October 25, 2014
Spartan Women Take First-Place at Valdosta State
Box score
VALDOSTA, Ga. - The University of Tampa won
its fifth women's race of the 2014 season as the Spartans took the
title at the Valdosta State Invitational. The Spartan men were
fifth overall.
In the women's 5K, UT was ahead of Flagler, West Florida,
Valdosta State and Florida Southern.
Chantalle Blundell was second overall as her time was clocked
at 18:10.5. West Florida's Kelly Bahn won at 17:58.8.
Claudia and Elaina Cancello were third and fourth
respectively, with times of 18:26.5 and 18:44.4. Danielle Kissel
was also in the top-10 with a sixth-place effort of 18:53.0.
Also running for head coach Jarrett Slaven's women were Rachel
Higgins (12th, 19:06.5), Aislinn Sroczynski (14th, 19:18.8), Kayla
Sullivan (15th, 19:20.0), Marissa Yovetich (23rd, 20:21.6), Ariana
Sotorpolis (25th, 20:28.8), Brianna Jackson (26th, 20:32.5) and
Aimee Epps (30th, 20:43.8).
Flagler won the men's race, followed by Florida Southern, West
Florida, West Florida, Valdosta State and UT.
Geremy DeWitt was seventh in the men's 8K, with a time of
25:52.5. Also racing for UT was Jake Poore (13th, 26:17.9), Matt
Hoffman (20th, 26:36.4), Phil Robbins (23rd, 26:45.6), Steven
Dennig (25th, 26:48.2), Mitch Arnold (26th, 26:50.4), Joey Maus
(31st, 27:06.7), Brendan McGonagle (33rd, 27:08.5) and Drew Carff
(35th, 27:19.4).
With the regular season complete, UT will next run at the 2014
Sunshine State Conference Championships, a race that it will host
at Sydney Dover Trails on November 8.
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