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Men Seventh
and Women Ninth at Oshkosh Invite
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With six runners spread just 15 seconds apart,
the UW-Stevens Point men�s cross country team placed seventh of 18 teams
at the highly-competitive UW-Oshkosh Invitational on Saturday in
Winneconne.
The Pointer women�s team was ninth of 11 teams
in the meet, which featured nine ranked men�s teams and five ranked
women�s participants. UW-Stevens Point�s men�s team entered the meet
ranked 15th in the country and finished behind six other ranked foes.
 Travis Nechuta led the tightly-grouped pack of
Pointers with a 35th place finish in 25:38 over the 8,000-meter course.
Mike Ormond was two seconds behind and placed 37th. Cory Towle posted a
time of 25:48 and placed 42nd, while Phil Richert was 45th in 25:51 and
Brad Seeley and Dominick Meyer were 49th and 50th, respectively, in
25:53.
Top-ranked Calvin (Mich.) easily won the meet
with 37 points and five runners among the top 11. Eighth-ranked New York
University was second with 69 points and UW-Stevens Point had 208
points.
 Hannah Dieringer had a strong finish for the
women�s team, passing several runners down the stretch to place 24th on
the 6,000-meter course in
23:07. The Pointers� other four scoring runners were separated by just
42 seconds with Allison Wolter leading the pack at 24:11 to place 53rd.
Amy Haupt was 56th in 24:28 and Sara Rammer was one second back to place
57th. Ashley Woest was 61st in 24:53.
Third-ranked Washington (Mo.) won the women�s
title with 38 points, edging seventh-ranked Calvin by four points.
UW-Stevens Point totaled 251 points. |
