Nov. 1, 2008

Cross Country Squads Place Sixth and Seventh at League Meet

    Green Bay, Wis. -- The Youngstown State men's cross country team finished sixth and women's placed seventh at the Horizon League Championships on Saturday afternoon.
    Junior Justin Dickman led the men's squad with a time of 26:10 while finishing 16th. One spot behind Dickman was sophomore Jake Lape, who finished 17th with a time of 26:13.

    Sophomore Jim  Ramson finished in 26th after running a time of 26:45. The fourth finisher for the Guins was senior JD Sheppard who finished in 29th, running a 27:18. Rounding out the scoring was sophomore Jake Dialesandro, who took 42nd with a time of 27:18.

    Other finishers for the men were freshman Rick Lape and sophomore Joe Copploe, who took 48th and 49th with a time of  27:25.

    The men used a strong 45 second-gap through the top four spots and a minute through the top five for the sixth place finish. Butler was the top team on the men's side, followed by Loyola in second, and Milwaukee in third 

    On the women's side, junior Lauren Blase led the Penguins with a 15th place finish, 20 spots better than last year after a time of 19:10. Sophomore Kayla Witmer took 22nd, up 30 spots from a year ago, running a time of 19:24. Freshman Jocelyn Steiner ran her personal best time of 20:11 and finished in 36th.

    Sophomore Lisa Lee improved her time last year by 40 seconds and moved up 15 spots, running a 20:21 to finish in 41st. The final scorer for the Penguins was junior Dawn Goodwin, who ran a 20:58 to finish 54th.

    Other finishers for the Guins were junior Jen Roman and senior Amy Moore. Roman ran a time of 21:28 and finished in 61st. Moore took 62nd after a time of 21:28.

    Loyola won the women's event for the first time since 2001, followed by Milwaukee in second, and Butler rounded out the top three.
    The Penguins will compete at the Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 15.