Air Force Academy
CSU INVITATIONAL
Men's Cross Country Team Take Third in CSU Invitational
9/8/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Sept. 8, 2001
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. --- The Falcons are running faster than last year. The top seven Falcon runners finished almost a minute faster than last year's time in Fort Collins. In 2000, the Falcons took fourth place. Last Saturday the Falcon men finished third with 77 points. Western State was the team leader with 29 points followed by the Colorado State Rams with 36 points.
Top Male Runners: Ben Payne led the Falcons as the No. 6 finisher in 25:25 (26:33). Team captain David Romero followed in the No. 17 spot with a time of 25:58 (26:56), Chris Acs finished 18th with a time of 25:59 (26:21), Albert Kelly was 19th in 26:00 (26:26), Brian Carpenter was 21st in 26:04 (27:31), newcomer Brian Dumm was 38th in 27:04, and Jim Blech finished in the No. 40 spot with a time of 27:14 (27:31).
Men's Team Scores: 1. Western State 29, 2. CSU 36, 3. Air Force 77, 4. Adams State 98, 5. Missouri-Kansas City 167, 6. Wyoming 180, 7. Colorado School of Mines 211, 8. Denver 236, 9. Regis 267.
Individual Team Finishers: 6. Ben Payne 25:25, 17. David Romero 25:58, 18. Chris Acs 25:59, 19. Albert Kelly 26:00, 21. Brian Carpenter 26:04, 38. Brian Dumm 27:04, 40. Jim Blech 27:14, 44. Thomas Kubler 27:24, 45. Luke Mostoller 27:26, 48. Abe Wengel 27:36, 51. Michael Joanos 27:53, 52. Eric Stahl 27:56, 56. Nathan Franz 28:01, 58. Kelly Church 28:07, 62. Rudy Taute 28:24, 63. Kevin O'Reilly 28:28, 67. Derek Storbeck 28:47, 68. Erik Goff 28:49, 69. Tony Hunt 28:51, 72. Chris Gausepohl 29:02, 73. Kyle Davidson 29:09, 74. John Finke 29:22, 76. Adam May 29:26, 83. Craig Swiger 29:53, 84. Jeramie Castellanos 29:55, 91. Luke Haywas 30:22, 100. Rob Dunphy 32:01.
