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Sept. 10, 2005
Buzek Leads Men to Overall Victory at Mel Brodt
Invitational
Bowling Green, Ohio --
Senior Nick Buzek finished third
with a time of 26:01 to lead three
top-10 YSU finishers as the
Youngstown State men's cross country
team won the Mel Brodt Invitational
on Saturday.
Nick Kruse finished fourth in 26:12 while Nick Smith placed
seventh in 26:31 for the Penguins,
who were competing in their
season-opening meet. Emily Cicero
led the women's squad to a
seventh-place finish with an
11th-place time of 19:23.
"It was a tremendous opening meet for us to get a big W in a
meet like this," head coach Brian
Gorby said. "It was also a positive
that the women beat a Horizon League
team in Cleveland State."
R.D. Goodright placed fourth for the men and 16th overall
with a time of 27:17 while Dave
Mealy rounded out the scorers with a
time of 27:34. Freshman Dan Nemergut
and sophomore J.D. Sheppard finished
28th and 29th respectively. The win
marked YSU's second win an as many
trips to Bowling Green as the team
won the Bowling Green Invitational
last season.
Senior Gina Mavrikis finished two spots behind Cicero in 13th
place with a personal-best time of
19:41 and Amy Moore ran a
personal-best 21:31 to place 50th.
Marielle Glanz finished 58th with a
time of 22:10 while freshman
Genevieve Jerome placed 71st in
23:26 to round out the scorers.
The Penguins will take a week off before traveling to Penn
State to compete in the Spiked Shoe
Invitational on Sept. 24.
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