Men's Cross Country Wins Saluki Invitational

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Oct. 11, 2003

By Josh Magill
www.SIUSalukis.com

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CARBONDALE, Ill. - The men's cross country team grabbed its second first-place finish of the season Saturday, winning its own Saluki Invitational.

The Salukis (38) edged out the University of Arkansas-Little Rock (45) by seven points to earn the title. Missouri Valley foes, Indiana State (67) and Bradley (129), finished third and fifth, respectively.

Leading the pack for SIU, and winning the first cross country meet of his college career, was sophomore Joe Byrne who finished the eight-kilometer race in 25:17.46. Lone senior Doron Giat grabbed fourth place with a time of 25:40.41, while juniors Tony LaChiana (25:55.16) and Eli Baker (26:14.36) finished sixth and 12th.

Freshmen Diarmuid Grant, Kyle Monroe and Hunter Sheldon all finished in the top thirty for the Salukis and finished under 28 minutes.

SIU returns to action next weekend, Oct. 18, at the Pre-National meet in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Results can be found at www.SIUSalukis.com.

COMPLETE RESULTS:

SIUC Track and Field                                       Hy-Tek's Meet Manager                        Saluki Invitational - 10/11/2003                                Carbondale, Ill.                              Last Completed Event
Event 2  Men 8k Run CC=======================================================================    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points=======================================================================  1 Byrne, Joe                SO Southern Illinoi      25:17.46    1  2 Shokur, Dmitry            SR Arkansas-LR           25:30.98    2  3 Didyk, Adam                  University of Me      25:34.33    3  4 Giat, Doron               SR Southern Illinoi      25:40.41    4  5 Shokur, Andrey            SR Arkansas-LR           25:47.05    5  6 LaChiana, Tony            JR Southern Illinoi      25:55.16    6  7 Lindgren, Johan           SO Arkansas-LR           26:00.75    7  8 Karadu, Szaboles             University of Me      26:03.37    8  9 Harding, Aaron               Indiana State Un      26:06.57    9 10 Neff, Calum               FR Arkansas-LR           26:09.48   10 11 Fife, Jordan                 Indiana State Un      26:12.91   11 12 Baker, Eli                JR Southern Illinoi      26:14.36   12 13 Morgan, Kym                  University of Me      26:15.56   13 14 Strosnider, Dustin           Indiana State Un      26:18.12   14 15 Grant, Diarmuid           FR Southern Illinoi      26:19.02   15 16 Nay, John                    Indiana State Un      26:28.50   16 17 Kendall, Josh                Indiana State Un      26:35.31   17 18 Martsolf, Josh               Greenville Colllege   26:40.50   18 19 Ayot, Seth                   Indiana State Un      26:49.52   19 20 Parrilli, Matt            SO Bradley University    26:53.64   20 21 Peterson, Brock           JR Arkansas-LR           27:04.58   21 22 Pueschell, Eric           SR Bradley University    27:05.12   22 23 Rogers, Josh                 Indiana State Un      27:10.03   23 24 Dismore, Craig               Indiana State Un      27:10.41 25 Ramirez, Abraham          FR Bradley University    27:12.67   24 26 Liechty, Nathan           SR Greenville Colllege   27:27.33   25 27 Monroe, Kyle              FR Southern Illinoi      27:37.05   26 28 Sheldon, Hunter           FR Southern Illinoi      27:48.12   27 29 Kerekjarto, Istvan           University of Me      27:51.57   28 30 Bratten, Andy             SO Greenville Colllege   27:52.68   29 31 Griffin, Brandon          FR Arkansas-LR           28:00.46   30 32 Foster, Chris             JR Bradley University    28:01.32   31 33 Michel, Eric              SR Bradley University    28:05.99   32 34 Thigpen, Bryan            SO Bradley University    28:08.66   33 35 Niemuth, Seth             SO Greenville Colllege   28:27.86   34 36 Tomack, Andy              FR Greenville Colllege   28:32.20   35 37 Duncan, Matt              JR Austin Peay           28:34.46   36 38 Mahmood, Imran               University of Me      28:43.49   37 39 Wilson, Steve             JR Greenville Colllege   28:49.94   38 40 Borries, Brandon          FR Greenville Colllege   29:09.52   39 41 Clark, Jimmy              FR Austin Peay           29:11.26   40 42 Long, Brian               SO Greenville Colllege   29:14.54 43 Lukes, Brandon            FR Southern Illinoi      29:17.96 44 Marston, Peter            SO Arkansas-LR           29:22.37   41 45 Weiss, Brian              SR Greenville Colllege   29:30.42 46 Garvin, Ryan              FR Arkansas-LR           30:45.63 47 Beamer, John              JR Austin Peay           30:47.56   42 48 Wallis, David             SO Arkansas-LR           31:57.45 49 Wilcox, Bill              FR Greenville Colllege   31:59.24 50 McBrayer, Chris           SO Austin Peay           32:23.74   43 51 Backhaus, Josh            SO Greenville Colllege   33:54.78 52 Tanner, Stewart           JR Austin Peay           34:28.83   44
                                   Team Scores=================================================================================Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9=================================================================================   1 Southern Illinois Univers    38    1    4    6   12   15   26   27      Total Time:  2:09:26.41         Average:    25:53.29   2 Arkansas - Little Rock       45    2    5    7   10   21   30   41      Total Time:  2:10:32.84         Average:    26:06.57   3 Indiana State University     67    9   11   14   16   17   19   23      Total Time:  2:11:41.41         Average:    26:20.29   4 University of Memphis        89    3    8   13   28   37      Total Time:  2:14:28.32         Average:    26:53.67   5 Bradley University          129   20   22   24   31   32   33      Total Time:  2:17:18.74         Average:    27:27.75   6 Greenville Colllege         141   18   25   29   34   35   38   39      Total Time:  2:19:00.57         Average:    27:48.12   7 Austin Peay                 205   36   40   42   43   44      Total Time:  2:35:25.86         Average:    31:05.17

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