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Bulls Open 2007 Cross Country Campaign

Jason Ayr

AKRON, OH – The University at Buffalo’s men’s and women’s cross country squads opened the 2007 season at the University of Akron’s Tommy Evans Invitational. The UB women placed second behind the host Zips in the four-team meet while the men finished third overall as Mount Union and Youngstown State were also included in the field.

The UB women picked up a top performance from sophomore transfer Nicole Soblosky (Colonie, NY/Colonie). Soblosky, who ran at Iona last season, placed 10th overall. She finished the 5K course at Akron’s Firestone Metropark in 19:52. Akron women crossed the finish line with the first eight spots in the race. Akron’s Larisa Arcip won the individual race in 19:08 as 41 runners were in the women’s field.

Other women’s placers for the Bulls included juniors Jessica O’Neill (Skaneateles, NY/Skaneateles) and Jessica Schultz (Rochester, NY/Eastridge). O’Neill finished 14th overall in 20:15 while Schultz crossed the finish line in 20:44 to place 16th. Freshman Megan Niblock (Amherst, NY/Sweet Home) finished 17th in 20:54.

The UB men were led by sophomore Jason Ayr (Westfield, MA/Westfield), who finished the four-mile course in 21:35 to finish 10th. Freshman Ryan Bloom (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport) was right behind Ayr, taking 11th in 21:38. Two other freshmen, Jacob Hagen (Amherst, NY/Sweet Home) and Chris Allen (Gansevoort, NY/Saratoga Springs), were UB’s next finishers. Hagen placed 21st in 22:04 while Allen took 22nd in 22:05. Akron senior Jason Headman won the men’s individual race in 20:41 as 48 runners competed.

The UB women scored 62 points to finish second behind Akron’s perfect score total of 15. Mount Union finished at 75 and Youngstown State had 99 points. In the men’s meet, Akron scored 19 points to win the meet with Mount Union (48), UB (84) and Youngstown State (93) rounding out the field.

The Bulls travel to East Lansing, MI next Saturday for the Spartan Invitational.