Bates College: Men's Cross Country: ECAC Championships

Nov. 6, 1999

Contact: Adam Levin
Phone: (207) 786-6411

ECAC Championships
at Grafton, Mass.

TOP 10 TEAM SCORES		TOP SEVEN BATES INDIVIDUALS
1. Tufts	50		21. Justin Easter	27:35
2. Williams	87		36. Eric Knackmuhs	28:07
3. Bowdoin	152		54. Steve Mague		28:34
4. Conn. Coll.	172		59. Steve Dutton	28:41
5. Middlebury	194		76. Ben Bruce		29:13
6. Keene State	210		104. Matt Payson	29:41
7. BATES	227		140. Jesse Tisch
8. King's Point	260		
9. Amherst	297
10. USM		313

GRAFTON, Mass. -- Resting most of their top runners in preparation for next week's NCAA championship qualifying meet, the Bates College men's cross country team had a respectable seventh-place showing at the ECAC championships held at Tufts' course in Grafton, Mass.

First-year runner Justin Easter (Jay, Maine), who has been battling injuries for much of the season, clinched the Bobcats' seventh spot for the regionals, taking 21st at ECACs in a time of 27:35 for the 8K course. Classmate Eric Knackmuhs (Wycoff, N.J.) placed second for the Bobcats with a 36th-place finish and a time of 28:07. Junior Steve Mague (Londonderry, N.H.) and senior Steve Dutton (Londonderry, N.H.), high school teammates, placed within a couple of seconds of each other in 54th and 59th places, while sophomore Ben Bruce (Malvern, Pa.) rounded out Bates' scoring in 76th place.

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