SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University men's
and women's cross country teams hosted the annual Don Cathcart
Invitational on Saturday at Winter Place Park and fared well
against the large fields. The men's team finished seven points
behind champion East Stroudsburg University while the women placed
fourth overall.
The hundreds of runners ran through a wet and soggy course on a
very humid morning on the Delmarva Peninsula. In the first race,
two Sea Gull men finished first and second overall. Senior
Zack Dickerson finished the 8K race first with a
time of 26:06 followed by junior Travis
Boccher (26:17). Dickerson and Boccher jumped out
early and never looked back. The duo reached the three-mile mark 15
minutes into the race. Salisbury sophomore Sam
Boimov (26:41) had a top 10 finish as he crossed the
finish line in seventh. The other top five runners for the Sea
Gulls were sophomore Chris Barnard (27:00, 12th
place) and junior Bill Nastasiak (27:49, 36th
place).
The East Stroudsburg men's team was led by Doug
Jankowski (26:22, 3rd place) as the Warriors tallied 46
points. Salisbury had 53 points followed by Capital Athletic
Conference rival University of Mary Washington in third with 82
points.
The women's race was dominated by Kutztown University who had
five runners finish in the top 10 to accumulate a team score of 30
points. Kutztown was led by Joanna Horstmann who finished the 5,920
meter race just under 22 minutes with a time of 21:58. Mary
Washington runner Hayley Sullivan won the women's race with a time
of 21:36. Marietta College (98 points) and Mary Washington (124
points) finished second and third, respectively.
The Sea Gulls finished fourth overall as a team with 137 points.
Senior Amy DeMichele led the way for Salisbury as
she placed 16th with a time of 23:40. Sophomores Kristin
Stromberg (23:48, 20th) and Masha Berge
(24:11, 29th) were close behind DeMichele. The other scoring Sea
Gulls included senior Jenn Bulger (41st) and freshman Emily Powell
(43rd), who finished with a group at the 24:40 mark.
Salisbury has an extra week off to prepare for the DeSales
Invitational which will be held on October 11 in Center Valley, Pa.
2008 Don Cathcart Invitational
