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Teams Settle for Middle at Penn State Meet

The Bulls traveled to the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational in Saturday's action. The UB men placed 10th among a field of 17 teams with 264 points while the women took seventh in the 16-team race with 169 points. Host Penn State won the men's meet with 39 points while Yale, one of top programs in the country, won the women's meet with 34 points.

The meet featured just five Division I programs with the rest of the field consisting of lower division and club squads. UB used the meet as a tune-up for later-season action and rested several of its top runners. The women's race was contested at 6K while the men raced 5.2 miles.

Jezorski Tops UB Women

Jen Jezorski

For the third time this season, UB's top finisher was senior Jen Jezorski (Elmira, NY/Elmira Southside) in 15th place among 201 racers. Jezorski completed the distance, an additional kilometer more than what the squad has raced thus far in 2005, in 22:34. Sophomore Aleksandra Bykowska (Poznan, Poland/Third High School in Poznan) took 31st overall in 23:03 and freshman Mary Veith (Derby, NY/Lake Shore) placed 35th in 23:05. Yale sophomore Lindsay Donaldson won the individual honors in 21:24.

Other finishers for the UB women included Kate Kohout (Clarence, NY/Clarence) in 52nd place (23:31), Megan Housel (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) in 63rd place (23:44), Jessica O'Neill (Skaneateles, NY/Skaneateles) in 64th place (23:46) and Jessica Schultz (Rochester, NY/Eastridge) in 104th place (25:01)

Giza Goes to Men's Top Spot

Dan Giza

In the men's race, sophomore Dan Giza (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) crossed the finish line first for the Bulls in 27:28 to place 40th overall among 189 racers. Senior Matt Moynihan (Rochester, NY/Penfield) finished 50th in 27:38 and junior Paul Riley (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) was 56th in 27:46. St. Joseph's junior Teddy Meyers was the individual race champion in 25:29.

The rest of UB contingent included Chris McClure (Trumansburg, NY/Charles O. Dickerson) in 69th place (27:59), Ilton Kosta (Great Neck, NY/Great Neck South) in 99th place (28:44), Dan Healy (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca West) in 103rd place (28:48) John Nicotera (Sauquoit, NY/Sauquoit Valley) in 104th place (28:49), and Jeremy Gworek (Lewiston, NY/Lewiston-Porter) in 112th place (29:04).

Another Pennsylvania Excursion on Tap

The teams return to the Keystone State next weekend to participate in the annual Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University. Racing is slated to get underway at 9:00 am. Traditionally one of the toughest competitions on UB's schedule, the meet regularly features many of the top programs from the East and Southeast.