NEWARK, N.J. (10/07/07) - The Kean University men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Fourth Annual Highlander Invitational hosted by New Jersey Institute of Technology at Branch Brook Park on Sunday morning. The Cougar men finished eighth in the Division II/III race, while the women placed four runners among the 61 runner field. Sophomore Ashwin Anatharaman (Hightstown, N.J.) placed 15th in men's 8,000-meter race, finishing in 29:26.55. Freshman Rolland Ying (East Brunswick, N.J.) finished 29th (30:32.91), junior Ezra Schwartz (Bloomfield, N.J.) was 52nd (32:00.42), junior Jason Guznay (Orange, N.J.) placed 55th (32:15.85) and freshman Justin Schulte (Pennsville, N.J.) was 58th (32:25.94) to round out the team's top five finishers.

In the women's 5,000-meter race, senior Anna Khorosheva (Ocean, N.J.) continued her best season in a Cougar uniform, as she finished 11th in 21:47.00. Freshman Sarah Kovolisky (Cranford, N.J.) finished 21st (23:03.00), freshman Asha Winters (Ewing, N.J.) was 37th (25:37.00) and freshman Alejandrina Canelo (Newark, N.J.) placed 47th (27:22.00).

The Cougars compete at the DeSales Invitational in Center Valley, Pa., next Saturday, October 13.