RELEASE DATE: 10/29/05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WOMEN FINISH 5^TH IN PSAC CHAMPIONSHIP BEHIIND ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMANCES BY RACHEL HALL AND CHARITY LEARN – CHRIS CUMMINGS EARNS ALL-PSAC HONORS FOR MEN

SLIPPERY ROCK – Rachel Hall and Charity Learn each earned All-PSAC honors to lead the Mansfield University women to a school record fifth place finish at the PSAC Cross Championship at Slippery Rock University Saturday morning. The Mountaineer men were 11^th behind Chris Cummings 14^th place finish.

“It says a lot about how far this program has come when we finish five place better than last year and still know we can do better,” said head coach Mike Rohl. “Our spread between runners was 1:27 and we had hoped to come in less than that.”

Hall becomes a All-PSAC performer for the second time finishing eighth overall with a time of 22:57 over the 6K course. Charity Learn become Mansfield’s first ever four time All-PSAC runner, finishing 12th overall just two seconds behind Hall. Her younger sister Tricia Learn was the Mountaineers third finisher and 32^nd overall at 23:48.

Freshman Clarissa Correll was just behind Tricia Learn in 34^th place with a time of 23:55 with Heather Wida placing 44^th (24:23).

Mansfield improve five sports over last year’s 10^th place finish and three spots better than a then school record eighth place in 2003.

Edinboro won the women’s team title finishing with 34 points. Bloomsburg finished second with 97 points followed by Kutztown (100), Indiana (113) and Mansfield (130).

Chris Cummings earned All-PSAC honors for the third straight time, finishing 14^th overall with a time of 25:59 over the 8k course. Bryan Morseman had an excellent race, coming in 21^st place at 26:20. Freshman Matt Zimmerman was 70^th (28:13), followed by Rich Correll (73^rd, 28:13) and Jon Holtz (75^th, 28:33).

Lock Haven won the men’s team race finishing with 63 points followed by Edinboro (70) and Shippensburg (110). Mansfield had 253 points.

Both teams will travel to Lock Haven next Saturday for the NCAA East Regional.