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    October 19, 1996

    Notre Dame Runners Earn Two Top-10 Finishes at Arizona Invitational

    NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- Notre Dame's men's cross country team placed seventh and the women ninth at the packed field of the Arizona Invitational in Tucson, Ariz. Stanford claimed the men's crown while BIG EAST power Villanova won the women's title. The Irish look to return later in the year to Arizona, the site of the 1996 NCAA cross country championships.

    In a 32-team men's field consisting of five of the top-10 teams and nine of the top-20 teams, Notre Dame's 11th-ranked men's team was led by Matt Althoff and 1995 cross country All-American Derek Seiling who finished 26th and 27th, respectively, out of the 216 runners in the field. Jason Rexing placed 31st while Joe Dunlop was 60th. Nebraska's Cleophas Boor won the race.

    The women's field of 30 teams was equally talented with nine teams ranked in the top-25. Notre Dame's pair of freshmen, Joanna Deeter and Nicole LaSelle, proved to be the leaders for the team once again. Deeter finished third, marking the first in four meets that she failed to win the race. LaSelle was sixth while the next Irish finisher, Mieke Walsh, was 85th. Arizona's Amy Skieresz won the race on her home course.

    Notre Dame returns to action at the BIG EAST cross country championships on Friday, Nov. 1 in Boston, Mass. The men look to improve on their 3rd-place finish at the 1995 conference race while the women should move up from seventh a year ago.

    Men's Top-10 Results            Women's Top-10 Results
    1.  Stanford           53       1.  Villanova           65
    2.  Colorado          110       2.  Colorado           103
    3.  Portland          168       3.  Wisconsin          156
    4.  Northern Arizona  180       4.  Northern Arizona   171
    5.  Wisconsin         198       5.  Arizona            177
    6.  Nebraska          204       6.  Weber State        204
    7.  Notre Dame        238       7.  Texas-San Antonio  223
    8.  Michigan          311       8.  North Carolina     234
    9.  Wake Forest       314       9.  Notre Dame         272
    10. Illinois          317      10.  Virginia           290
    

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