XAVIER CROSS COUNTRY NEWSLETTER 11/4/96

     Over this weekend the team competed in the Frosh/Soph City Champs.  The Freshman finished the season a disappointing 15^th place and the Sophomores rallied to a 7^th place finish.  Here are the results

Frosh/Soph City Champs at VCP 11/2/96

Frosh A Race (1.5 miles)              Frosh B Race (1.5 miles)

Caesar     10:30                   Donohue     11:27

Letteiri     10:33 pr                McGoldrick 13:09

Brunetti     10:41

Porterfield 10:58

McCorkell     11:18

Geraghty     11:29

Rosado     12:02

15^th place team

Soph A Race (2.5 miles)              Soph B Race (2.5 miles)

Lozano         15:13 *            Serrano       17:14pr

Patterson      15:16 *            Villahoz      19:04

Traugott       15:26              Kim            22:15

Carroll        16:04 pr           Tubridy       22:57

Carrihill      16:07

French         16:25

Sestak         17:09

7^th place team

Medal Count:  With the two medals from this week the total rises to 156

MIP/Best Performance:  This week’s award goes to LEE FRENCH and ED CARROLL for running pr’s when they needed them most.

XAVIER CROSS COUNTRY NEWSLETTER 11/13/96

     Over the weekend the team competed in the city champs.  Despite the bad weather the team ran well.  Here are the results.

Varsity City Champs at VCP 11/9/96

Varsity Race (2.5 miles)              JV A Race (2.5 miles)

J Carroll      14:01 *#           Traugott 15:35*

Maloy          14:26*#            Duvert   15:42*

Simko          14:35 *            E Carroll   15:58 pr

Cokley         14:40              C Brunetti 16:01

Caraballo      15:18              Carrihill     16:29

Lozano         15:27              Payne    16:42

Fratta         15:48              McGlue   17:41

9th place team                     13th place team

JV B Race (2.5 miles)

Aleksey        16:40              McMahon  18:38

French         17:00              Alcoser  18:50

Keane          17:12              Shen      19:00

McGoldrick     17:22 pr           Acevedo  19:29

Serrano        17:53              Ebratt   19:38

Ocampo         18:02              Geraghty 19:39

Lunny          18:14              Whitehead  20:09

Leung          18:20pr            Romano   20:11

A Brunetti     18:21              Tubridy  22:38

Rosado         18:34

Medal Count: With the five  medals won this weekend the season total rises to 161

MIP/Best Performance: This week’s award goes to the three gentlemen who were able to run pr’s this weekend.  McGoldrick, E Carroll, Leung. Congrats to James Carroll and Kevin Maloy for qualifing for the State Cross Country Champs.