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BATES MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TAKES 10TH AT NCAAS
Danahy, Twiest Named All-American

LEWISTON, Maine - Bates College seniors Mike Danahy of So. Windsor, Conn., and Matt Twiest of Albuquerque, N.M., capped their stellar cross country careers by leading the Bobcats to a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships at the University of Wisconsin-Osh Kosh.

Danahy earned his first cross-country All-America honor by placing ninth with a career-best time of 24:02 for the eight-kilometer course. The ninth-place finish ties the second best in school history, matching Twiest's placement from 1997. Danahy, who was named New England Runner of the Year yesterday, earns his third All-America bid in the past calendar year, having placed at the 1999 NCAA indoor and outdoor track and field championships. Twiest placed 17th overall with a time of 24:21, earning All-America recognition for the third time, joining Mark Hatch '86 as the Bobcats' only three-time cross country All-American.

Bates' 10th place finish as a team was their second-best performance in school history, eclipsed only by a sixth-place finish in 1977. The Bobcats entered the race ranked 19th in the nation. Bates improved to third among regional teams, scoring 281 points, just behind Tufts University (276) and just ahead of Williams College (284).

North Central College won the team championship for the 16th time, while senior Dave Davis of the University of Puget Sound (Wash.) won the individual title.

	Bates Finishers
	9) Mike Danahy (Sr., So. Windsor, Conn.)		24:02
	17) Matt Twiest (Sr., Albuquerque, N.M.)		24:21
	88) Justin Easter (Fy., Gray, Maine)			25:07
	132) Brendan Hahesy (Sr., Melrose, Mass.)		25:29
	144) John McGrath (Sr., Merrimack, N.H.)		25:35
	165) Malcolm Gray (Fy., Bronxville, N.Y.)		25:48
	193) Steve Dutton (Sr., Londonderry, N.H.)		26:18

	Team scores

	1) North Central (Ill.)					84
	2) Keene (N.H.) State					100
	3) Wisconsin-Lacrosse					101
	4) Calvin (Mich.)					164
	5) Wisconsin-Whitewater					192
	6) Wisconsin-Stevens Point				225
	7) St. John's (Minn.)					255
	8) Nebraska Wesleyan					259
	9) Tufts						276
	10) BATES						281
	11) Williams						284
	12) St. Thomas (Minn.)					320
	13) Wisconsin-Eau Claire				347
	14) MIT							356
	15) Wartburg (Iowa)					372
	16) St. Lawrence (N.Y.)					393
	17) Heidelburg (Ohio)					399
	18) Plattsburgh (N.Y.) State				400
	19) Haverford (Pa.)					401
	20) Cortland (N.Y.) State				447
	21) Puget Sound (Wash.)					451
	22) Anderson (Ind.)					482
	23) Emory (Ga.)						625
	24) Elizabethtown (Pa.)					671