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Oct. 16, 2004
Men Capture Team Title; Schnitkey Claims Women's Individual Crown at BGSU Invite

    Bowling Green, Ohio -- The Youngstown State men's cross country team used five runners placing in the top 12 en route to capturing the team title at the Inaugural Bowling Green Invitational on Saturday morning.
    Emily Schnitkey won the women's individual crown with a time of 18:15 as the YSU women placed third.
    Jeremy Riehm paced the men's team with a third-place time of 26:11 on the 8K course. Chris Hine placed fifth in 26:33 while Dave Mealy finished one spot back in sixth-place with a 26:36. Matt Paullin placed eighth with a time of 26:47 while Nick Smith rounded out the scoring five as he clocked in with a 12th-place time of 27:29. J. D. Sheppard finished 20th in 28:02 and R. D. Goodright placed 26th in 28:26.
    The Penguins edged out the University of Western Ontario 34-45 while Bowling Green was third with 73 points.  The win was the first for the YSU program since the men won the 1999 Walt Disney Invitational.
    On the women’s side, Lindsay Wojciak placed 11th with a 5K time of 19:04 while Kim Jendre finished 14th in 19:15. Marielle Glanz placed 21st in 19:38 and Gina Mavrikis placed 24th in 19:43 to complete the top five. Katie Krupko came in 35th with a time of 20:50 while Debbie Breunig clocked in with a 45th-place time of 22:39.
    “Both teams ran awesome today,” head coach Brian Gorby said. “I’m very satisfied with our efforts and this should be a huge confidence builder going into the conference meet.”
    The Penguins will compete in the Horizon League Championship on Oct. 30.
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