Junior Angelica Peck took the women's crown and freshman Shawn Wilson earned the men's title.
Peck paced the women's race, finishing in 16:30.50, exactly 10 seconds ahead of sophomore Emily Nist. Freshman Stephanie Bitcon (16:51.00) was the first SU newcomer across the line, finishing third.
Senior Molly Malone (17:00.90) and sophomore Rebecca Skodis (17:12.40) rounded out the Syracuse top-five, with Katherine Fleischer (6th, 17:12.40), Karina
Ernst (7th, 17:14.20), Mary Malone (8th,17:24.70), Chelsie Pennello (9th, 17:34.80) and Sabrina Olsen (10th, 17:54.60) rounding out the Orange in the field.
A pack of freshmen were out front for the Orange men as Wilson completed the course in 20:38.80 in his Orange debut, with Mickey Burke (2nd, 20:39.10), Colin Bennie (3rd, 20:39.30) and T.J. Hornberger (4th, 20:39.60) right on his heels.
Junior Andrew Bennison took fifth with a time of 20:40.10 to close out the Syracuse scoring. Joseph Kush (20:42.60), Nick Ryan (20:45.60), last year's champion in this event Juris Silenieks (21:08.70), Robert Hall (21:20.70), Philo Germano (21:23.60) and Andrew Paladino (21:34.90) finished seventh through 12th overall respectively as the other 'Cuse competitors.
The Orange will return to action next Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational on the campus of Penn State.
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