Marquette University Athletics
Marquette University
Conference USA Championships
Men's Cross Country Finishes Sixth at C-USA Championship
10/30/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Oct. 30, 1999
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -
The Marquette men's cross country team placed sixth at the 1999 C-USA Championship Meet this morning. The top three finishers for the Golden Eagles came across the line within one minute to lead the team to its finish.
Junior Joe Herington led Marquette, finishing 16th with a time of 24:58. He was followed by junior Matt Dunlavy (25:10) and sophomore David Lance (25:40), who finished 19th and 30th, respectively.
The C-USA Individual Title was claimed by Paul Kemei, of Southern Miss, who finished the 8K course in a time of 24:01.0. He was followed by teammate Yousri El Mejdoubi (24:01.5) and UNC Charlotte?s Kenneth Svendsen (24:02.3).
Marquette finished sixth in the team scoring, seven points short of Tulane, who finished fifth. The Golden Eagles finished with 152 points. Southern Miss boasted three runners in the top five, to finish with 43 points. They were followed by South Florida (58 points) and UNC Charlotte (70).
TEAM SCORES: 1. Southern Miss 43, 2. South Florida 58, 3. UNC Charlotte 70, 4. Cincinnati 135, 5. Tulane 145, 6. MARQUETTE 152, 7. Louisville 174, 8. Houston 192, 9. Memphis 222, 10. DePaul 228, 11. Saint Louis 273.
MARQUETTE FINISHERS: 16. Joe Herington 24:58, 19. Matt Dunlavy 25:10, 30. David Lance 25:40, 40. Joel Brusewitz 26:06, 47. Luke Kunze 26:25, 50. Kyrk Jordan 26:31, 59. Jon Chenier 27:15.
