CENTER VALLEY, Pa. (10/13/07) - The Kean University men's and women's cross country teams competed at the DeSales University Invitational on Saturday morning. The men's team finished 14th overall, while the women had four runners among the 203 finishers. Sophomore Ashwin Anatharaman (Hightstown, N.J.) was Kean's top finisher, as he placed 52nd overall, finishing the 8,000-meter race in 29:10.07. Freshman Rolland Ying (East Brunswick, N.J.) cracked the top 100, as he was 93rd (30:55.48), while junior Ezra Schwartz (Bloomfield, N.J.) was 114th in 31:51.34.

Freshman Justin Schulte (Pennsville, N.J.) finished 129th (32:39.34), junior Jason Guznay (Orange, N.J.) was 137th (33:29.54), freshman Steve Novak (Roselle, N.J.) placed 139th (33:35.42) and freshman Matt Young (Montville, N.J.) was 143rd (34:07.77) to round out the Cougar finishers.

In the women's 6,000-meter race, senior Anna Khorosheva (Ocean, N.J.) finished in 27:46.28 to place 88th overall. Freshman Sarah Kovolisky (Cranford, N.J.) placed 123rd (28:58.40), freshman Asha Winters (Ewing, N.J.) was 164th (31:43.34) and freshman Alejandrina Canelo (Newark, N.J.) finished 182 (34:15.10).

The Cougars have a week off in preparation of the New Jersey Athletic Conference championships on Saturday, October 27, at Richard Stockton College.