BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Zaya McCune and Colton Henning each posted top-five individual finishes to lead the IUP cross country teams Saturday at Bloomsburg.
McCune led a strong showing from the IUP women, finishing fourth overall with a time of 23:24.9. The senior was one of four Crimson Hawks to finish inside the top 20 and helped IUP place third in the team standings with 75 points.
Freshman Rylan Carney was the second IUP runner across the line, finishing 13th in 24:05.6. Junior Camryn Roche followed in 17th at 24:20.3, while freshman Anna Jarworski crossed in 24:26.5 to finish 19th.
Sophomore Addison Matthews completed IUP's scoring five with a 25th-place finish in 24:44.6. The Crimson Hawks placed all five scoring runners inside the top 25, with just 1:19.7 separating McCune and Matthews.
Lexi Lovrich finished 30th in 25:07.8, while Jenaya Swinger followed in 31st at 25:08.6. Natalie Romanyak rounded out the IUP women's contingent with a time of 27:10.4.
On the men's side, Henning paced the Crimson Hawks with a fifth-place finish, completing the course in 26:41.4.
Junior Nathan Kociela gave IUP a second top-10 finisher, placing seventh overall in 27:16.8. Ian Rauber followed in 12th at 27:30.2.
IUP packed its next three runners closely together, with freshman Micheal Andretta placing 14th in 27:47.4, Dominic Kuntz finishing 15th in 27:54.2 and Steven Janke crossing 16th in 27:55.4.
Henning, Kociela, Rauber, Andretta and Kuntz combined for 48 points as IUP placed second in the men's team standings behind East Stroudsburg.
George Nestlerode added a 20th-place finish in 28:11.6, while Gabe Pacyna, Jason Clifford and Will Weaver finished 21st through 23rd, respectively.
The Crimson Hawks placed nine runners inside the top 23 on the men's side, including six among the top 16.