RELEASE DATE: 10/7/06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rachel Hall 27th overall at Penn State National

STATE COLLEGE – Rachel Hall finished 27^th overall to pace the Mansfield University women’s cross-country team to a 13^th team finish at the Penn State National Saturday at Penn State.

Hall finished the most Division I field with a time of 22:42 with Jessica Wagner the next Mountaineer finisher in 67^th place overall (24:09).  Heather Wida was 75^th (24:24) and Tricia Learn 79^th (24:30).

Kristen Weller finished two places back with a time of 24:35 whith freshman Christyna Cain 99^th (25:10). Amanda Streeter was 104^th at 24:16.

The Mansfield men were 17^th in team scoring led by Dave Sanford’s 61^st place finishing time of 27:30. Blake Smith was 107^th at 30:08 followed by Jared Dexter at 114 and Matt Zimmeramn at 31:04. John-Mark Stoltz was 116^th at 31:32/