University of Minnesota Athletics
GOLDEN GOPHER CROSS COUNTRY FINISHES 16TH AT NCAA PRE-MEET
10/16/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
The top finisher for the Golden Gophers was senior Eric Pierce, who took 26th place with a time of 24:46.78. Freshman Scott Utne was the next finisher for Minnesota when he took 44th place with a time of 25:04.49 and sophomore Andrew McKessock rounded out the top three for the Golden Gophers when he finished in 77th place with a time of 25:28.19.
Steve Fein from Oregon won the meet with a time of 24:06.31. Fein also won the 1999 Roy Griak Invitational, held earlier this fall at the Les Bolstad Golf Course with a time of 24:13. Matt Lane of William and Mary took second place with a time of 24:08.
The Golden Gophers will host the Marathon Sports 5k on Saturday, Oct. 23, before heading to Penn State University on Saturday, Oct. 30, to compete in the 1999 Big Ten Championships.
1999 Pre-NCAA Meet
1. Stanford 126 2. Colorado 140 3. Arizona 186 4. Georgetown 194 5. Arizona StatE 248 6. Notre Dame 249 7. Oregon 307 8. Brigham Young 342 9. Villanova 345 10. Utah 379 11. N. Arizona 381 12. Weber State 388 13. William and Mary 397 14. Portland 414 15. Dartmouth 426 16. Minnesota 432 Alabama 432 18.Missouri 469 19. Iona College 478 20. Texas 497 21. C. Michigan 505 22. S. Utah 514 23. Drake 521 24. Butler 527 25. UCLA 549 26. Indiana 576 27. Michigan State 538 28. Illinois 645 29. Texas A & M 646 30. Iowa State 674 31. Bucknell 694 32. Ohio State 723 33. Colorado State 800 34. Montana 828 35. Washington St. 1024 1. Steve Fein, Oregon, 24:06.31 2. Matt Lane, William and Mary, 24:08.37 3. Jonathon Riley, Stanford, 24:20.31 Golden Gopher Finishers 26. Eric Pierce 24:46.78 44. Scott Utne 25:04.49 77. Andrew McKessock 25:28.19 138. Josh Brang 26:01.23 147. Joey Corr 26:06.78 163. Jason Owen 26:14.78 196. Michael Stoick 26:41.88
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