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Another Strong Showing for AU Cross Country
Women Place Third, Men Fifth at Mount St. Mary's Invitational

Meet Stats | September 22, 2001

EMMITSBURG, MD -- Running for the first time since Sept. 8, American's cross country program posted its second strong outing of the season at the Mount St. Mary's Invitational here on Saturday morning.

American's women placed third overall out of 13 teams, while the men placed fifth out of 13.

Samia Akbar paced the American women with a ninth-place finish, covering the 5,000-meter course in 18:46.40. She was followed closely by teammate Jen Baclawski, who was just two seconds back in 10th place.

Whitney McNees placed 29th (19:48.60), Jessica Daniel came in 38th (20:12.60), while Heidi Fishpaw placed 45th (20:20.40). Megan Simpson (21:02.00) and Leah Heinecke-Krumhus (21:13.90) closed out the American contingent.

The Eagle men were paced once again by Frank Malpigli, who crossed the line in fourth place, covering the 8,000-meter course in 26:04.50.

Sean O'Brien came in 18th with a time of 26:47.10. Carlos Hunt and Sean Duffy finished in 33rd and 34th position, respectively with times of 27:09.40 and 27:10.80. Chad Young placed 72nd (28:18.10) and Jose Morales finished 87th (28:46.70).

American returns to action next Saturday, Sept. 29, when it competes in the George Washington Invitational held at Bull Run Park.