Academy cross country men take third

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The Air Force Academy men’s cross country team secured a spot at the 2004 NCAA Championships with a third-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships here Nov. 13. Three Falcons earned all-region honors backed by Top 25 finishes. On the women’s side, Air Force took 11th.

Mark Walter was the Falcons’ top finisher, taking eighth place in a field of 106 runners with a time of 30 minutes and 10 seconds. Co-captains Abe Wengel and Brian Dumm joined Walter on the all-region team, with respective finishes of 19th (30:35) and 24th (30:41).

Nick Wilson just missed the cut for all-region with a 27th-place finish at 30:45. Jeff Gosselin finished 36th at 31:07, while Kalib Wilkinson and Travis Patterson finished 59th (31:48) and 66th (31:59), respectively.

On the women’s side, Air Force finished with 264 points for an 11th-place finish.

Ashley Snyder was the top Falcon finisher, placing 43rd with a time of 22:13. Nicole Graham took 52nd at 22:30, while Ashley Culp finished 57th (22:42).

The four other Air Force women finished within six places of one another. Andrea Pinchak took 60th (22:48), while Lindsay Grose, Kelly Robinson and Elizabeth Catherwood took 63rd through 65th. Grose clocked a time of 22:50, while Robinson and Catherwood recorded marks of 22:52.0 and 22:52.3.

The NCAA Cross Country championships will be held Nov. 22, in Terre Haute, Ind.