Emmitsburg, Md. (August 31, 2007)--Mount St. Mary' s sophomore Kyle Ryan (New Market, Md./Linganore) finished third overall at the Mount St. Mary's 5K Duals held on campus on Friday afternoon. The Mount women were paced by senior Casey Fleischer (Westminster, Md./Westminster).

The meet, which featured the Mount, Maryland, Loyola, George Washington, American and UMBC, was scored in dual-meet format. On the men's side, Maryland was the winning team, posting a 5-0 record in their five dual scored meets. American was second at 4-1, UMBC and George Washington tied for third at 2-2-1, the Mount was fifth at 1-4 and Loyola was sixth at 0-5.

On the women's side, American was a perfect 5-0 to take home first place. Maryland was next at 4-1, followed by George Washington (3-2), Loyola (2-3), UMBC (1-4) and Mount St. Mary's (0-5).

Individually, Maryland's Mike Cator took the men's meet, finishing the 5K course in a time of 16:11.14. American's Brian McCabe was second at 16:14.57 while the Mount's Ryan was third with a time of 16:16.73.

On the women's side, American had the top two finishers with Kate Lilley winning the 5K race with a time of 18:50.45. Teammate Cathleen Ford was next, followed by Alex Hyland of UMBC.

For the Mount, Ryan was the top finisher for the men, followed by junior Morgan Sowell (Frederick, Md./Frederick) who finished eighth overall with a time of 16:35.57. Sophomore Kevin Morrison (Catonsville, Md./Mount St. Joseph) was the Mount next finisher at 26th overall, followed Justin Brackett (Point Pleasant, N.J./Toms River North), who was 32nd in the field. Freshman Jonathan Strike (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg) was the Mount's fifth-fastest finisher.

On the women's side for the Mount, Fleischer finished 20th overall to pace the team, edging teammate Jessica Rafeedie (Boyds, Md./Northwest) for the top spot on the team. Samantha Willox (Stevensville, Md./Kent Island) was the Mount's third-fastest finisher. Brianne Vozzella (Hershey, Pa./Lower Dauphin) and Anna Scull (Sunbury, Md./Milton Hershey) rounded out the top five for the Mount.

The Mount returns to action on Saturday, September 15, at the Ted Owen Invitational hosted by Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn.