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DATE: Sat., Sept. 8, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cross Country

Bennett, Williams top Devils at RIT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Fredonia State men's and women's cross country teams both finished fourth in the RIT Quad Meet at Genesee Valley Park on Saturday.

For the women, sophomore Jessica Bennett (Rochester/West Irondequoit) finished fourth overall in a time of 20:28. Junior Trisha Ippolito (Angola/Lake Shore) was ninth at 21:06 and senior Samantha Ellwood (Hamburg/Hamburg) crossed sixteenth in a time of 21:36.

The men were paced by sophomore Tom William's (Queensbury/Queensbury) ninth place finish in 26:53. Freshman Vinnie Granata (Fredonia/Fallbrook) was fifteenth in a time of 27:55, one place ahead of freshman teammate Josh Guarino (Bergen/Byron-Bergen), who finished in 27:57.

Head coach Nolan Swanson felt the weekend was very productive and is looking to have his runners peak at the right time. "We want to move up in the team standings... but we are preparing for a strong showing in the post-season meets. We had a very good week of practice. Our women finished fourth in this meet last year and went on to finish fifth in the region. We think everything will come together when it needs to."

The Devils will host the Fredonia State Invitational at Lake Erie State Park next weekend.

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