Sept. 27, 2002
Complete Results
For the second straight year, Duquesne's men's cross-country team captured the title of the Duquesne Invitational, edging out Dayton, CMU and Pitt who finished second through fourth respectively.
Duquesne runners finished first, second and third as sophomore Ryan Bender led the 96-runner pack over a muddy terrain with a time of 26:50. Not far behind were senior Dave Eldridge who finished second in 26:57 and freshman Zachary Dorman who was third overall in 27:00.
Rounding out the top seven for the Dukes were junior Pat McGuire (8th - 27:17), freshman Gary Malinko (14th - 27:31), freshman Jeffrey Hite (15th - 27:35) and freshman Bryan Herdman (17th - 27:38).
The Dukes return to action on Saturday, Oct. 5 when they travel to Lewisburg, PA for Bucknell's Gulden Invitational.
Team Results
PLACE TEAM POINTS AVG. TIME 1 Duquesne 28 27:07 2 Univ Of Dayton 48 27:19 3 C M U 70 27:35 4 Univ Of Pgh 94 28:05 5 California 159 29:14 6 West Liberty 173 29:36 7 Clarion 176 29:37 8 Niagara University 221 30:32 9 Point Park 271 36:09
Duquesne's Top Seven Finishers
Finisher Time Pace 1 Ryan Bender, So 26:50 5:22 2 Dave Eldridge, Sr 26:57 5:23 3 Zachary Dorman, Fr 27:00 5:24 8 Pat McGuire, Jr 27:17 5:27 14 Gary Malinko, Fr 27:31 5:30 15 Jeffrey Hite, Fr 27:35 5:31 17 Bryan Herdman, Fr 27:38 5:32Time = 2:15:32 Places = 28
All Duquesne Finishers
TEAMPLACE SCORE FINISHER TIME PACE TEAM
1 1 Ryan Bender, So 26:50 5:22 Duquesne 2 2 Dave Eldridge, Sr 26:57 5:23 Duquesne 3 3 Zack Dorman, Fr 27:00 5:24 Duquesne 8 8 Pat McGuire, Jr 27:17 5:27 Duquesne 14 14 Gary Malinko, Fr 27:31 5:30 Duquesne 15 15 Jeff Hite, Fr 27:35 5:31 Duquesne 17 17 Bryan Herdman, Fr 27:38 5:32 Duquesne 20 Jeremy Snodgrass, Fr 27:48 5:33 Duquesne 24 Tim Wu, So 28:20 5:40 Duquesne 67 Joe Winans, Fr 30:48 6:10 Duquesne
