KEENE STATE COLLEGE INVITATIONAL
at Keene, N.H.
Saturday, October 7, 2000
The Tufts men's cross country team placed third out of seven teams at the annual Keene State Cross Country Invitational in New Hampshire on Saturday. Running against host Keene, the #1 team in New England, the Jumbos placed three runners in the top 11. Junior J.R. Cruz (Centereach, NY) was the first Tufts finisher and fifth overall with a 26:04 time, followed closely by senior co-captain David Patterson (Shutesbury, MA) in eighth overall (26:14). Junior Ben Smith (Noank, CT) was 11th in 26:34.
The championship season starts this week as Tufts races in the All-New England Championship Race at Frankin Park on Friday.
Team Scores:
1. Keene State 19 (1,2,3,6,7)
2. UMass Lowell 65 (9,10,14,15,17)
3. Tufts 74 (5,8,11,24,26)
4. Merchant Marine 98 (4,12,25,27,30)
5. Dartmouth 118 (13,16,20,31,38)
6. Brandeis 182 (22,35,36,44,45)
7. Fitchburg State 192 (34,37,39,40,42)
Top 10 Individuals:
1) Wilson Perez, Keene State 25:30
2) Mark Miller, Keene State 25:32
3) Godfrey Berger, Keene State 25:57
4) Kristopher Houghton, Merchant Marine 26:01
5) J.R. Cruz, Tufts 26:04
6) Joseph Dunham, Keene State 26:08
7) Matt St. Germaine, Keene State 26:10
8) David Patterson, Tufts 26:14
9) Nathaniel Jenkins, UMass Lowell 26:23
10) Kevin Alliette, UMass Lowell 26:32
Other Tufts finishers:
11) Ben Smith 26:34
25) Jason Lamoureaux 27:45
27) Justin Lewis 27:48
30) Jonathan Rosen 27:55
31) Adrian Wilarait 27:56
42) Jacob Berman 28:28
44) Adam Sharp 28:30
45) Yee-Huan Cheng 28:32
47) Andrew Leavitt 28:34
55) Matt Theodoros 29:02
63) Peter Jurczynski 29:36
66) John Murphy 29:49
67) Steven Fiore 29:50
70) Jonathan Portny 29:56
79) Mark Gould 32:36
80) Daron Kurkjian 32:57
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