Sept. 16, 2011
Men's Results 
| Women's Results | Open Race Results
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The men are state champions and the women took third after an exciting day for Purdue cross country wrapped up at the Indiana Intercollegiates on Friday. For just the second time since 2001, the Boilermaker men took top spot in the state after posting a team score of 35, five better than the hosting Hoosiers of Indiana University.
Junior Stephen Schulz was the race's top finisher after he posted a 24:48 in the 8K race. Teammate Cale Allen was just one second behind the Mentor, Ohio, native as he finished in second with a time of 24:49. Charles White made it a clean sweep of the top three for the Boilermakers as he cross the finish line in 24:53. Scott Lasiter rounded out the Purdue men in the top 10 as he finished sixth with a time of 25:05.
On the women's side, redshirt freshman Dana Payonk was again the top finisher for Purdue as she posted an 18:08 ninth place finish. Stephanie Bonk and Kelly McCurdy were not far behind as they finished 11th and 12th with times of 18:11 and 18:14, respectively. Senior Kara Conflenti rounded out the top 20 as she posted a 5K time of 18:40.
The women took third place with an overall team score of 78. The Indiana Hoosiers won the women's race for the third consecutive year with a team score of 19. Butler was second with 63 points.
In the open race, Linsey Daluga took third place with a time of 18:59 in the women's 5K. Marie Lorentz finished in fifth place after posting a time of 19:13. Kayla McCurdy was the third Boilermaker to cross the finish line and took seventh overall with a 5K time of 19:18. Kristin Fritts made it four Purdue harriers in the top 10 as she took ninth after running the race in 19:39. Maria Paolillo was the Boilermakers' fifth finisher as she finished in 21:21.
For the men in the open race, Allan Appiah took second overall with an 8K time of 25:55. Steven Stoot was the second Boilermaker to finish and took fourth overall with a time of 26:01. Simon Rogers finished 13th overall with an 8K time of 26:40.
The men have now won two consecutive races for the first time in more than a decade. They, and the women, will look to build off this success and now have a couple weeks off to rest before heading to the Greater Louisville Cross Country Class on Oct. 1 in Louisville, Ky.