9/1 - Westminster Invitational

The Lady Bearcats finished fourth among 10 teams in the Fisher Invitational, held at Westminster College.

Laura Magnuson took 7th overall in the event, with a time of 20:14. Other top SVC finishers were Kelsey Sullivan (18th, 21:16), Jill Krupey (25th, 21:50), Amanda Connell (28th, 21:52), Lauren Ziegenfus (31st, 22:08) and Maria Shaffo (32nd, 22:11).

Franciscan won the overall team event with 43 points, followed by Gannon (52), Penn State-Behrend (87), Saint Vincent (99), Alderson-Broaddus (130), Bethany (147), Wesminster (185), Hiram (207), Thiel (INC) and Pitt-Bradford (INC).

For full results, click here:
http://www.smileymiles.com/2007/RES%2007%20WESTMINSTER%20CC%20WOMENS%20OVERALL.HTM

9/8 - Cal U Invitational

For the second straight week, the Lady Bearcats finished fourth among 10 teams, this time in the California University of PA Invitational.

Laura Magnuson was once again SVC's top finisher, taking 8th place out of 104 runners with a time of 20:40 in the 5K event.

Freshman Jillian Krupey finished 17th with a time of 21:31, while Amanda Connell was 23rd (21:59). The Lady Bearcats' other top runners were Kelsey Sullivan (27th, 22:10), Maria Shaffo (37th, 22:42), Brittany Fidazzo (39th, 22:47) and Kelly Cunningham (43rd, 23:09).

Grove City College took top team honors with a score of 30 points, followed by Clarion University (40), Waynesburg (91), SVC (95), Mercyhurst (117), Westminster (172), Pitt-Greensburg (219) and Hiram (229). Cal U and Point Park had incomplete scores.

9/14 - Notre Dame Catholic Invitational

The Lady Bearcats participated in the National Catholic Cross Country Invitational hosted by the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN.

Saint Vincent took 26th overall out of 37 teams and finished 17th out of 26 teams in the small college division.

Laura Magnuson led the SVC women with a time of 19:38, good for 63rd overall and 22nd among small college runners. Jillian Krupey finished 146th overall with a time of 20:52, Amanda Connell 153rd in 20:56, and Kelsey Sullivan 157th with a 20:57.

Krupey's time was good for 86th in the small college division, Connell's 92nd, and Sullivan's 94th. A total of 306 women competed, including 218 in the small college classification.

Notre Dame took the overall team title, while Bellarmine captured the team championship in the small college division.

The Lady Bearcats are back in action on Saturday, hosting the Saint Vincent College Invitational.

COMPLETE RESULTS FROM NOTRE DAME
http://und.cstv.com/sports/c-xc/spec-rel/nd-natl-cath-results.html

9/22 - SVC Invitational

The Lady Bearcats finished fourth in the Saint Vincent College Invitational, which was captured by Franciscan University.

Franciscan won the team event with a score of 29. Seton Hill was second (75), followed by Waynesburg (89), Saint Vincent (95), Clarion (111), California University of PA (153), Westminster (187), Fairmont State (208), Pitt-Greensburg (279), Davis & Elkins (296), Point Park (299), Pitt-Johnstown (INC) and Frosburg State (INC).

SVC was led by Laura Magnuson, who finished second overall in 19:57. SVC's other top runners were Amanda Connell (21st, 21:18), Kelsey Sullivan (25th, 21:25), Katherine Stodola (26th, 21:27), Jillian Krupey (29th, 21:46), Lauren Ziegenfus (32nd, 21:57), and Emma Goetz (35th, 22:04).

