IUP Women Place 19th, Men 26th at Penn State National Invitational

Women's Results
Men's Results

The IUP women finished 19th out of 34 teams while the men were 26th of 37 teams at the Penn State National Invitational at State College on Saturday.

The women beat out eight Division I teams, including Duquesne, St. Francis, Connecticut, Pitt, Texas A&M, St. Joseph's, Mount St. Mary's and George Mason.  IUP also edged out PSAC rival Bloomsburg.

Mindy Sawtelle was the top IUP woman, finishing 35th with a time of 22:01 in the 6K race.  She was followed by Nicole Blaesser (57th, 22:27), Erica Hoffman (104th, 23:10), Katie Farnsworth (148th, 23:44), Stacie Stockard (149th, 23:45), Charlene Wirfel (154th, 23:49) and Marissa Umbel (205th, 24:58).

Jorge Medina was the leading IUP men's runner, taking 46th with a time of 26:20 at the 8K distance.  The top seven also included Matt Gaudet (128th, 27:06), Eric Kruttschnitt (168th, 27:34), Nick Hornick (181st, 27:44), Nate Shelly (194th, 27:56), Bryan Bellinger (205th, 28:05) and Jerome Myers (223rd, 28:34).

IUP is back in action in two weeks at the PSAC Championships at Slippery Rock.