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Miami University
MAC Championships
Men's Cross Country Finishes Second At MAC Championship
10/27/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Oct. 27, 2001
YPSILANTI, Mich. - On a cold, windy Saturday afternoon in Ypsilanti, Mich., Miami's men's cross country team claimed second place at the 2001 Mid-American Conference Men's Cross Country Championship. Miami has finished either first or second in the MAC six straight years.
Junior Brian Godsey (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East) and sophomore Steve Padgett (Cincinnati, Ohio/La Salle) earned all-MAC accolades, Godsey as a member of the first team, Padgett as a second-teamer. Godsey was in second with about 200 meters to go, but faltered slightly in the final stretch and finished fifth in 25:17.0. Padgett lost some ground in the final quarter-mile as well and came in 11th with a time of 25.30.6.
It is the third time in as many years Godsey has been an all-MAC performer in cross country, as he was named to the first team last year and the second team two years ago. Padgett made all-conference for the second year in a row, after achieving first-team all-Big Ten laurels last year while at Michigan State.
The muddy course was conducive to more compact runners, and junior Adam Cross (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams) and senior Nate McClintock (Mantua, Ohio/Crestwood) took full advantage of it, running their best-ever races. Cross placed 20th in 25:59.1, McClintock 25th in 26:01.2. Sandwiched between them in 22nd was junior Ryan Clark (Eaton, Ohio/Eaton [Tenn.]), who crossed the finish line in 25:59.3.
Two men appearing in their first MAC meet were freshman David Mitchell (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South), who finished 29th in 26:09.3, and junior transfer Tim Hufford (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East), who came in 35th with a 26:19.3 clocking. Sophomore Jerry Claunch (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East), a second-team all-MAC selection last year, found the going a little tougher this time around as he placed 44th, completing the course in 26:32.1. Rounding out the RedHawk runners was senior Nick Andrews (Kettering, Ohio/Alter), who took 54th in a time of 26:49.2.
The outcome of the meet was as expected, with Eastern Michigan winning the title, followed by Miami, Central Michigan and Kent State. The individual winner was none too surprising either as Eastern Michigan's Boaz Cheboiywo beat his closest competitor, Central Michigan's Jake Flynn, by more than a minute in a MAC-record time of 24:11.
The RedHawks have two weeks to prapare for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship, to be held Nov. 10 in Terre Haute, Ind.
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2001
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FINAL MEN'S TEAM RESULTS
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1. EASTERN MICHIGAN
1 3 4 9 13 (14) (36) = 30
125 Boaz Cheboiywo, 128 Jordan Desilets, 127 Ryan
Desgrange, 126 Steve Crane, 124 Joe Borg, 133 Paul
Pobursky, 131 Neil Kirk
2. MIAMI
5 11 20 22 25 (29) (35) = 83
195 Brian Godsey, 201 Steve Padgett, 194 Adam Cross, 192
Ryan Clark, 198 Nathan McClintock, 199 David Mitchell, 196
Tim Hufford
3. CENTRAL MICHIGAN
2 16 26 28 41 (44) (71) = 113
100 Jake Flynn, 99 David Ernsberger, 105 Kevin Sule, 106
Brian Terpak, 102 Ron Miller, 109 Matt Zissler, 104 Chris
Schiemann
4. KENT STATE
15 17 30 33 38 (47) (56) = 133
155 Kurt Ward, 149 Ofer Barniv, 156 Peter Weisz, 150
Eamon Brazunas, 151 Matt Cornwell, 152 Kyle Paul, 153
Gareth Price
5. BUFFALO
6 8 21 46 54 (58) (66) = 135
78 Jerimie Slick, 75 Todd Ludden, 79 Rick Stewart, 80
Steven Strelick, 72 Eric Czubaj, 68 Joshua Belleville,
67 Joel Beatty
6. WESTERN MICHIGAN
10 19 31 40 43 (53) (78) = 143
280 Chris Stine, 274 Tim Morehouse, 281 Matt Wintersteen,
279 Kris Seats, 277 Matt Robin, 276 Pat Roberts, 275
Jason Musgrave
7. BALL STATE
18 24 45 48 61 (63) (67) = 196
15 Matt Bliss, 19 Sal Impellitteri, 16 Andrew Fritz,
24 Steve Samuel, 21 Michael Olson, 18 Aaron Hoover,
20 Michael Johnson
8. BOWLING GREEN
12 37 42 51 60 (80) = 202
48 Tom Kutter, 52 Justin Perez, 50 Dave Larson, 45
Rob Glatz, 47 Chad Kunkle, 41 Andy Artiaga
9. MARSHALL
7 23 55 70 74 (75) (77) = 229
172 Casey Batey, 180 Craig Swisher, 179 Robert Smith, 173
Brent Garrett, 174 Mike Jones, 176 Jacob Porter, 175 Brad
Kohler
10. OHIO
32 39 50 57 59 (64) (69) = 237
231 Steve Krajenski, 232 Jason Linton, 227 Drew Frum, 234
Mickey Martin, 228 Brandon Grinwis, 230 Justin Kempe, 237
Jesse Yun
11. TOLEDO
27 49 52 65 68 (76) (79) = 261
250 Abraham Habte, 256 Mike Vilt, 254 John Sainna, 251
Orin Hemminger, 252 Josh Morris, 255 Jared Stewart, 249 Ed
Dargay
12. AKRON
34 62 72 73 81 (82) (83) = 322
7 Wes Parker, 4 Jake Magier, 5 Todd Moyers, 3 Dan
Deckard, 1 Adam Bray, 2 Tim Carroll, 6 Brian Parana
