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Jenny Koeppel

BOSTON, MA – The University at Buffalo’s men’s and women’s cross country teams completed the season with Saturday’s NCAA Northeast Regional Championships held in Boston’s Franklin Park. The UB women finished 16^th in the team competition among 36 squads with 470 total points. UB’s men placed 20^th overall with 523 points in the 33-team field. Providence’s women (49) and Iona’s men (58) were the team victors among the Division I entries.

Individually, UB junior Jenny Koeppel (Amherst, NY/Amherst) was the top finisher. Koeppel, a MAC second-team honoree and Academic All-MAC selection earlier in the week, completed the 6K women’s course in 21:57 to take 21^st place among 245 runners. Joining Koeppel across the finish line for the Bulls was Hollie Rhodes (Elmira, NY/Elmira Southside) in a season-best 23:13 for 83^rd place. Rhodes cut 10 seconds off her previous 6K best for the 2003 campaign in Saturday’s race.

Other finishers for UB were Megan Housel (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) in 95^th place in 23:22, Jennie Donofrio (Penfield, NY/Penfield) in 128^th place (23:42), Jen Jezorski (Elmira, NY/Elmira Southside) in 143^rd place (23:51), Brigid Horigan (Galway, NY/Galway) in 174^th place (24:28) and Kate Kohout (Clarence, NY/Clarence) in 231^st place (26:08). Kim Smith of Providence won the women’s race in 20:23.

Andy Wigton

Buffalo’s Andy Wigton (Rochester, NY/Greece-Athena) was the top men’s finisher in the 10K race, the only time that the Bulls have raced at the distance in 2003. Wigton completed the course in 32:33, crossing the finish line in 88^th place among a field of 233.

Other finishers for the men’s squad were Joel Beatty (Holley, NY/Holley) in 95^th place (32:42), Steve Strelick (Rochester, NY/Greece-Athena) in 105^th place (32:54), Ben Cady (Buffalo, NY/City Honors) in 118^th place (33:09), Jeff Czyz (Kenmore, NY/Kenmore West) in 134^th place (33:31), Nate Lockett (Lansing, NY/Lansing) in 155^th place (33:49) and Dan McKenna (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) in 165^th place (34:16). Richard Kiplagat of Iona won the men’s race in 29:50.