Penn State Behrend Cross Country Invitational Results - 9/13/03
Women Place Third and Men Place Fourth

Penn State Behrend hosted eight men's teams in its annual invitational. Ryan Hochstetler, a senior from Mt. Union, was the top men's finisher in 26:37. Behrend's standout freshman Brad Ruffo (West Middlesex/West Middlesex) was again the top runner for coach Cooper's squad placing ninth out of 103 runners in 27:48. In the men's event Mt. Union (31) captured the team title, with Mercyhurst (41) and Grove City (88) chasing them. Behrend (97) was fourth followed by Westminster (130), Gannon (147), Pitt-Greensburg (196), and Hilbert (249).

On the women's side Kristen Koelling of Mt. Union paced the field in 19:10. Jessica Knapp (Erie/McDowell) was Behrend's top performer in 19:27. Mt. Union (28) swept the team titles winning easily. Mercyhurst (59) was second followed by Behrend (93), Grove City (121), Heidelberg (139), Gannon (174), Westminster (198), Allegheny (207), Mt. Aloysius (227), Pitt-Bradford (296), and D'Youville (335).

2003 Penn State Behrend Cross Country Invitational Men's Team Results

1 Mt. Union 31
2 Mercyhust 41
3 Grove City 88
4 Penn State Behrend 97
5 Westminster 130
6 Gannon 147
7 Pitt-Greensburg 196
8 Hilbert 249

 

Name   School   Time
Ryan Hochstetler 1 Mt. Union   26:37
Chris Paulett 2 Mt. Union   27:12
Leif Schmidt 3 Mercyhurst   27:14
Steve Brown 4 Grove City   27:26
Matt Deragon 5 Mercyhurst   27:38
Ryan Knight 6 Mercyhurst   27:44
Jeremy Velliquette 7 Mt. Union   27:45
Ryan Price 8 Mt. Union   27:47
Brad Ruffo 9 Penn State Behrend   27:48
Sean Gallagher 10 Westminster   27:51
Tim Snyder 11 Westminster   27:53
Patrick Hauser 12 Mercyhurst   27:58
Ryan Brown 13 Mt. Union   28:04
Tim Schulthesis 14 Penn State Behrend   28:06
Scott Bishop 15 Mercyhurst   28:08
Kyle Basista 16 Mt. Union   28:11
Dan Adams 17 Grove City   28:14
Zach Kocian 18 Pitt-Greensburg   28:21
Chris Lee 19 Grove City   28:22
Reuben Smith 20 Penn State Behrend   28:25
Nathaniel Smith 21 Mercyhurst   28:31
Daniel Chittick 22 Grove City   28:31
Ryan Ladd 23 Mt. Union   28:31
Steve Curcio 24 Gannon   28:32
Rich Custer 25 Gannon   28:34
Nick Gingerich 26 Grove City   28:47
Clayton Kischner 27 Penn State Behrend   28:47
Matt Oberly 28 Mt. Union   28:48
Craig Davis 29 Penn State Behrend   28:53
Shane Harding 30 Mt. Union   28:59
Erik Johnson 31 Grove City   29:01
Jack Anderson 32 Grove City   29:02
Pat Tully 33 Pitt-Bradford   29:12
Andy Leuenberger 34 Grove City   29:13
Dan Woods 35 Mt. Union   29:16
Joe Covell 36 Gannon   29:17
Ryan Garro 37 Mt. Union   29:22
Nate Crowley 38 Mt. Union   29:30
Marcus Corvino 39 Westminster   29:31
Neil Anderson 40 Gannon   29:33
John Evanovich 41 Gannon   29:34
Aaron Nicka 42 Gannon   29:35
Ben Parker 43 Mt. Union   29:37
Steve Crowe 44 Gannon   29:41
Mark Surovick 45 Penn State Behrend   29:42
Koji Masuda 46 Mt. Union   29:43
Brad Zerbe 47 Westminster   29:47
David Shoppe 48 Allegheny   29:49
Jared Polish 49 Westminster   29:53
Patrick Comer 50 Pitt-Greensburg   29:55
Ron Shook 51 Mt. Union   30:00
Craig Andrews 52 Mercyhurst   30:02
Neal Hutchinson 53 Mercyhurst   30:04
Hans Robinson 54 Grove City   30:06
Mike Barlett 55 Penn State Behrend   30:09
Jonathan Lyons 56 Mercyhurst   30:11
Corey Drabert 57 Allegheny   30:19
Tim Fox 58 Mercyhurst   30:23
Mike Clever 59 Westminster   30:31
Josh Lanich 60 Penn State Behrend   30:34
Mike Eller 61 Gannon   30:43
Jonathan Essel 62 Grove City   30:44
Matt Payne 63 Gannon   30:46
Brent Beauseigneur 64 Penn State Behrend   30:47
John Zeller 65 Gannon   30:56
Michael Wozniak 66 Mercyhurst   31:01
Nick Edizer 67 Mt. Union   31:02
Jacob Kinsey 68 Mt. Union   31:02
Patrick Kenahan 69 Pitt-Greensburg   31:03
Pat Connaroe 70 Gannon   31:09
Chris Barnabi 71 Westminster