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Purdue Fort Wayne
Indiana Intercollegiates
Cross Country Travels to Bloomington for Indiana Intercollegiates
9/20/2013 12:26:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons return to the course after a weekend off to compete at the Indiana Intercollegiates hosted by Indiana University:
Event: Indiana Intercollegiates
When: Friday, September 20 | Open Race (3:30 p.m.), women's 5k (4:30 p.m.), men's 8k (5:15 p.m.)
Where: Bloomington, Ind.
TEAMS IN THE FIELD
Big State: Ball State, Butler, Evansville, Indiana, Indiana State, IUPUI, Purdue ... Little State: Anderson, DePauw, Earlham, Franklin, Grace, Hanover, Huntington, IU-East, Indianapolis, Marion, Manchester, Oakland City, Purdue-Calumet, Rose-Hulman, Southern Indiana, Saint Mary-in-the-Woods, Taylor, Trine, Vincennes, Wabash.
LAST TIME OUT - MEN
Behind a second place finish from senior Taylor Crowell, the IPFW Mastodons took second with 49 points at their own home IPFW Invitational.
IPFW scored 49 points, while IUPUI swept the top five places - all finishing within a half second of each other - scoring 15 team points. St. Francis took third with 74 team points.
Crowell's time of 27:22.45 put him seventh in the field, while Randy McComb took ninth in a time of 29:06.97 in the 8,000-meter course (five miles). Chris Rudolph took 10th in a time of 29:08.06, with John Yandl placing 11th in 29:12.32.
Brandon Perry rounded out the scoring five in a time of 29:31.05, placing 12th in the field, while Jordan Holloman placed 13th (29:58.34), and Garret Gleckler 14th (30:05.81) to round out the scoring seven. Evan Boucher (15th, 30:11.70) and Ryan Curtis (16th, 30:19.54) closed out the nine IPFW runners in the field.
LAST TIME OUT - WOMEN
Led by a third place finish from senior Julie Jeszenszky, the IPFW Mastodons took second at the IPFW Invitational.
The Mastodons finished with 39 team points, just behind IUPUI's 23, and ahead of Ball State (65), and St. Francis (120).
Jeszenszky's time of 22:52.38 put her third, while the trio of Tiffany Rauch (23:15.94), Brittany Beard (23:30.82), and Amaya Ayers (23:41.81) took seventh, eight, and ninth, respectively on the 6,000-meter course.
Rounding out the Mastodon scoring five was senior Rachel Zachar who took to a time of 23:50.40, placing 12th in the field. Emma Manchess placed 16th with a time of 24:05.56 and Kayla Boyes 19th in a time of 24:14.33 to close out the varsity seven.
Kaitlyn Simmons (21st, 24:23.15), Jordan Tomecek (23rd/24:25.19), Andrea Bell (24th, 24:30.50), Rachel Kacer (27th, 24:42.79), McKayla Keating (37th, 27:14.82), Karson Rowe (40th, 27:50.16), Alexa Brown (41st/27:54.30), and Cheryl Morris (44th/29:00.47) also completed the course for the 'Dons as well.
