11/4

KU Women win first NCAA East Regional Title
Men finish 11th

SLIPPERY ROCK, PA- The Kutztown women's cross country team won its first NCAA East Regional Title and had four runners earn All-Region at the NCAA East Regionals Saturday morning at Slippery Rock, PA.  The men finished 11th.

Stephanie Williams finished fifth in 23:22 in the 6K.  Joanna Horstmann placed sixth (23:26).  Desiree Bower placed ninth (23:40) and Maureen Watson finished 13th (23:45).  Each earned All-Region and will compete at the NCAA Championships in Pensacola, FL on November 18.

Rounding out the top seven for the championship team are Chelsea Thomas in 18th (23:58), Cheryl Dingman in 30th (24:38) and Lauren Ayers in 61st (25:34).

Kutztown finished first out of 31 teams with 51 points for the title. Edinboro came in second with 58 points. Slippery Rock was third with 95 points.  Bloomsburg was fourth with 121 points and Indiana (PA) was fifth with 153 points.

Pat Bone led the KU men, finishing in 31st place with a time of 34:30 in the 10K run. Dan Wilde finished in 37th (34:50) and Tony Skiles finished 55th (35:14). Pat Coyne finished in 56th (35:14), Joe Haughey placed 61st (35:14).

Lock Haven came in first in the men's 10K run with 51 points. Edinboro placed second with 88 points followed by Shippensburg with 104 points. Kutztown finished 11th out of the 26 teams with 240 points.