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Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational at PSU.

 

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Cross Country to compete at Penn State
'Cuse return to Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invite for first time since 2008
9/12/2014 2:43:00 PM
After sweeping the Harry Lang Invitational, the 'Cuse cross country teams will head to State College, Pa. to compete in the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational.

Orange at Penn State
- Syracuse has won the Harvey Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational four times (2006 Men, 2006 Women, 2008 Men, 2008 Women).
- 'Cuse has also has one individual champion (Dan Busby, 2008) at the meet.
- The Orange has not competed at the event since 2008 and this is the team's first trip to State College, Pa. since competing in the Penn State National event in 2010 (an event the men won and women placed second).

Opening Weekend Success
- Last weekend at the Harry Lang Invitational the 'Cuse had a dominant win with the Syracuse women taking the top ten spots in the race and the men placing eleven runners in the top twelve.
- Junior Angelica Peck placed first amongst the Syracuse women and freshman Shawn Wilson took the title for the men.

Promising New Talent
- A host of newcomers shined in the Harry Lang Invitational.
- Shawn Wilson came in first for the men [20:38.80] and freshman Stephanie Bitcon was the first of the new Orange women to complete the race [16.51.00].
- Freshmen Mickey Burke [20:39.10], Colin Bennie [20:39.30] and T.J. Hornberger [20:39.60] all had impressive races for Syracuse.

Ranking the Orange
- Both Syracuse Men and Women's Cross Country teams entered the 2014 season ranked as the No. 1 in the Northeast Region in the USTFCCCA Preseason Poll.
- The men's team is ranked No. 8 and the women's team is ranked No. 13.

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Cross Country Takes Second at Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invite
Leiher is the top-woman at the event
9/13/2014 1:41:00 PM
State College, Pa. – The Syracuse cross country teams placed second at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational on Saturday, behind host Penn State.

The Orange women were led by Sydney Leiher who was the top finisher in the event (21:01), while the men placed Joel Hubbard (26:14) and Colin Bennie (26:15) in second and third respectively.

The Nittany Lion men won the event with 41 points, with 'Cuse right behind at 47, just ahead of Georgetown (48) and three spots ahead of ACC foe Pittsburgh (136 points). The Orange women finished with 38 points, behind Penn State's 27 and a large margin ahead of third-place Duquesne (107 points).

The men placed all-five of its scorers inside of the top-21, with Dan Lennon (6th, 26:17), Harry Lang Invitational champion Shawn Wilson (15th, 26:28) and Andrew Bennison (21st, 26:35) each recording points for the Orange behind Hubbard and Bennie.

Joe Kush (22nd, 26:37) and Nick Ryan (24th, 26:46) also had strong races for the Orange, placing inside of the top-25 overall.

The women also placed seven inside of the top-25, but its five scorers were even more tightly packed to the front. Behind Leiher, Maura Linde (5th, 21:25), Haley Cutright (9th,
21:38), Beth Wright (11th, 21:41) and last weekend's winner Angelica Peck (12th, 21:43) each scored, with Katie Fleischer (24th, 22:09) and Rebecca Skodis (25th, 22:11) serving as the sixth and seventh members of SU across the line.

The Orange will return to action in two weeks when it heads to the Boston to compete in the Boston Inter-regional on Sept. 27.