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Detroit Invitational
Bucknell Women Win Detroit Invitational for Second Straight Year
9/11/2005 8:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Sept. 11, 2005
NORTHVILLE, Mich. - The Bucknell women's cross country team came away with a first-place finish overall, late Saturday morning at the Detroit Titan Cross Country Invitational held at Cass-Benton Park. In 2004, the women also came away with the title. The men finished 32 points behind Wayne State, but finished above Detroit for first place in Division I scoring.
Leading the way for the Bucknell women and winning the 5K competition was Leanna Nastase, with a time of 18:28 minutes. Nastase has been the Bison's leading runner for two straight weeks of competition this season. Following behind Nasase and finishing second overall was Lauren Bricker (18:36).
Bucknell finished three scorers in a row in Erin Cranmer-Hart (18:53, sixth overall), Jenny Stevens (18:58, seventh) and Christa Sawko (19:10, eighth), who picked up the third, fourth and fifth slots for the Bison.
In ninth place overall and sixth for the Bison was Gillian Nordquist (19:16), with Mollie Harms shortly behind her in seventh place for the blue and orange (19:35, 11th).
Finishing behind Bucknell's 24 points was Wayne State with 53. In Division I scoring, the Bison had 18 points, followed by Detroit (57) and Eastern Michigan (62).
On the men's side, Matt Forys led all Bucknell runners with a fifth place finish overall, on the four mile course (15:33). Forys was also the Bison's leading runner last weekend at the Bison open.
In ninth overall and finishing second for the blue and orange was Mike Gibney (20:41). Finishing third, fourth, and fifth, and as the final scorers for Bucknell was Chris Norcea (20:58, 13th), Kevin Fortkiewicz (20:59, 14th) and Derrin Pierret (21:01, 15th).
Kevin Brown (21:08, 16th), Will Holleran (21:12, 17th) and Ryan Delaney (21:15, 18th) rounded out the Bison top eight.
Finishing behind Bucknell's 56 points was Windsor with 83 points and Front Line Racing with 86. In Division I scoring, the Bison compiled 19 points, while Detroit had 44.
19th Annual Running Fit- Detroit Titan Cross Country Invitational Bison ResultsWomen- 5000 Meters 1. Leanna Nastase 18.28 2. Lauren Bricker 18:36 6. Erin Crammer-Hart 18:53 7. Jenny Stevens 18:58 8. Christa Sawko 19.10 9. Gillian Nordquist 19:16 11. Mollie Harms 19:35 12. Christy Totten 19:36 14. Nicole Falcaro 19:50 19. Becki Pierotti 19:57 20. Nicole Smith 20.14 21. Nicole Stoyer 20:21 23. Offebia Hanson-Hall 20:24 31. Jessica Hibbert 20:57 33. Lauren Kinsey 21:04 34. Brittany Parlow 21:05 35. Ashley Behre 21:12 36. Emily Luderer 21:13 39. Lisa Prybells 21:24
Men- 4.0 miles 5. Matt Forys 20:33 9. Mike Gibney 20:41 13. Chris Nocera 20:58 14. Kevin Fortkiewicz 20:59 15. Derrin Pierret 21.01 16. KC Brown 21:08 17. Will Holleran 21:12 18. Ryan Delaney 21:15 21. Mark Caroleo 21:24 22. Andrew Corral 21:28 24. Matt Schellburg 21:34 26. Clint Orloski 21:42 28. Chris Petillo 21:50 32. Eric Harbison 22:05 33. Sean Egar 22.06 36. Joe Foley 22:19 38. James Redmond 22:26 44. Adam Syty 22:57
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