Cross Country Teams Finish Regular Season with Top Three Place in MWC

Air Force men finished second--women's team finished third.

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Oct. 28, 2001

The Air Force cross country teams concluded the regular season at the Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championships in Albuquerque last Saturday. The men from Air Force finished second, while the women's team placed third.

While Colorado State was favored to finish second in both races, the Air Force men surprised the Rams with its second-place finish, scoring 54 points. Four Falcons earned all-conference honors. As expected, Brigham Young swept the conference for the third straight year. The Cougar's men's team scored 47, while the women scored 17 points. The Rams finished fourth in the men's 8000 meters and the women finish second.

The men's 8K team scores were Utah, third (63), Colorado State, fourth (86), New Mexico, fifth (87) and Wyoming, sixth (187). In the women's 6K event is was CSU, second (45), Air Force, third (113), Utah, fourth (124), New Mexico, fifth (139), Wyoming, sixth (168), SDSU, seventh (177) and UNLV, eighth (214).

Air Force's group of runners included David Romero who finished third with a time of 24:29. Ben Payne was fifth with a time of 24:33. Chris Acs finished ninth with a career best 24:42. Brian Carpenter from Tempe, Ariz., finished 13th with a time of 24:57. All four earned all-MWC. Albert Kelly of Bristow, Okla., was 24th (25:27), Jim Blech was 34th (26:09), Rudy Taute (35th/26:24), Brian Dumm (39th/26:36) and Luke Mostoller finished 41st with a time of 26:51.