Men's & Women's Cross Country

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

ESU Warriors Place in Top 10 at DeSales Cross Country Invitational

October 19, 2002

Center Valley, PA - The East Stroudsburg University men's and women's cross country teams placed 9th and 8th, respectively, at the DeSales University Invitational today in Center Valley.

The Warrior men were lead by sophomore Darryl Brown as he placed 6th out of 275 runners with a time of 26:13. Junior Mike Loenser placed 42nd with a time of 27:27. The other top three runners were Mike Browne (Brodheadsville, Pa.) 64th (27:51), Rob Thomas (Avoca, Pa.) 66th (28:02) and Mike Patrizi (Pottstwon, Pa.) 73rd (28:09).

On the women's side, Vanessa Andes (Ephrata, Pa.) was 38th out of 238 runners and her closest teammate, Daffney Parsons (Treverton, Pa.), was right behind her in 39th place with a time of 20:28. The women's other top three runners included Hollie Smith (Elizabethtown, Pa.) 57th (20:52), Holly Holtzinger (York, Pa.) 70th (21:00) and Colleen Weber (Hamilton, NJ) 88th (21:13).