Ernstrom Wins Penn State Open
8/15/2000 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Oct. 9, 1999
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Baylor senior Karin Ernstrom outran her nearest competition by 15 seconds to win the 1999 Penn State Open National Invitational, held Saturday in University Park, Pa.
Ernstrom's time of 17:22.64 led the Bears, as the women placed third out of nine teams, behind No. 11 North Carolina State and No. 21 William and Mary.
Freshman Sarah Broyles also finished in the top 10, placing sixth with a time of 17:43.20.
Stephanie Bennett, another freshman, finished 18th as she completed the 5000m course in 18:10.23. Sophomore Kara Newton came in just behind Bennett, placing 20th with a time of 18:13.26. Freshman Erin Dixon rounded out Baylor?s top five in 28th place (18:24.38).
Also running for the women?s team were Cynthia Henges (43rd, 18:59.33) and Leah Marbach (50th, 19:22.91).
The Baylor men?s team placed seventh, led by senior Brandon Buhr, who came in ninth. Buhr finished the 5.2 mile run in a time of 26:11.57 to pace the Bears.
Second on the Bears was freshman Ferenc Beskesi, who continued to run well, placing 18th in a time of 26:43.67.
Sophomores Jon Capron (37th, 27:27.44), Aaron Ward (46th, 28:06.33) and Corey Dunigan (48th, 28:26.51) rounded out the top five for Baylor.
Freshman Alex Adler placed 55th with a time of 29:29.92, and senior Brett Lamb came in 56th in a time of 29:59.94.
The cross country teams have two weeks off before traveling down to San Marcos for the Southwest Texas State meet on October 22.
