Franklin & Marshall Finishes Fourth at Johns Hopkins Blue Jay Women's Cross Country Invitational

by Sports Information
10/7/05

BALTIMORE, MD -- Meredith Janeczek (Jr., Hershey, PA/Hershey) crossed the finish line in 23:12 to place fifth and lead the Franklin & Marshall College women’s cross country team to a fourth place finish at the Johns Hopkins University Blue Jay Invitational at Oregon Ridge Park.

Overall, Janeczek was the third Centennial Conference runner across the finish line as Muhlenberg’s Karen Mount (third, 22:27) and Haverford’s Jane Weber (fourth, 23:10) placed ahead of her and behind Megan Lerch (first, 21:59) and Britta Nelson (second, 22:16) of Division I Towson University.

Katie Byrne (Fr., Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg) and Karen Ziga (Jr., Haverford, PA/Haverford) finished 12th (23:32) and 18th (23:54), respectively, as the Diplomats joined Haverford (three), Salisbury (four) and Towson (six) as one of four teams to place three or more runners in the top 20.

Colette Buchanan (So., Hershey, PA/Hershey) placed 28th (24:30) and Megan Feehan (Sr., West Chester, PA/Henderson) finished 35th (24:37) to round out the Diplomats top five finishers as Franklin & Marshall totaled 97 points to defeat Johns Hopkins (164), Swarthmore (168), Muhlenberg (170), Moravian (212), Ursinus (247), Loyola (297), Morgan State (304), McDaniel (327), Hagerstown Community College (369), Columbia Union (465) and Coppin State (469).

Franklin & Marshall will return to action on October 29 at the Centennial Conference Cross Country Championships hosted by Hopkins at Oregon Ridge.

Franklin & Marshall Finishers
4. Meredith Janeczek 23:12
12. Katie Byrne 23:32
18. Karen Ziga 23:54
28. Colette Buchanan 24:30
35. Megan Feehan 24:37
58. Virginia Earl 25:18
87. Keira Rakoff 26:07
99. Emily Weir 26:52
105. Johanna Jasinski 27:08
116. Karen Blacher 27:53
128. Jayme Ewanichak 28:37
135. Julia Schwartz 29:17

Team Scores
1. Towson 45
2. Salisbury 67
3. Haverford 68
4. F&M 97
5. Johns Hopkins 164
6. Swarthmore 168
7. Muhlenberg 170
8. Moravian 212
9. Ursinus 247
10. Loyola 297
11. Morgan State 304
12. McDaniel 327
13. Hagerstown CC 369
14. Columbia Union 465
15. Coppin State 469