Men's cross country runs at Carnegie Mellon Invitational

Yellow Jackets compete amongst powerful field in Pittsburgh

Shot of men's cross country runners for Oct. 10 release

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Oct. 10) – The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team finished in 12^th place out of 14 schools competing at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational on Saturday in Schenley Park.

The Yellow Jackets were led by freshman Kyle Edwards, who finished in 85^th place out of 153 individual runners with a time of 29:25.97. The next Jacket to cross the finish line was junior Bill Moder, who finished the race in 29:38.41, good for 89^th place.

Rounding out the top three spots for Waynesburg was sophomore Kameron Schaefer, who recorded a 99^th-place finish after recording a time of 30:09.96.

The host school of Carnegie Mellon won the event, while top individual honors went to Brian Harvey (25:26.48), who ran for the Carnegie Alumni.

For a complete look at all the race results, click here.

Waynesburg is off until Oct. 31, when they head to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships, which are being hosted by Saint Vincent College.

Sport:

Athletes of the Week

Jessi Drayer

Women's Basketball

Drayer poured in a team-high 21.0 points per game for the 1-1 Yellow Jackets this past week. She was the team’s leading scorer in both games, going for a game-high 23 points against Westminster, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a win over Geneva. The Waterford, Ohio native averaged 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game this week.

Dan Bruni

Wrestling

Bruni went 3-0 during Waynesburg’s home quad-match against Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State Beaver and Penn State Fayette. The sophomore won two matches by major decision and scored a fall in just 31 seconds over Greater Allegheny’s Soham Salvi.

What are you most looking forward to in 2012 when it comes to Waynesburg sports?

Seeing how far the women's basketball team can go in the PAC tournament and beyond.
The wrestling team going for a third-straight PAC team title.
The Jacket softball team playing to get back into the PAC playoffs.
Waynesburg track taking another shot at an elusive PAC team title.
Just being outside when the weather turns warm.

Did You Know...

Headlee's All-American resume

Head wrestling coach Ron Headlee was a three-time NAIA All-American at Messiah College and the school's first NCAA All-American.

Going nowhere fast

Waynesburg held Westminster to minus-105 yards rushing in a game in 1967.

Don Herrman

Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.

Jackets own Nittany Lions

The Waynesburg football team is 2-0 all-time against Penn State. The last time they met was in 1932, when the Jackets won 7-6.

Champions in the classroom

During the 2009-10 school year, no school in the conference boasted more honorees on the PAC Academic Honor Roll than Waynesburg.

Unbreakable record

In 2009, Scott Cree ran an interception back 100 yards for a touchdown, a record that can't be broken.

The Three Musketeers

Dominick Hunter, Ivan Hawkins and Paul D'Imperio, who rank 1-2-3 in career receptions , all played together from 2002 to 2004.

TV Football

Waynesburg played in the first televised football game. The Yellow Jackets faced Fordham on Sept. 20, 1939 in Randalls Island, N.Y.

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