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THE NEC

Saturday, October 27,  2001

Cross Country Teams Compete at NEC Championships
Men finish second, Women take 10th place 

PITTSBURGH, PA – The Fairleigh Dickinson University men’s and women’s cross country teams competed on Saturday morning at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, PA at the Northeast Conference Championships.  

The men’s team was voted pre-season favorite to win but could hold back St. Francis (PA) who placed four runners in the top five and won with a score of 33 to the Knights’ second-place 41 points. Erick Too (Eldoret, Kenya) was the Knights’ top finisher, running a 25:45 for fourth place.  Aidan Walsh (Dublin, Ireland) finished in sixth in 25:57, Alfred Korir (Kapsabet, Kenya) ran a 26:02 for 8^th place, Robert Rotich (Kericho, Kenya) came in two seconds later in 11^th (26:04) and Duncan Bitok (Rift Valley, Kenya) rounded out the five in 26:09 for 12^th place.  All five runners earned All-NEC honors.  Monmouth finished a distant third overall on the men’s side.

Fredyla Urena (Fairview, NJ/Cliffside Park) lead the Fairleigh Dickinson women’s cross country squad and improved upon her 25^th place finish last year by cracking the top 20 in 18^th place (19:18).  Seeyian Metoyu (Illasit, Kenya) was the Knights’ next finisher in 64^th place, running 20:59.  The women repeated their 10^th place finish from 2000 although this time improving 15 points.

The teams return to competition when they travel to the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals, held at Lehigh University on Saturday, November 10^th.

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