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Both College of Wooster cross country teams finished in third-place while kicking off the school’s 2008-09 athletic calendar Friday evening, as the Fighting Scots hosted the Wooster Invitational at L.C. Boles Memorial Golf Course.

Behind a pair of top-10 individual performances, the women’s squad scored 59 points, just out of reach of Kenyon College (32) as well as Edinboro University (37), but well ahead of Hiram College (116) and Lake Erie College, which didn’t field enough runners to register a team score. Suzanne Capehart picked up where she left off last season, as the sophomore and all-North Coast Athletic Conference standout crossed seventh overall, just in front of freshman teammate Sarah Appleton, who had a solid eighth-place debut. They ran identical times of 16:27 over the 4K course.

Completing the scoring for the Fighting Scots were senior Emily Elderbrock, freshman Meredith Shaul, and sophomore Chelsea Fisher, who finished 14th (16:59), 20th (17:24), and 21st (17:27), respectively. Anna Gil also ran with that group as she was one spot back in 22nd (17:30), and fellow senior Becca Thomas was not far behind either, coming in 25th (17:48).

Edinboro, an NCAA Div. II power, controlled the men’s 6200-meter event, as it took the top-five individual places for 15 points. Kenyon was next (50), followed by Wooster (74), Hiram (118), and Lake Erie. Junior Terry Workman led the way for the hosts via a seventh-place showing in a time of 21:18, while senior Mark DeWine and junior Rick Workman ended up 13th (21:52) and 18th (22:21), respectively. The veteran trio is expected to form a strong 1-2-3 combination for the Scots throughout the season.

Rounding out Wooster’s scoring were freshman Ethan Rudawsky and senior Bryan Loy. They were together at the finish line, with Rudawsky 23rd (22:43) and Loy 24th (22:44), and moments later the group of freshman Micah Caunter, sophomore Eric Stein, and freshman John Anderson crossed 26th (23:10), 27th (23:13), and 28th (23:14), respectively.

The Scots’ next competition will be the Walsh Invitational on Sept. 13.