COMPLETE RESULTS:
1 - Anna Cote (SHU) 19:37
2 - Laura Magnuson (SVC) 19:57
3 - Amelia Uppguard (FRA) 20:07
4 - Kallen Weaver (WLS) 20:14
5 - Molly Smathers (CLA) 20.21
6 - Monica Rust (FRA) 20.26
7 - Mary Johnson (FRA) 20.28
8 - Anna Scarencchia (FRA) 20.40
9 - Lauren Turner (FRA) 20.42
10 - Michelle Cross (WAY) 20.46
11 - Suzanne Schwerer (CLA) 20.46
12 - Lara Heinz (SHU) 20.50
13 - Holly Urban (CAL) 20.51
14 - Kanae Amatatsu (FAIR) 20.52
15 - Katie Weko (WAY) 20.59
16 - Kailey Gotta (FRA) 21.03
17 - Andra Sanders (SHU) 21.11
18 - Lexie Mathis (FRA) 21.15
19 - Laura Lemoine (SHU) 21.16
20 - Tessa Livermont (FRA) 21.17
21- Amanda Connell (SVC) 21.18
22 - Janet Carson (WAY) 21.20
23 - Haley Hinds (WAY) 21.24
24 - Laurie Hall (CAL) 21.24
25 - Kelsey Sullivan (SVC) 21.25
26 - Katherine Stodola (SVC) 21.27
27 - Megan Grover (WAY) 21.36
28 - Elizabeth Beardsley (WES) 21.42
29 - Jillian Krupey (SVC) 21.46
30 - Annemarie Clifford (CLA) 21.52
31 - Ashton Dottero (SHU) 21.54
32 - Lauren Ziegenfus (SVC) 21.57
33 - Steph Mikios (CAL) 21:58
34 - Danielle Malay (CAL) 22:03
35 - Emma Goetz (SVC) 22:04
36 - Kate Reinhart (CLA) 22:08
37 - Rachel Slade (CLA) 22.15
38 - Amanda Everett (WES) 22.19
39 - Carrie Zickefoose (WLS) 22.21
40 - Kelly Cunningham (SVC) 22.25
41 - Holly Kistler (SHU) 22.27
42 - Amanda Maholtz (CLA) 22.28
43 - Rachel Hudson (WES) 22.29
44 - Leeanna Stitt (WES) 22.30
45 - Katie Dugan (FRA) 22.30
46 - Dina Mannarino (WAY) 22.33
47 - Tausha Varner (SVC) 22.36
48 - Kelly Bridges (SVC) 22.38
49 - Kyrsti Sowers (SHU) 22.50
50 - Rachel Brown (FAIR) 22.53
51 - Meghan Shepherd (FAIR) 22.59
52 - Kim Lenggeire (FRA) 22.59
53 - Caroline Jones (SHU) 23.07
54 - Brittany Fidazzo (SVC) 23.12
55 - Kim Everhart (SVC) 23.19
56 - Katherine Eddy (FRA) 23.21
57 - Jenna Costello (SHU) 23.26
58 - Siena Frank (SHU) 23.29
59 - Erin Langenbacher (SVC) 23.29
60 - Mackenzie Smith (PPU) 23.32
61 - Amy Babb (SVC) 23.33
62 - Jasmine Grady (WES) 23.34
63 - Chelsea Trettel (SHU) 23.34
64 - Chelsea Cooper (SHU) 23.43
65 - Jillian Janflone (SVC) 23.48
66 - Leighann Jordan (WES) 23.51
67 - Shalyn Eakin (WES) 23.58
68 - Alexandra Schratz (SVC) 23:59
69 - Debra Gill (D&E) 23:59
70 - Audrey Molidor (FRA) 24:07
71 - Berlyn Hubler (UPJ) 24:16
72 - Tara Karns (SVC) 24:23
73 - Rachel Gregory (SVC) 24.32
74 - Amanda Schaeffer (UPG) 24:35
75 - Tracy Fields (FAIR) 24.35
76 - Tiffany Menhorn (UPG) 24:39
77 - Letricia Henry (PPU) 24:40
78 - Kelly Stewart (UPG) 24.43
79 - Mindy Elias (WES) 24.44
80 - Sarah Dunlap (D&E) 24:45
81 - Diana Ward (FRA) 24:45
82 - Tauny Zengierski (FRA) 24:46
83 - Heather Jarjisian (CAL) 24.49
84 - Rebecca Fulayter (FAIR) 24:54
85 - Jenny Bittner (WAY) 25:00
86 - Laren Woody (WAY) 25:01
87 - Jillian Metz (WAY) 25:03
88 - Christine Bullock (SVC) 25:03
89 - Amanda Hess (SVC) 25:16
90 - Megan Wooton (WAY) 25:24
91 - Christine Zupac (FAIR) 25:37
92 - Sarah Viancourt (FRA) 25:45
93 - Claudia Arrunategui (SVC) 25:51
94 - Amanda Houtz (SVC) 25:58
95 - Sadie Clifford (D&E) 26:12
96 - Julie Ehrman (UPG) 26:21
97 - Heather Flower (WAY) 26.42
98 - Ashley Smith (UPG) 26.47
99 - Amanda Biser (D&E) 27:08
100 - Andrea Scott (FRA) 27.10
101 - Jamie Gandert (UPG) 27:38
102 - Heather Abernethy (PPU) 27:39
103 - Corina Jollie (PPU) 27:49
104 - Megan Titus (FAIR) 27:53
105 - Ashley Hawk (WAY) 28:02
106 - Kim Boylan (FRA) 28:20
107 - Jenna Facemire (FAIR) 28:37
108 - Jess Davis (UPG) 28:45
109 - Ayesha Mazumdar (D&E) 29:00
110 - Michelle Henderson (PPU) 30:43
111 - Katie Visloski (WAY) 30:56

