NCAA Division III Championships 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
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