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WAKELEY MEDALS ONCE AGAIN FOR LADY CROSS COUNTRY TEAM

Women finish seventh, men ninth

9/20/2008 6:46:19 PM

DALLAS, Pa. – Freshman Michelle Wakeley (Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott) medaled for the second-straight week for the Lady Colonels as Wilkes finished seventh at the Cougar Classic hosted by Misericordia, while the men finished ninth. 

Wakeley finished in 12th place with a time of 20:15 while Amelia Farnham (Guilford, Conn./Guilford) finished 25th, stopping the clock at 21:01. Christina Yesu (Dalton, Pa./Lackawanna Trail) finished 68th, while Emily Klinetob (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) and Brittany Maloney (Stockholm, N.J./Vernon Township) finished 81st and 83rd respectively. 

Ithaca won the event with 28 points, while Misericordia was a distant second with 93 points. Moravian, Scranton and Keystone rounded out the top five while Wilkes finished with 175 points, ahead of Baptist Bible and Lycoming. 

On the men's side, Tom Larrabee (Wyalusing, Pa./Wyalusing) was the top finisher for the Colonels, crossing the line in 65th place, while Mike Griesmer was 66thAndrew Julian (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) and Alex Caicedo were 86th and 87th respectively, while Dan Hess finished 93rd

Ithaca won the men's race with 23 points while Keystone finished second with 69 points. Scranton was third with 95 points while Moravian and King's finished fourth and fifth respectively.
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