ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday, October 22, 2005

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Blue Jays Host Elizabethtown Invitational, Place Third

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown hosted its annual Elizabethtown Invitational at the Etown Fairgrounds Saturday, and the Blue Jays finished third with 76 points. The Blue Jays were the top-finishing NCAA Division III team in the race, as NCAA Division II Lock Haven won with 32 points and Division II Shippensburg placed second with 39 points. Of the eight teams scoring in the race, four were Divison II programs, three were Division III programs, and one was a running club team.

The top finisher on the 6050m course was Shippensburg junior Allen Hanslovan in 19:02, and Shippensburg senior John Somers finished second in 19:24. Etown’s top finisher, and the top D-III finisher in the race, was Tyson Evensen (West Sand Lake, NY/Averill Park) in seventh place out of 83 runners.

Jason Theobald (Honesdale, PA/Honesdale) was Etown’s number two finisher in 12th place in 19:55, and Greg Wetzel (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks East) finished 18th overall in 20:16. Ryan Mulcahy (Towanda, PA/Towanda) was Etown’s number four runner in 19th place in 20:16, and David Cohen (Allentown, PA/William Allen) was Etown’s fifth and final scorer in 23rd place in 20:23.

Etown alumnus Mike Zwatty ’03 was the West Shore Running Club’s number two finisher in 27th place overall with a time of 20:31.

Etown will return to action Saturday, October 29 at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at Juniata College.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
Elizabethtown Invitational (6050m course)
Team Scores: 1. Lock Haven 32; 2. Shippensburg, 39; 3. Elizabethtown 76; 4. Alderson-Broaddus 106; 5. Salisbury 146; 6. West Shore Running Club 158; 7. Bloomsburg 180; 8. Gettysburg 251. – No team score: Hagerstown C.C.
Etown individual finishers (83 finishers): 7. Tyson Evensen 19:55; 12. Jason Theobald 19:55; 18. Greg Wetzel 20:15; 19. Ryan Mulcahy 20:16; 23. David Cohen 20:23; 24. Brandon Bear 20:24; 39. Ryan St. Clair 20:53; 47. Jon Slusser 21:04; 50. Nick Patterson 21:07; 51. Scott Derkacz 21:09; 60. Dylan Rulander 21:29; 64. Ryan Allmond 21:51; 66. James Munnelly 21:53; 69. Evan Metz 22:04; 70. Drew Graybeal 22:05; 82. Jake Keeler 23:30.

View the complete men's results here.
View the complete women's results here.