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Cross Country:
UC Irvine Women's Team Finishes 17th at Pre-National Meet; Men Place 34th
Oct. 18, 2008
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. --- The UC Irvine women's cross country team finished 17th and the men's squad 34th at the Pre-National Meet in Terre Haute, Ind., Saturday. Florida State and Princeton tied for first in the women's competition with 89 points each, Michigan was third with 168 and UCI 17th with 505 points in the 39-team race. Susan Kuijken of Florida State was the individual winner with a time of 19:48.2 over 6,000 meters at the Lavern Gibson Course at the Wabash Family Sports Center. UCI senior Laura Olvera was 26th in 20:59.2 in the 281-runner field. Candice Chavez was 58th (21:29.0), Gabriela Santana 127th (22:07.7), Samantha Costantini 143rd (22:16.2), Lauren Chramosta 158th (22:23.1), Emily Romo 215th (23:06.1) and Kendall Bruton 220th (23:10.4). Alabama was first of 41 teams in the men's competition with 89 points, Northern Arizona placed second with 113 and Michigan third with 146. UCI totaled 800 points for 34th place. Tyson David of Alabama was the individual champion with an 8,000-meter time of 23:30.1. UCI's Nick Mosey finished 76th of 276 runners with a time of 24:43.5, Colin Hacker was 122nd (25:05.6) and Rex Nelson 158th (25:22.4). Rusty Whisman placed 195th in 25:41.5, Danny Kalinowski was 249th (26:20.1), Nick Osborne 257th (26:38.4) and Chris Proffitt 258th (26:42.5).
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