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DATE: Sat., Nov. 12, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Men's & Women's Cross Country

Men 10th, women 11th in Atlantic region

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Fredonia State cross country teams competed for the final time this fall Saturday at the NCAA Atlantic Regional meet.

The Blue Devil men tied for 10th out of 32 teams, while the women were 11th of 28 teams.

Andy Forma (Elma/St. Francis) had the day's best placing by a Blue Devil. Forma, a junior, finished 27th overall in 26:30.5 for 8,000 meters.

Next best for the men was sophomore Michael Pond (Somers/Somers), who was 36th overall in 26:44.2. He was followed by junior Jason Smith (Queensbury/Queensbury), senior David Mink (Rensselaer/Columbia), and junior Kevin Buzzelli (Grand Island/Grand Island). The quintet combined for 314 points, tied for Rensselaer Institute of Technology for 10th.

Freshman Matthew Wysocki (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) and freshman Chris Walters (Tonawanda/Sweet Home) were sixth and seventh, respectively, for the Blue Devils.

The men were 20th in the 2004 Atlantic Regional.

For the Blue Devil women, junior Ashley Tramp (Buffalo/Kenmore East) was the team's No. 1 runner -- and 29th overall -- in 23:53.5 for 6,000 meters.

Junior Rachel McNamara (Lakeview/Nardin) was 62nd, junior Aimee Milks (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) 67th, sophomore Samantha Ellwood (Hamburg/Hamburg) 83rd, and senior Alison Morgan (Hilton/Hilton) 88th. They had 329 points overall.

The next two women to finish for Fredonia State were senior Elizabeth Luebbe (Irondequoit/West Irondequoit), who was 89th, and freshman Trisha Ippoloito (Angola/Lake Shore), who was 103rd.

The meet was run on the Genesee Valley Park course and was hosted by the University of Rochester.

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