Cross Country Season Opens at Case Western

September 2, 2006

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Cross Country Teams Open Season at Case Western

Cleveland, OH - Geneva′s cross country teams got their season′s underway on Saturday on a wet track. Both the men′s and women′s teams competed against opponents from NCAA Division′s I through III. On the men′s side, the Golden Tornadoes finished in eighth place out of 12 teams, while the women′s team fared much better. Geneva′s women brought home a third place finish out of 14 competing schools.

In men′s action, Andrew Foxenberg led Geneva with a 14^th place overall finish with a time of 27:13 on the 8K course. Teammate John Perkins was Geneva′s next best finisher in 49^th place in a time of 28:25.

On the women′s side, Dee Koutsourais, Geneva′s only senior, finished 10^th overall in a time of 19:43 on the 5K course. Beth Bartolomeo was 12^th in 19:45, while Rebecca VanRegenmorter came home in 23^rd place with a final time of 20:02. Geneva′s women place a total of six runners in the top 50.

Following are the finishes and times of Geneva′s men and women:

Men: Women:

Andrew Foxenberg (14) 27:13 Dee Koutsourais (10) 19:42

John Perkins (49) 28:25 Beth Bartolomeo (12) 19:43

Phil Falk (53) 28:34 Rebecca VanRegenmorter (23) 20:02

Josh Falk (60) 28:56 Susan Fletcher (32) 20:20

John Heft (84) 29:54 Sara Morrison (37) 20:30

Jeremy Honhold (103) 30:35 Marsha Miller (46) 20:58

David Terenzoni (113) 30:58 Nicole Okerlund (81) 22:07

Matthew Gessner (141) 33:47 Deborah Sweigert (109) 22:57

Kim Slater (139) 25:02

Caitlin Vickery (140) 25:15