UC Men Win Queen City Invitational, Women Take Third

Sept. 5, 2015

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The University of Cincinnati cross country teams impressed Saturday morning at the 34^th Annual Queen City Invitational in Mason, Ohio, with the men winning the team title and the women coming in third overall.

// MEN'S RACE
The Bearcats tallied a score of 58 to edge out Northern Kentucky for the team title by nine points. The last time the men's team won the Queen City Invitational was in 2011.

UC was led by sophomore Seamus Collins and junior Anthony Car, who finished sixth and seventh and both run under 19 minutes. Sophomore Spencer Clark also turned in a time under 19 minutes as he finished ninth. Freshman Nick Grismer and senior Greg Sanders rounded out UC's scoring by placing 16^th and 20^th, respectively. The overall spread between the Bearcats' five scorers was 21.3 seconds.

PLACE	NAME	TIME
6	Seamus Collins	18:50.6
7	Anthony Car	18:52.0
11	Spencer Clark	18:55.3
19	Nick Grismer	19:09.2
23	Greg Sanders	19:11.8
28	Jacob Franklin	19:21.5
45	Grant Powers	19:50.4

// WOMEN'S RACE
UC's women's team had a strong performance all-around with an abundance of new faces leading the pack. The Bearcats earned third place, which is the program's highest since 2012, with a team score of 88 points.

Freshmen Juliana Madzia and Vanessa Robinson were Cincinnati's top finishers as they earned 11^th and 13^th place. Fellow freshman Cassidy Carey and sophomore Ari Surles snatched 20^th and 21^st, while junior Hannah Christ took 23^rd to round out the team's scoring.

PLACE	NAME	TIME
11	Juliana Madzia	23:13.7
13	Vanessa Robinson	23:18.9
20	Cassidy Carey	23:28.5
21	Ari Surles	23:28.9
23	Hannah Christ	23:30.2
26	Grace O'Donnell	23:34.3
33	Tes Corea	23:54.1
44	Sammy Hentz	24:23.6
50	Tessa Ward	24:31.7
68	Sarah Pierce	25:12.4

// NEXT MEET
The Bearcats now take a week off to prepare for the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational on Friday, Sept. 18, in Blacksburg, Virginia. The meet is slated to begin at 6 p.m. ET.