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Cross Country Men Claim Cabrini Invitational Title, Women Place Fifth
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - New Castle, DE
Danielle Burcham
Matt O'Brian
The Wilmington University men’s cross country squad claimed the Cabrini Invitational title, while the women’s team placed fifth in the races held at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On the women’s side, the Lady Wildcats (153 points) were fifth, behind the Penn State Club team (28), Georgian Court University (70), Philadelphia University (88), and Ramapo College (139). The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (167), Dominican College (201), Camden College (208), Holy Family University (224), Eastern University (226), Goldey-Beacom College (323), Rutgers-Newark (355), and Penn State Berks (355) rounded out the scoring.
Wilmington was led by senior Danielle Burcham, who placed 4th in a time of 19:44. Behind her were sophomore Danielle Riley (21:27/24th place), junior LJ Slaughter (21:43/26th place), freshman Kristy McCrea (21:57/32nd place), and sophomore Stacey Hamilton (29:20/81st place).
On the men’s side, Wilmington scored 45 points, twelve points ahead of Ramapo (57). Philadelphia (66), Penn State (78), Camden (148), USP (155), Rutgers-Newark (215), Holy Family (242), Bloomfield College (256), Goldey-Beacom (277), Eastern University (317), Cabrini College (324) Penn State Berks (381), and Cheyney College (442) rounded out the scoring.
The Wildcat men posted three top ten finishers. The ‘Cats were paced by senior Matt O’Brian fourth place finish time of 26:43. Right behind him was freshman Bill Steele (26:46) in fifth place and senior Kyle Barnum (27:04) in ninth. The next to cross the line were senior Chad Darlington (27:40/16th place) and sophomore Rodney Rosario (27:54/20th place).
Wilmington returns to action on Saturday, October 24th, as they participate in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championships held at the Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia. The women start at 1100 AM, with the men to follow at 11:40 AM.