Mitchell Men Place First in Invitational

New London, Conn--Mitchell Men's Cross Country finished first and had the first four runners cross the finish line in the Mitchell College 5000 Meter Invitational on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. John Hoffman (Bala Cynwyd, PA) finished first with a time of 17:35. Eric Appleby (Monroe, CT), John Kodsi (Great Neck, NY), and Charlie Favle (Rockaway, NJ) finished 2nd - 4th respectively. Post University's Mark Spellman (Waterbury, CT) broke up the pack finishing 5th with a time of 21:03. Mitchell's Brian Ziminsky (Mt. Kisko, NY) came in 6th.

Mitchell Women's Cross Country finished 2nd in the invitational. Univiersity of Bridgeport's Raluca Duma (Cluj Napoca, Romania) crossed first with a time of 23:34. Hot on her heels with a finish time of 23:52 was Anna Zahova (Velingrad, Bulgaria) and Mitchell's Brittany Smyth (Winsted, CT) finished third with a time of 24:56.