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Steve Finkernagel

WILKES CROSS COUNTRY COMPETE AT NEPA CLASSIC

9/21/2012 8:20:00 PM

WILKES CROSS COUNTRY COMPETE AT NEPA CLASSIC

WILKES-BARRE, PA – The Wilkes University men's and women's cross country teams competed at the NEPA Classic hosted by King's College Friday afternoon at the Hollenback Golf Course.

The Wilkes men finished fifth in the 6k race, while three Lady Colonels recorded times in the women's 4k race.

For the Colonels (135 points), Martin Tolbert (York, PA/William Penn) ran the second fastest 6k time in school history crossing the line at 22:28 for 22^nd place. Mike McCleaf (Fairfield, PA/Delone Catholic) followed with a time of 23:20 for 25^th place, while Stephen Synder came in at 23:50 (27^th). Sam Miller (24:29/30^th), Trevor Kapschall (25:54/31^st), RJ Sperazza (27:01/32^nd), and Ashton Zanecki (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) (29:46/34^th) rounded out the Wilkes finishers.

On the women's side, Rachel Constant (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame ) ran the second fastest 4k time in school history

with a mark of 17:16, good for 14^th place. Devanie Craft (Meadville, PA/Milton-Hershey) and Kirstin Cook finished with times of 17:52 and 20:09 respectively. The Lady Colonels did not receive a team score.

Both squads return to action next Saturday when they travel to Carlisle, Pa. to run in the Dickinson Invitational.

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