Red Raiders Finish Third At NYU Invitational, Beegle Takes Eighth Place

Sept. 15, 2007

Individual Results | Team Scores

RIVERDALE, N.Y. - The Shippensburg University men’s cross country team recorded a strong performance at the 2007 New York University Invitational on Saturday afternoon, finishing in third place with a total of 122 points. The host school, NYU won the event while Johns Hopkins took second place.

Shippensburg finished with the second-best average time for its top seven runners, running the 5-mile course in an average time of 27:13.

Freshman Bryan Beegle (Gettysburg/Gettysburg) led the Red Raider runners with an eighth place finish, clocking in at 26:29. Sophomore Jeremy Brady (Heidelberg AFB/Heidelberg American) finished in tenth place with a time of 26:38.

Junior Stephen Thompson (Northumberland/Shikellamy) posted another strong effort, finishing in 13th place after completing the course in 26:48.

Freshmen Philip Diven (Sykesville, Md./South Carroll), Sean Stetler (Warrington/Central Bucks South) and Jake Sitler (Wrightsville/York Catholic) all finished within a three-second span, earning 45th, 46th and 48th place respectively.

Freshman Ethan Rissell (Falls Church, Va/J.E.B. Stuart) rounded out the top seven for Shippensburg with a time of 28:27.

The Red Raiders will return to action on Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Spiked Shoe Invitational held at Penn State University. The meet begins at 10:30 AM.

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