Women's Results
Men's Results

Seniors Nicole Blaesser and Jorge Medina both finished in the top four to lead five IUP runners to earn all-conference honors at the PSAC Cross Country championships on Saturday at Bloomsburg.

Blaesser placed second in the women's race while Medina was fourth in the men's meet.  Also earning All-PSAC spots were Maureen Newell (19th) on the women's side and Eric Kruttschnitt (18th) and Nate Shelly (19th) for the men.

The IUP women finished in fifth place with 147 points.  Edinboro won its ninth straight conference title with 61 points, followed by Kutztown (68), Slippery Rock (88), Bloomsburg (125) and IUP.

The IUP men were seventh with 155 points, five behind sixth place East Stroudsburg.  Lock Haven won for the fourth straight year, totaling 45 points.  The Bald Eagles outdistanced Edinboro (100), Clarion (107), Shippensburg (123), Bloomsburg (138), East Stroudsburg and IUP.

Blaesser had a time of 22:31 on the 6K course that was sloppy from a 12-hour rain during the night that also fell during the earlier men's race.  She finished 11 seconds behind Edinboro's Rachel Lanzel, who was the conference runner-up last year.

Medina covered the 8,000 meter course in 26:04 to trail Ryan Blood of Lock Haven (25:44), Jeff Weiss of Slippery Rock (25:56) and Chris Clark of Clarion (25:58).  Weiss won the title last year and Blood was also the champion in 2004.

Newell had a time of 24:18 and was followed to the finish line by IUP women Stacie Stockard (25th, 24:41), Laura Blaesser (30th, 25:06), Marissa Umbel (75th, 27:13), Karen Geibel (77th, 27:29), Erica Hoffman (80th, 27:46) and Jennifer Moore (97th, 29:47).

Kruttschitt and Shelly posted times of 27:18 and 27:20, respectively, and were followed by Matt Gaudet (57th, 28:29), Chad Phares (65th, 28:43), Bobby Boston (67th, 28:51) and Adam Shinsky (80th, 29:40).

Both IUP teams will compete at the NCAA Division II East Region meet next Saturday at Slippery Rock.

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