Sept. 30, 2011

Women's Results
Men's Results

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Julie Fricke made a successful return to competition for the University of Maryland women's cross country team Friday, leading the Terrapins with a 26th-place finish overall at the Lehigh Paul Short Run.

She helped Maryland to a 20th-place finish in the women's team standings in an event that drew eight nationally ranked women's teams into the field.

On the men's side, freshman Tyler Stump was the first Maryland finisher as the Terrapins ran in 28th place as a team.

Fricke, a junior from Newtown, Pa., finished the 6-kilometer women's course in 21:10, cutting 24 seconds off her time and moving up 28 places from her finish a year ago. Senior Ashley Cromartie was second for the Terps in 22:14, with freshman Myah Hicks finishing in 22:30.

Junior Anna Roth continued to improve her marks in each event by running 22:41, with sophomore Bridget Nolan placing fifth for the Terps in 23:55. Julie Sinkovitz (24:24), Halsey Sinclair (24:28) and Sydney King (24:42) also ran in the Gold Division race for the Terrapins. Maeve McCoy ran in the open division event and finished in 23:54.

Providence edged Villanova for the women's team title, 101-104. Syracuse was third with 125, with top-ranked Georgetown in fourth at 141. Maryland finished with 648 points.

Bogdana Mimic of Villanova was the individual winner for the women, finishing in 20:10. Neely Spence of Shippensburg and Emily Sisson of Providence were in the top three.

Stump, a junior from Catonsville, Md., had a top-10 finish at the season-opening meet at Mount St. Mary's. He led the Terps to the line and finished 141st overall (25:45 over 8K) in a field that included seven nationally ranked teams.

As has been the case all season, the Terrapins were able to pack their top-five finishers tightly in terms of time, with all five scorers finishing within 44 seconds. Maryland placed 28th as a team in the men's standings with 877 points.

Senior transfer Noam Neeman was the second Terp to the line in 25:54, followed by freshman Nick Regan (25:57), Sean O'Leary (26:20) and Kyle Graves (26:29). Sumanth Kuppalli (26:37), Craig Morgan (26:53), Theo Dorsman (26:54), Alex Willett (27:08) and Cory Puffett (27:21) also ran for the Terps in the Gold Division.

Oklahoma, which came into the event as the top-ranked men's team in the field at No. 4, dominated the team scoring with only 34 points. The Sooners had four runners in the top seven, including the 2-3-4 spots. Georgetown was second with 143 points, followed by Columbia at 156.

Paul Chelimo of UNC Greensboro was the men's individual winner at 23:55. Jeremy Sudbury of Oklahoma (24:12) and Sooner teammate George Alex (24:13) were in the top three.

Maryland next competes at the Penn State National on Oct. 14.

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