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Hoosier Women Take First, Men Second at Indiana Intercollegiates
9/16/2011 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Sept. 16, 2011
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana women's cross country team took first place at the Indiana Intercollegiate meet on Friday in Bloomington. It was the third-consecutive title in the event for the Hoosier women. Chelsea Blanchard crossed the line in first place overall, making it back-to-back individual wins for her in this annual meet. The IU men took second place in the team points.
The ladies won with a team score of 19 points, 44 points better than second place Butler. Six Hoosiers placed in the top eight in the 5K run. Blanchard crossed the line with a time of 17:35 to pace the team. Samantha Ginther finished second in 17:41 with Caitlin Engel clocking in at 17:51 in third place. Brianna Johnson (18:02) took sixth place followed by Breanne Ehrman (18:06) and Arianne Raby (18:07) in seventh and eight positions, respectively.
On the men's side, IU finished with 40 points, just five points behind this year's team champion, Purdue. Andrew Weatherford led the Hoosiers with a fifth place finish in a time of 25:03, his best time ever at the IU Championship Cross Country Course. Nate Morrow (25:07), Ben Bizuneh (25:08) and Blake Dircksen (25:11) were just behind taking seventh, eighth and ninth overall, respectively. J.R. Ricker rounded out Indiana's scoring taking 11th place in 25:13.
The Hoosiers will have a few weeks off before traveling to Stillwater, Okla. to participate in the Cowboy Jamboree hosted by Oklahoma State on Oct. 1. Stay tuned between now and then for IUXC updates at IUHoosiers.com.
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