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The men’s and women’s cross country teams both emerged victorious in their first event of the 2007 season, taking top team honors at the Davis & Elkins Mountain State Forest Festival Invitational on Saturday. The women led the nine-team field with 29 points, followed by West Virginia Wesleyan (54), Elizabethtown (93), Seton Hill (98) and Alderson-Broaddus (125). The IUP men had 63 points to beat seven other teams. West Virginia Wesleyan was second (68), followed by Seton Hill (74), Elizabethtown (81) and Davis & Elkins (115). Erica Hoffman was the top IUP woman, finishing third overall with a time of 24:29 in the 6K race. The Crimson Hawks took spots five through eight behind the group of Maureen Newell (24:39), Laura Blaesser (25:17), Stacie Stockard (25:19) and Marissa Butler (25:23). Butler, a freshman, was making her college debut, as was Kelly Best, who finished 17th in 26:12. Tatyana Maltseva placed 19th in 26:16. Nate Shelly led the IUP men with a second place finish in 28:32 in the 8K race. Also finishing in the top 10 was Bobby Boston, who took sixth in 29:21. Rounding out the IUP men’s top five were Ben Shinsky (15th, 30:38), Kyle Hills (19th, 30:52) and Luke Snyder (22nd, 31:15). IUP will host its own invitational next Saturday on its South Campus course. The men run at 11 a.m., followed by the women at noon.
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