Saturday,
November 10, 2001
Contact: Stan Cole
N.C. State Sweeps
Southeast Region Cross Country
Championships
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for complete men's results to NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country
Championships
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- North Carolina State swept the NCAA Southeast
Region Cross Country Championship Saturday at Furman, winning the
women's race by four points over second place North Carolina, and
taking the men's race by 42 points over William & Mary.
On
the men's side, N.C. State place all five scorers in the top 11 and
took individual spots three, four, and five in scoring 30 points.
William and Mary's Sean Graham was the individual champion, posting
a time of 30:15 over the 10K course.
Only four points separated the third-place Demon Deacons of Wake
Forest from the fourth place Blue Devils of Duke (82-86), so the
NCAA Committee will have to decide on Monday whether to award
either, one, or both of these teams at-large bids.
No matter what the NCAA committee decides, Duke's Sean Kelly
and Chris Williams and Wake Forest's Chris Estawanik and Nathan
Sisco will advance to Nationals - they were recipients of automatic
individual bids on Saturday.
Campbell
freshman Michael Earle placed 91st in the 206-runner
men's race with a 10,000-meter time of 33:13. Clarence Williams
also competed for the Camels, placing 156th at
34:44.
The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country
Championship is will take place on the Furman Golf Course on the
19th. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children. The men's 10K
race will start at 11 a.m. with the women's 6K slated for 12:15
p.m.