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Women Second, Men Fifth at Central Collegiate

The annual Central Collegiate Cross Country Meet was run Saturday evening with the Bulls posting impressive results. UB's women finished second to host Toledo while the men's squad was fifth in a field of seven schools.

UB's women scored 68 points to Toledo's 30. Oakland was third with 72, followed by Western Michigan (87), Ohio (123), Northern Illinois (132), Illinois-Chicago (198), Cleveland State (242) and Defiance (278). Ohio won the men's team title with 38 points. Oakland was second at 62, followed by Akron (69), Illinois-Chicago (74), UB (89), Toledo (184) and Defiance (222).

McKenna Leads UB Men

Dan McKenna

In the men's race, over the 8-kilometer course at Toledo's Ottawa Park Golf Course, UB junior Dan McKenna (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) crossed the finish line second overall. McKenna, who won the season-opening meet at Akron, finished in 25:06, just eight seconds behind individual champion Adam Frezza of Oakland University.

Junior Andy Leonard (Spencerport, NY/Churchville-Chili) finished in 13th place overall in 25:55 and sophomore Dan Giza (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) took 19th place in 26:18. The remainder of the UB scorers consisted of senior Matt Moynihan (Rochester, NY/Penfield) in 27th place at 26:43 and junior Paul Riley (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) in 28th place at 26:44.

Jezorski Improves on Opening Week

Jen Jezorski

In the women's race, contested at 5 kilometers, the Bulls placed three runners among the top 12 finishers while Toledo placed its five scorers among those 12 to seal the team victory. UB senior Jen Jezorski (Elmira, NY/Elmira Southside) was the top finisher for the Bulls in 18:25 to place third overall. Jezorski cut 41 seconds off her season-opening performance at Akron. Toledo senior Ebba Stenback won the race in 17:51 with Ohio's Carime Reinhart second in 17:57.

Joining Jezorski among the finishers for the Bulls were sophomore Aleksandra Bykowska (Poznan, Poland/Third High School of Poznan) in fifth in 18:35 and freshman Mary Veith (Derby, NY/Lake Shore) in 12th place in 18:52. Junior Kate Kohout (Clarence, NY/Clarence) placed 17th in 18:59 and freshman Jessica O'Neill (Skaneateles, NY/Skaneateles) was 33rd in 19:23 to round out the UB scoring.

Runners Head for Nittany Lion Country

The Bulls head to the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational this weekend. Racing is scheduled to get underway at 10:00 am. This is the first appearance for the Bulls at a Penn State cross country event. UB's track squads have competed at indoor meets over the last couple of seasons.