Sept. 1, 2007

Complete Results

DAYTON, Ohio - The University of Dayton men's and women's cross country teams opened up the 2007 season on a strong note at the ninth annual Flyer 5k on Saturday at Indian Ripple Park placing second and fourth respectively. Junior Mike Andersen led the way for the UD men breaking the existing Flyer 5K record (15:17) in 15:15 and finishing second overall at the meet. Freshman Maureen Bulgrin was the first Flyer across the finish line for the women placing in the top 20 overall. Dayton men's team finished in second place out of six with a total of 44 points, while the women's team finished fourth out of six with 109 points at the team's only home meet of the season.

The race was scored as two separate meets: an NCAA Division I meet and a college division meet. In the Division I race, the Miami men defended their title winning the meet with five of their runners placing in the top 10 overall finishing with a team score of 22 points. Pat Socacool led the pack for the Redhawks and now holds the meet record at 15:02. The Miami women also took home the women's title (37 points) behind first place finisher Laura Neufarth who came in at 18:20. In the college division, Northern Kentucky University took the men's title, while Ohio Wesleyan won the meet on the women's side.

Andersen led UD men's team, but close behind was second-man junior Matthew Peters who placed sixth in 15:29. The Lemon brothers followed as Chris Lemon placed seventh in 15:35 and Matt Lemon placed eighth with a time of 15:37 in the twin's first collegiate race. Rounding out the scoring for UD was Billy Przybyla who crossed the finish line at 16:05 for 27th place.

Tim Kaelin and Tommy Middleton out-ran more than 90 other runners posting times of 16:19 and 16:20 for the sixth and seventh spots, respectively.

On the women's side, the freshmen had a strong day as Bulgrin finished first for the Flyers in 19:20, Brigitte Sherman scored in second place (19:28) and Liz Coorey finished third for UD in 19:44. Anne Oltman (19:57) and Kate Tejkl (20:13) rounded out the scoring, while Sydney Hubbard (20:14) and Bridget Conlon (20:32) helped displace runners from five other teams.

The Flyers will return to action Friday, September 14 for the National Catholic Invite on the campus of Notre Dame University.