10/6 - Dickinson Invitational

The Lady Bearcats finished in 8th place out of 12 teams, led by an 8th place finish in the 6K by Laura Magnuson, at the Dickinson College Invitational.

Two seperate races were run at the meet, a 4K and a 6K. In the short course race, SVC finished 14th as a team. Kathy Stodola was the top Lady Bearcat finisher, completing the course in 17:04, good for 73rd out of 170 runners. Teammate Kelly Cunningham finished in 87th place with a time of 17:30.

In the long race, Magnuson was the eighth runner of 107 to cross the finish line with a time of 24:41. For finishing in the top 15, the senior earned medalist honors.

Kelsey Sullivan finished in 35th place with a time of 26:14, while Amanda Connell took 61st with a 27:08.

After the scores from both races were combined, the Lady Bearcats earned an eighth place finish out of the 12 teams that ran both races.

10/13 - Gettysburg Invitational

The Lady Bearcats finished a strong sixth out of 16 teams in the Gettysburg Invitational, with Laura Magnuson earning a medal with a top-15 finish.

Dickinson College won the event with a score of 37, followed by Ohio Wesleyan (60), Grove City (63), host Gettysburg (83), Shippensburg (132) and Saint Vincent (188). Johns Hopkins (193), Alderson-Broaddus (229), Southern Virginia (287), and Eastern Mennonite (309) rounded out the top 10 among 16 teams that competed.

Laura Magnuson finished 13th overall in the 6K event, timed in 23:52. Saint Vincent's other top runners were Kelsey Sullivan (49th, 25:13), Emma Goetz (50th, 25:14), Amanda Connell (52nd, 25:19), Katherine Stodola (70th, 26:02) and Lauren Ziegenfus (78th, 26:21). A total of 153 runners competed in the event.

10/27 - PAC Championship

The Lady Bearcats hosted the Presidents' Athletic Conference championship meet, taking third place.

Laura Magnuson was the top finisher for SVC, taking seventh place with a time of 24:08. For her performance, she received PAC Coaches' Honors, the equivalent of All-Conference for NCAA Division-III provisional schools.

Following Magnuson, the next six SVC runners finished tightly. Katherine Stodola took 20th overall (25:06), Emma Goetz 21st (25:08), Kelsey Sullivan 24th (25:39), Amanda Connell 25th (25:44), Lauren Ziegenfus 26th (25:48), and Kelly Cunningham 28th (25:59).

A total of 79 women ran in the event, which was won by Grove City's Kristen Carter with a time of 22:52. Grove City took the overall team title, followed by Geneva, SVC, Waynesburg, Washington & Jefferson, Westminster, and Bethany.

PHOTO (By Brittany Concepcion): SVC's Laura Magnuson in action at the 2007 PAC Championships

COMPLETE RESULTS

PAC WOMEN

Oct. 27, 2007

Results by RUNHIGH.COM

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PLACE  TEAM                  POINTS  PLACES OF FINISHERS              AVG. TIME    SPREAD

  1   Grove City               33    1    2    8    9   13   15   16   23:48      1:48
  2   Geneva                   38    4    5    6   11   12   14   17   24:16        29
  3   Saint Vincent            97    7   20   21   24   25   26   28   25:07      1:37
  4   Waynesburg              112   10   19   22   27   34   38   39   25:34      2:54
  5   W & J                   132    3   18   33   36   42   43        26:22      4:24
  6   Westminster             165   23   30   35   37   40   41   44   26:57      2:33
  7   Bethany                 183   29   31   32   45   46   47   48   28:02      4:02

