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Posted by Patrick Moore - Men's Cross Country - Sat, Oct 17, 2009
Tim Boes
Tim Boes
Site: Bowling Green, Ohio (BGSU Cross Country Course)
Meet: Falcon Invite (Eight Kilometers)
MU Finish: 19th
Top MU Individual: Tim Boes (28:47)
Next MU Event: Saturday, Oct. 24 -- at NAIA Great Lakes Invitational (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 11am 

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (MadonnaCrusaders.com) - - The Madonna University men's cross country team ran for the first team as a team in the 2009 season on Saturday (Oct. 17) at the Falcon Invitational and placed 19th.

Freshman Tim Boes (Westland, Mich.) led MU running hte 8k course in 28:47. Fellow freshman Dan Pratt (Flushing, Mich.) ran a 31:46 while a third rookie - Luke Mion (Medina, Ohio) crossed the line in 32:10, returning to his home state.

Sophomore Mitch Cieslak (Brighton, Mich.) ran a season best 32:13 while junior Bryant Slaughter (Detroit, Mich.) made his season debut, crossing the line in 35:29.

The Crusaders return to the course on Saturday (Oct. 24) when they travel to get a preview of the course where the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference championships will be run, for the NAIA Great Lakes Regional Invitational.

Contact: Patrick Moore (734) 432-5834