October 22, 2001 HAMILTON, N.Y. Colgate University will host the Patriot League mens and womens cross country championships at the Harry Lang Fitness Trail Saturday, October 27.
The mens race is 8000 meters and will begin at 11:00 a.m. and the womens race is 6000 meters and will follow the men at 12:00 p.m.
Army will look to defend its league title from 2000 for the men, returning Patriot League individual champion Will Wyche (Blue Ridge, Va./Lord Boetourt). Army also returns the second, fourth, 10th and 11th place finishers from 2000.
Colgate returns both of the Patriot Leagues Outstanding Freshmen of the Year with sophomores Louis DiNuzzo (Loundonville, N.Y./Shaker) and Xavier deBoissezon (Geneva, Switzerland/Blair Academy) who finished 12th and 15th at the 2000 championships, respectively.
On the womens side, Bucknell is favored for a repeat of its 2000 title returning two-time defending individual champion Becky Marshall (Montgomery, N.Y./Pine Bush Central). The Bison also return Theresa Dennis (Wilkes Barre, Pa./Hanover Area) and Christina Crowe (State College,Pa./State College) who finished third and sixth, respectively.
Colgate returns its lone all-league selection Jenny McCarthy (Rutland, Mass./Wachusetts Region), who took eighth place in 2000.
