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DATE: Sat., Nov. 5, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Men's & Women's Cross Country

Men improve on regional ranking

CLINTON, N.Y. -- The Fredonia State men finished seventh Saturday -- one spot better than their No. 8 regional ranking -- at the New York State College Track Conference Cross Country Championships at Hamilton.

The Fredonia State women tied Rochester Institute of Technology for ninth place.

The men were led by 12th place finisher junior Andy Forma (Elma/St. Francis), who covered 8,000 meters in 26:58.7.

Rounding out the top five were sophomore Michael Pond (Somers/Somers), junior Jason Smith (Queensbury/Queensbury), junior Kevin Buzzelli (Grand Island/Grand Island), and senior David Mink (Rensselaer/Columbia).

There were 16 full men's teams in the meet.

The Blue Devil men were 11th at last year's NYSCTC meet.

In the women's meet, junior Ashley Tramp (Buffalo/Kenmore East) finished 22nd overall -- first for her team -- and went under the 19-minute mark for the first time ever. Tramp's personal-best time was 18:56.

Fredonia State's other scorers were junior Aimee Milks (Binghamton/Chenango Forks), junior Rachel McNamara (Lakeview/Nardin), senior Elizabeth Luebbe (Irondequoit/West Irondequoit), and sophomore Samantha Ellwood (Hamburg/Hamburg).

In addition, Fredonia State's sixth-place finisher, senior Alison Morgan (Hilton/Hilton), was 74th overall, while RIT's sixth-best runner was 100th. There were 17 women's teams in the meet.

Next meet for the Blue Devils is the NCAA Regional on Nov. 12.

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