Bucknell Cross Country Runs At Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships

Saturday, November 10

Bethlehem, Pa.

11:00 AM

Bucknell University

Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships

Bucknell Cross Country Opens 2007 With Solid Showing At Bison Open

Bucknell Cross Country Runs At Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships

11/10/2007 7:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country

By: TBD

Nov. 10, 2007

Results - Women

Results - Men

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Bucknell men's and women's cross country teams ran at the 2007 Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships at Lehigh on Saturday. The Bison women placed ninth in a field of 28 teams, tallying 314 points while Princeton took first with 56 points. The Bison men placed 11th out of 28 teams with 339 points. Georgetown won the meet for the men, tallying 42 points.

In the 6K race on the women's side, Melissa Grelli of Georgetown won the meet, running the course in 19 minutes, 50 seconds. Senior Erin Cranmer-Hart (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock Area) led the Bison in 43rd with a time of 21:46.00. Senior Christine Totten (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) followed in 55th with a time of 21:59.00 and junior Gillian Nordquist (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) finished 57th in 22:01.

Rounding out the top-five finishers for the Bison women were freshman Alexa Griffiths (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua) in 75th with a time of 22:22.00 and freshman Sarah Moniz (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Regional) in 84th with a time of 22:30.00.

On the men's side, Robert Curtis of Villanova took first place, finishing the 10K race in 30:08.00. Senior Wallace Campbell (Montgomery, Ala./Montgomery Academy) led the Bison men with a 25th-place finish in 31:03.00. Junior Clinton Orloski (Butler, Pa./Slippery Rock) followed in 65th with a time of 31:49.00 and senior Andrew Corral (Bellport, N.Y./Bellport) was right behind in 66th with a time of 31:49.00.

Rounding out the top-five finishers for the Bison men were sophomore Andrew Huebner (Hampton Falls, N.H./Governor Dummer Academy) in 87th (32:13.00) and freshman Stephen Dorsey (North Wales, Pa./Casalle Collegiate) in 96th (32:27.00).

The Bison are now set to prepare for the IC4A Championships on the men's side and the ECAC Championships on the women's side on Nov. 17 in Bronx, N.Y.