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American Men's Cross Country Places Second at Navy Invitational
Maurer and Malpigli lead the way for the Eagles

September 14, 2002

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- In its first race of the 2002 season, the AU men's cross country team placed second in the Navy Invitational. The Eagles scored 70 points to finish behind the host Midshipmen. Danny Maurer placed eighth in his first race in an American uniform with teammate Frank Malpigli close behind in ninth.

Maurer, a transfer from Furman, ran 25:18.77 over the 8,000-meter course to pace the Eagles. Malpigli's time of 25:20.92 was nearly a full minute then his time of a year ago on the same course. Matt Seymour placed 12th in the meet, running 25:32.78.

Sean O'Brien and Will Knox finished 20th and 21st respectively in the race. O'Brien ran 25:50.01 while Knox was just over a second behind in 25:51.73. Carlos Hunt was the seventh Eagle to cross the line, running 27:21.19 to finish 29th.

American returns to action next weekend at the Mount St. Mary's Invitational held in Emmitsburg, Md.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES

Rank School Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Naval Academy 30 1 2 3 10 14 17 23
2 American 70 8 9 12 20 21 54
3 Canisius 88 6 15 18 22 27 56 62
4 Maryland 106 7 11 19 30 39 41 59
5 UMBC 154 25 26 28 32 43 48 49
6 Furman 160 13 24 37 42 44 63 61
7 Mount St. Mary's 187 4 29 38 47 69 89 98
8 George Washington 221 16 34 35 52 84 97
9 Louisville 251 33 46 50 55 67 72 78
10 VMI 259 31 36 57 65 70 76 79
11 Virginia Commonwealth 302 5 45 73 88 91 96
12 Loyola (Md.) 331 40 60 74 77 80 86 93
13 Robert Morris 337 51 63 66 75 82 90
14 The Citadel 365 58 68 71 83 85 87 94
15 George Mason 431 64 81 92 95 99