Emory Men's Cross Country Finishes 14th At NCAA Championships -- Meade Captures All-America Honors
The Emory University men's cross country team closed out the
2009 campaign this afternoon with a 14th-place finish
out of 32 teams at the NCAA Division III National
Championships. This year's competition was held at the
Highland Park Golf Course in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Eagles finished with 402 points and were paced by senior
Charlie Meade, who captured All-America honors for
the second straight season after he crossed the finish line in
12th out of 276 runners with an 8K time of 25:46.
Meade's finish marked the second-highest by an Emory runner at the
NCAA Championships behind only Tony Lewis' sixth-place effort in
1985. He becomes the third two-time All-American at Emory,
joining Lewis (1984-85) and Dave Laub (1986-87).
Capturing first-place team honors was North Central with 50
points. Williams College (181 pts.) was runner-up while
Allegheny claimed third place with 195 points.
Seniors Tommy Fyffe and Alex
Robin were the next two Emory runners to score, finishing
54th and 105th, respectively. Fyffe
clocked in at 26:25 while Robin registered a 26:46. Rounding
out the team's scorers were seniors Paul
Winterhalter (27:16) and Greg Decker
(27:25).
Emory's finish at the Championships represented the second-highest
final by the program. The 1986 team recorded a
12th-place showing at the Championships.
Team
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