Eric Rupe is Disney World Classic 8k Champion

by YSU

Sunday, Oct 13, 2013 8:10 pm

Orlando, Fla. - Youngstown State junior Eric Rupe took first out of 152 runners in the Disney World Cross Country Classic this Saturday morning to help the men's cross country team finish second. The women finished fourth out of 24 teams with junior Anna Pompeo leading the way.

Rupe ran a personal best of 25:05 in the Men's 8k run beating out Malone's second-place senior Nick Fresenko by 10 seconds making it Rupes second first place finish of the year. Other Penguins finishing the race were junior Nick Gliha and sophomore Austin McLean finishing in the top 15 with Gliha placing 13th with a time of 25:50 and right behind him was Mclean placing 14th with a 25:52 time. Sophmore John Hutnyan placed 22nd at 26:33, freshman John Richmond finished 30th (26:58) and freshman Ethan Wilson coming in with a 44th place finish (27:34).

Malone's men cross country team finished first with 20 points and YSU men finished with 70 points missing first place by 50 points while beating out third place Miami by 19 points.

Pompeo placed sixth out of 200 runners missing the top five by four seconds in the womens 5k run finishing with a time of 17:45. YSU's second-best runner was freshman McKinsie Klim placing 13th with a time of 18:26 and following her was Monica Ciarniello, Brittany Stockmaster, and Elizabeth Rogenski all finishing back to back to back. Senior Ciarniello finished 31st (19:09), junior Stockmaster placed 32nd (19:12.04), and freshman Rogenski 33rd (19:12.71). Others that placed in the race were sophomore Megan Monte at 46th (19:41), junior Katie Heney at 54th (20:06), junior Ashley Smith at 79th (20:56).

The YSU women cross country team finished fourth with 112 points right behind UCF with 96 points missing out in the top three by 16 points.

The Penguins return to action on Oct. 19 at the Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind.

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