Individuals

1. Grove City
   55     1  Kristen Carter, Jr*         22:52    6:09
   67     2  Julia Seward, Jr*           23:05    6:12
   66     8  Emily Pierce, Fr*           24:10    6:30
   56     9  Brigitte Fryan, Fr*         24:16    6:31
   71    13  Jesica Vernon, Fr*          24:39    6:37
   64    15  Rachel Nelson, So*          24:47    6:40
   68    16  Sarah Sharp, Sr*            24:49    6:40
Time = 1:59:00     Places = 33

2. Geneva
   35     4  Rebecca Vanregenmorter, Jr* 24:03    6:28
   29     5  Susan Fletcher, Sr*         24:04    6:28
   27     6  Beth Bartolomeo, Sr*        24:07    6:29
   34    11  Laura Seyler, Jr*           24:32    6:36
   32    12  Sara Morrison, Sr*          24:32    6:36
   33    14  Nicole Okerlund, Jr*        24:46    6:39
   31    17  Marsha Miller, Jr*          24:59    6:43
Time = 2:01:16     Places = 38

3. Saint Vincent
  121     7  Laura Magnuson, Sr*         24:08    6:29
  124    20  Katherine Stodola, So*      25:06    6:45
  115    21  Emma Goetz, Fr*             25:08    6:45
  125    24  Kelsey Sullivan, So*        25:29    6:51
  109    25  Amanda Connell, Sr*         25:44    6:55
  127    26  Lauren Ziegenfus, Jr*       25:48    6:56
  110    28  Kelly Cunningham, Jr*       25:59    6:59
Time = 2:05:34     Places = 97

4. Waynesburg
  170    10  Michelle Propst, Fr*        24:23    6:33
  172    19  Katie Weko, Sr*             25:04    6:44
  162    22  Janet Carson, So*           25:13    6:46
  166    27  Haley Hinds, Sr*            25:53    6:57
  167    34  Dina Mannarino, So*         27:16    7:20
  164    38  Megan Grover, Jr*           27:47    7:28
  173    39  Lauren Woody, Jr*           27:52    7:29
Time = 2:07:46     Places = 112

5. W & J
  144     3  Erin Long, Jr*              23:47    6:23
  140    18  Megan Duffett, Jr*          25:01    6:43
  141    33  Kelli Hartman, Jr*          27:11    7:18
  146    36  Molly Sykes, Sr*            27:41    7:26
  145    42  Luara Procario, Fr*         28:10    7:34
  142    43  Ashley Holman, Sr*          29:07    7:50
Time = 2:11:49     Places = 132

6. Westminster
  186    23  Elizabeth Beardsley, So*    25:20    6:48
  190    30  Amanda Everett, So*         26:27    7:07
  194    35  Leanna Stitt, Sr*           27:23    7:22
  193    37  Leighann Jordan, Jr*        27:44    7:27
  191    40  Jasmine Grady, Fr*          27:52    7:29
  188    41  Shalyn Eakin, Jr*           27:53    7:30
  189    44  Mindy Elias, So*            29:21    7:53
Time = 2:14:45     Places = 165

7. Bethany
   11    29  Desiree Finley, So*         26:18    7:04
   18    31  Suzanne Stettinius, Fr*     26:33    7:08
   17    32  Chantal Stettinius, Sr*     26:47    7:12
   14    45  Heather Moore, Sr*          30:14    8:08
    9    46  Lindsay Brewer, Fr*         30:20    8:09
   19    47  Laura Strassguetl, So*      30:32    8:12
   10    48  Sarah Card, So*             30:32    8:12
Time = 2:20:10     Places = 183

11/3 - ECAC Championships

The Lady Bearcats finished the 2007 season with a 14th-place finish at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships held in Williamstown, Massachussets.

Senior Laura Magnuson led the SVC runners, finishing in 16th place out of 242 runners with a time of 23:39. Katherine Stodola finished in 71st, with a time of 25:26, followed by Laura Ziegenfus (96th place), Amanda Connell (99th), Emma Goetz (104th), Kelly Cunningham (118th), and Tausha Varner (144th).

A total of 31 teams competed, with Williams College, the host school, capturing the team title. Amherst came in second, and Middlebury third. The Lady Bearcats finished with a score of 386.

Complete results can be found here: http://www.ecacsports.com/sports/fall/wxc/Championships/DivisionIII/2007-08/2007_ECAC_Division_III_Women-s_Cross_Country_Championship.pdf?dec=