NCAA Division III Championships
hosted by Augustana College
at Rock Island, Ill.

EASTER EARNS CROSS COUNTRY ALL-AMERICA HONORS

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Bates College junior Justin Easter of Jay, Maine, finished 19th out of 215 runners today at the NCAA Division III cross country championships at Augustana College, earning his first All-America honor in cross country and the third overall in his career.

Easter finished the five-mile course in a lifetime best 24:43. Running near the 30th position after four miles, he ran 4:41 in the final mile to improve nearly 15 spots. "Justin ran a fantastic race," said head coach Al Fereshetian. "The conditions were difficult, around 70 degrees. That made his peformance all the more impressive."

Easter was the fourth runner from New England to finish the race and the ninth junior. His previous best finish at the NCAAs was in 37th place last year.

TOP 35 FINISHERS (ALL-AMERICANS)
PLACE   NAME SCHOOL                           TIME PACE 
1   J.B. HAGLUND HAVERFORD COLLEGE            24:16  
2   DAVID JUILIANO CLAREMONTMUDDSCRIPPS       24:19 
3   TYLER FOOS WISCONSIN LA CROSSE            24:22  
4   DAN FELDMAN MASS INST TECHNOLOGY          24:23  
5   JACOB STOUT WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY         24:25 
6   JUSTIN PFRUENDER CALVIN COLLEGE           24:29 
7   ROSS SUBSTAD WISCONSIN LA CROSSE          24:30  
8   NICK RECTOR NEBRASKA WESLEYAN             24:30
9   RYAN KLEIMENHAGEN WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   24:32
10  RYAN REED PACIFIC LUTHERAN                24:34 
11  JASON TOMRELL WISCONSIN LA CROSSE         24:35  
12  BRIAN MAAT CALVIN COLLEGE                 24:35 
13  ANTHONY GALLO GENESEO S U N Y             24:36
14  DUSTIN SCOTT ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE        24:38
15  STEPHEN ALLISON BOWDOIN COLLEGE           24:38  
16  RYAN BAK TRINITY COLLEGE (CT)             24:39  
17  COREY STELLJES WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE      24:42 
18  JOE HUGHES WARTBURG COLLEGE               24:43  
19  JUSTIN EASTER BATES COLLEGE          24:43
20  DAN HOEKSTRA CALVIN COLLEGE               24:44 
21  TOM KREGER HAMLINE UNIVERSITY             24:44  
22  BRIAN PREUS UNIV OF ST. THOMAS            24:44
23  JIM EMORD TRINITY COLLEGE (CT)            24:45  
24  JOEL KLOOSTER CALVIN COLLEGE              24:48
25  MARK MILLER KEENE STATE COLLEGE           24:49
26  KRISTOPHER ENWRIGHT ST. LAWRENCE          24:50 
27  AARON YOUNG WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY         24:51
28  TODD FORSGREN BOWDOIN COLLEGE             24:51  
29  TOM HAXTON UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO          24:51
30  LEVI ASHLEY NEBRASKA WESLEYAN             24:52 
31  NICK MADDOX UNIV OF ST. THOMAS            24:53 
32  ANDREW MUSINGUZI LA ROCHE COLLEGE         24:54 
33  PAT RIZZO NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE           24:54 
34  MATT ST. GERMAINE KEENE STATE COLLEGE     24:58
35  MATTHEW SINCLAIR CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT      25:04 

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS
1. WISCONSIN LA CROSSE	  80
2. CALVIN COLLEGE 	 140
3. NEBRASKA WESLEYAN 	 193
4. NORTH CENTRAL	 210
5. UNIV OF ST. THOMAS	 249
6. WISCONSIN OSHKOSH 	 252
7. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY 270
8. COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY 271
9. ITHACA COLLEGE 	 294
10. WARTBURG COLLEGE 	 308
11. BOWDOIN COLLEGE 	 313
12. HAVERFORD COLLEGE    316
13. CLAREMONTMUDDSCRIPPS 324
14. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 332
15. KEENE STATE COLLEGE  344
16. WILLIAMS COLLEGE     346
17. MOUNT UNION COLLEGE  364
18. WISCONSIN STEVENS PT 365
19. WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE  374
20. MASS INST TECHNOLOGY 380
21. HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   404
22. EMORY UNIVERSITY     446
23. TUFTS UNIVERSITY     518
24. DE PAUW UNIVERSITY   587