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10/19/2002 - Men's Cross Country
Men Win N-Star, Women Lose Close Meet against Army in Cross Country Saturday

Riding the legs of its top two runners this season, the Navy men's cross country team secured its sixth-consecutive N-Star over rival Army in the annual dual meet Saturday morning.

Junior Eric Eckstrand (Wilmington, Del.) finished as the top Navy runner for the second consecutive meet by winning the meet today with a time of 24:36.11. Team captain and senior Aaron Lanzel (Sugar Grove, Pa.) ran with Eckstrand throughout the race to finish second with a time of 24:39.83.

"Aaron and I ran the race together," said Eckstrand. "We really pushed each other to do well. The team right now is running really well. We had our top-five guys finish near the 25-minute mark, which sends a message to our competition. To sweep Army is just incredible. It feels really good."

Navy rounded out the top-five positions with senior Brian Harrington ( San Jose, Calif.) in third place with a time of 24:57.17, senior Daniel Christensen (Medford, N.J.) in fourth place with a time of 25:03.70 and sophomore Ben Glaser (Des Moines, Iowa) in fifth place with a time of 25:07.50.

"Eckstrand is a force to be reckoned with in the future," said Navy head coach Al Cantello . "Christensen may have shown the potential to be our fifth runner as he always has late-season potential."

Army's top runner was sophomore David Welch in sixth place with a time of 25:17.82.

On the women's side, the Mids (0-2) dropped a close matchup to Army, 26-29. Junior Stephanie Patterson (Mayville, Mich.) led the team with a second-place finish with a time of 23:00.01. Freshman Sherri Flohr (Grafton, W.Va.) was the next Navy runner to cross the finish line as she came in fourth with a time of 23:21.07.

Other scorers for the Mids included senior captain Lisa Procaccini (Vienna, Va.) in fifth place with a time of 23:22.26, senior Jennifer Day (Liberty, N.C.) in eighth place with a time of 23:34.19 and senior Maureen Carr (Fair Haven, Md.) in 10th place with a time of 23:45.33.

"We knew it was going to be extremely close," said Navy head coach Karen Boyle . "It was a tight race. We put in a lot of race preparation and unforunately, we ended up just short."

Men's: Place Name School Time 1 Eric Eckstrand Navy 24:36.11 2 Aaron Lanzel Navy 24:39.83 3 Brian Harrington Navy 24:57.17 4 Daniel Christensen Navy 25:03.70 5 Ben Glaser Navy 25:07.50 6 David Welch Army 25:17.82 7 Aaron Smead Army 25:19.50 8 Joshua McCann Navy 25:29.67 9 Ray Driscoll Navy 25:29.87 10 Eric Heely Army 25:33.91 11 Ahren Reiter Army 25:36.47 12 Seth Chappell Army 25:36.77 13 Roscoe Carney Navy 25:41.26 14 Ben Morris Navy 25:44.04 15 Barry Carmody Navy 25:45.45 16 Philip Sakala Army 25:46.75 17 Eric Motzenberger Army 25:51.64 18 Rudyard Olmstead Navy 25:59.59 19 David Fraser Army 26:06.27 20 Jonathan Dreher Army 26:08.51 21 Adam Patten Army 26:14.22 22 Steve Hickman Navy 26:17.23 23 Cory Wroblewski Army 26:33.95 24 Paul Strozer Army 26:42.69 Team scores: Navy 15 Army 46

Women's: Place Name School Time 1 Ashley Urick Army 22:40.90 2 Stephanie Patterson Navy 23:00.01 3 Alexis Seefeldt Army 23:11.45 4 Sherri Flohr Navy 23:21.07 5 Lisa Procaccini Navy 23:22.26 6 Stephanie Richardson Army 23:23.46 7 Jill Hajec Army 23:26.29 8 Jennifer Day Navy 23:34.19 9 Natalie Cahill Army 23:42.74 10 Maureen Carr Navy 23:45.33 11 Tara Mahoney Army 23:53.01 12 Tina Terry Navy 23:58.31 13 Gina DiPiero Navy 24:01.32 14 Analise Kolsch Army 24:12.73 15 Kristyn Kern Navy 24:37.96 16 Teal Remington Army 24:38.58 17 Colleen Maloney Navy 24:45.35 18 Carin Benge Navy 24:50.71 19 Ann Cole Army 24:54.37 20 Lindsay Hankins Army 24:57.64 21 Allison Pulver Navy 25:01.24 22 Desiree Zielen-Ersing Army 25:18.62 23 Sarah Haag Army 25:43.09 24 Tineshia Davis Navy 26:32.20 Team scores: Army 26 Navy 29