IUP Teams Place High at Penn State's Spiked Shoe Invitational

Complete Results

The IUP men’s and women’s cross country teams both faired well this weekend at the Spiked Shoe Invitational at State College.

The women placed second overall out of 17 teams and were led by Mindy Sawtelle, who finished in second place with a time of 21:33.  By placing second, the Indians defeated Penn State and Bloomsburg, which is ranked ahead of the Indians in the East Region. 

Also placing for the Indians were Nicole Blaesser who finished tenth with a time of 22:21, and Erica Hoffman who finished 24th with a time of 22:44.

The men placed fifth overall and were led by Eric Kruttschnitt, who finished with a time of 26:57 and was 28th individually.  Also placing for the Indians were Adam Shinsky, who ran a time of 27:20 to finish 36th, and Nick Hornick, who finished 39th with a time of 27:27.  IUP ran without No. 1 runner Jorge Medina.

IUP returns to action October 8^th when both teams compete in the for the Slippery Rock Invitational.