September 20, 2014
Spartan Women Take Third Straight Top Finish
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For the third consecutive
race, the University of Tampa women's cross country team has
championed the NCAA Division II portion of an event. This time, the
Spartans won the UF Mountain Dew Invitational with the UT men were
fourth.
The Spartan women placed three in the top-five, with Chantalle
Blundell finishing third in the 5K with a time of 18:20.05.
Danielle Kissel (18:32.91) and Claudia Cancello (18:39.25) were
fourth and fifth respectively.
Also running for Tampa's women in the D2 race were Elaina
Cancello (12th, 19:18.20), Aislinn Sroczynski (16th, 19:27.04),
Rachel Higgins (20th, 19:32.62), Kayla Sullivan (23rd, 19:40.47),
Ariana Sotorpolis (27th, 19:55.97), Marissa Yovetich (32nd,
20:05.33), Mary Alice Smoot (34th, 20:17.89) and Brianna Jackson
(44th, 20:37.10).
Leading the men's 8K for Tampa was Lars Benner with a
20th-place effort. The sophomore was timed at 26:11.34. Also
representing the Spartans were Tyler Blackburn (21st, 26:14.04),
Joey Maus (23rd, 26:26.51), Cory Munsch (33rd, 26:39.89), Steven
Dennig (37th, 26:53.39), Phil Robbins (38th, 26:55.66), Tony Cruz
(47th, 27:14.98), Drew Carff (55th, 27:25.91), Jessie Boria (68th,
27:56.49), Brendan McGonagle (69th, 27:56.61) and Mitch Arnold
(71st, 28:02.06).
The Spartans return to the course on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the
Louisville Invitational in Louisville, Ky.
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