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THE NEC

Saturday, September22,  2001

Cross Country Teams Open at Monmouth Invitational
Men finish second, women place 17th.

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. – ­ The Fairleigh Dickinson University cross country teams got their 2001 season underway at the Monmouth Invitational this afternoon.  The men's team posted an impressive second place finish, ahead of all four other Northeast Conference schools that participated and just 22 points behind winner Cornell.  The women's squad finished in 17^th place out of 18 teams.

In the men's race three Knights finished in the top 10 out of 164 participants and all five scorers finished 16^th or better.  Junior Erick Too (Eldoret, Kenya) led the Knights' effort with a time of 26:05.9, good for third overall, just 37.5 seconds behind the winner.  Sophomore Robert Rotich (Kericho, Kenya) and senior Aidan Walsh (Dublin, Ireland) weren't too far behind, finishing seventh and eighth, respectively.  Rotich posted a time of 26:18.8, while Walsh ran the race at 26:22.3.  Also scoring for the Knights were sophomore Alfred Korir (Kapsabet, Kenya) at 26:29.8 and sophomore Duncan Bitok (Rift Valley, Kenya) at 27:06.5.  Junior Fredyla Urena (Fairview, N.J.) led Fairleigh Dickinson in the women's event, finishing in 20:36.7.

The Knights will compete again on October 5^th, when they take part in the Metropolitan Championships at Van Cortlandt Park.

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