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2002 MWC Cross Country Championships This Friday
Event to be held at the East Bay Golf Course in Provo, Utah.
Oct. 29, 2002 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The 2002 Mountain West Conference men's and women's cross country championships will be held on Friday, Nov. 1, at East Bay Golf Course in Provo, Utah. The women's 6K race will begin at 3:30 p.m. MST, with the men's 8K at 4:15 p.m. The women's race will feature top-ranked and three-time defending conference champion BYU and No. 29 Colorado State. The Cougars, favorites to bring home the conference crown, captured the 2001 NCAA National Championship in Greenville, S.C. Individually, BYU returns last year's runner-up Michaela Mannova, along with top-10 finishers Jessie Kindschi, Nan Evans-Kennard and Amy Bair. Colorado State's Colleen Blair, Meg Larson and Katie Yemm will also make a strong run at the championship. For the men, 10th-ranked and three-time defending conference champion BYU and No. 14 Colorado State are the favorites to win the title. The race for the individual title should go down to the wire, with seven of last year's top-10 finishers returning. New Mexico's Matthew Gonzalez finished second in last year's race, Air Force's Ben Payne finished fifth, BYU's Lewis Jones finished sixth, Utah's Colby Frazier finished seventh, BYU's Andy Carman finished eighth, Air Force's Chris Acs finished ninth and New Mexico's Ben Ortega finished 10th.
Complete results can be accessed at the following website: http://www.themwc.com/champ/mwc-champ.html
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