The athletics department staff at Wisconsin-La Crosse undoubtedly will encourage the folks at Augustana (Illinois) to host the Division III Men's Cross Country Championships more often.

Wisconsin-La Crosse won its second title, both coming at Augustana, as three Eagles finished in the top 11 November 17. The Eagles, who were first victorious in 1996, posted a team score of 80 points for a comfortable 60-point margin over second-place Calvin.

A trio of Wisconsin-La Crosse seniors concluded their collegiate careers in fine fashion. Tyler Foos was third for the Eagles, covering the 8,000-meter layout at Highland Springs Golf Course in 24 minutes, 22 seconds. Ross Substad placed four spots and eight seconds behind his teammate, and Jason Tomrell was 11th at 24:35.

The finishes were another progression up the results list for the Wisconsin-La Crosse seniors. Foos placed 14th last year and 22nd in 1999. Substad was 34th in 1999.

Tomrell ended in 39th place in 1999, 37th in 1998 and 62nd in 1997.

The other scorers for the Eagles were Joel Hirschboeck, 39th overall and 29th in the team scoring, and P. J. Lantzy, 31st among team scorers and 41st overall.

Justin Pfruender and Brian Maat led Calvin, as the Knights fell only one position shy of repeating as team champion. Pfruender came in sixth this year after placing 14th in Calvin's winning effort last year. Maat was the top freshman finisher in the championships in the 11th position.

Haverford senior J. B. Haglund became the Fords' second individual champion in the championships' history. Haglund and runner-up David Juliano of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps had identical times throughout the first half of the race, before Haglund opened up an eight-second advantage with just under 1,500 meters remaining.

Juliano closed the margin down the stretch, but Haglund crossed the finish line with a time of 24 minutes, 16 seconds, three seconds faster than Juliano and six seconds ahead of Foos.

Nebraska Wesleyan placed third in the team standings, its best
finish in 11 appearances in the championships. North Central was fourth for its 28th top-four effort in the 29 years the event has been contested.

Team results

1. Wis.-La Crosse, 80; 2. Calvin, 140; 3. Neb. Wesleyan, 193; 4. North Central, 210; 5. St. Thomas (Minn.), 249; 6. Wis.-Oshkosh, 252; 7. Willamette, 270; 8. Col. of New Jersey, 271; 9. Ithaca, 294; 10. Wartburg, 308; 11. Bowdoin, 313; 12. Haverford, 316; 13. Claremont-M-S, 324; 14. Elizabethtown, 332; 15. Keene St., 344; 16. Williams, 346; 17. Mount Union, 364; 18. Wis.-Stevens Point, 365; 19. Wis.-Platteville, 374; 20. MIT, 380; 21. Hamline, 404; 22. Emory, 446; 23. Tufts, 518; 24. DePauw, 587.

Individual results

1. J. B. Haglund, Haverford, 24:16; 2. David Juiliano, Claremont-M-S, 24:19; 3. Tyler Foos, Wis.-La Crosse, 24:22; 4. Dan Feldman, MIT, 24:23; 5. Jacob Stout, Willamette, 24:25; 6. Justin Pfruender, Calvin, 24:29; 7. Ross Substad, Wis.-La Crosse, 24:30; 8. Nick Rector, Neb. Wesleyan, 24:30; 9. Ryan Kleimenhagen, Wis.-Platteville, 24:32; 10. Ryan Reed, Pacific Lutheran, 24:34.

11. Jason Tomrell, Wis.-La Crosse, 24:35; 12. Brian Maat, Calvin, 24:35; 13. Anthony Gallo, Geneseo St., 24:36; 14. Dustin Scott, Elizabethtown, 24:38; 15. Stephen Allison, Bowdoin, 24:38; 16. Ryan Bak, Trinity (Conn.), 24:39; 17. Corey Stelljes, Wis.-Platteville, 24:42; 18. Joe Hughes, Wartburg, 24:43; 19. Justin Easter, Bates, 24:43; 20. Dan Hoekstra, Calvin, 24:44.

21. Tom Kreger, Hamline, 24:44; 22. Brian Preus, St. Thomas (Minn.), 24:44; 23. Jim Emord, Trinity (Conn.), 24:45; 24. Joel Klooster, Calvin, 24:48; 25. Mark Miller, Keene St., 24:49; 26. Kristopher Enwright, St. Lawrence, 24:50; 27. Aaron Young, Willamette, 24:51; 28. Todd Forsgren, Bowdoin, 24:51; 29. Tom Haxton, Chicago, 24:51; 30. Levi Ashley, Neb. Wesleyan, 24:52.

31. Nick Maddox, St. Thomas (Minn.), 24:53; 32. Andrew Musinguzi, La Roche, 24:54; 33. Pat Rizzo, North Central, 24:54; 34. Matt St. Germaine, Keene St., 24:58; 35. Matthew Sinclair, Chris. Newport, 25:04; 36. Greg Targosz, North Central, 25:04; 37. Paul Little, Widener, 25:05; 38. Tyson Keith, Wartburg, 25:06; 39. Joel Hirschboeck, Wis.-La Crosse, 25:08; 40. Wes Shaughnessy, Wis.-Oshkosh, 25:08.

41. P. J. Lantzy, Wis.-La Crosse, 25:10; 42. Wes Reutimann, Williams, 25:10; 43. Mike Styczynski, Ithaca, 25:10; 44. Nick Grover, Dickinson, 25:11; 45. Mark Prejsnar, Mount Union, 25:12; 46. Eamon McKenna, Wis.-Oshkosh, 25:13; 47. Dave Berdan, Elizabethtown, 25:13; 48. Bryan Less, Mount Union, 25:13; 49. Jay Wells, Plattsburgh St., 25:15; 50. Adrian Cline, Col. of New Jersey, 25:15.

51. Will Berriel, Claremont-M-S, 25:15; 52. Phil Hagedorn, Emory, 25:16; 53. James Larson, Wis.-Eau Claire, 25:17; 54. Matthew Griego, Brandeis, 25:19; 55. John Leroy, Wis.-Oshkosh, 25:20; 56. Matt Groose, Wis.-Oshkosh, 25:20; 57. Stan Plye, Wheaton (Mass.), 25:22; 58. Adam Booth, Grinnell, 25:23; 59. Patrick MacDonald, Washington (Mo.), 25:23; 60. Kevin Licht, North Central, 25:25.

61. Sean Nolan, MIT, 25:26; 62. Nick Ricco, Col. of New Jersey, 25:26; 63. J. R Flowerree, Puget Sound, 25:27; 64. Andrew Cole, St. Olaf, 25:27; 65. Nate Coleman, St. Thomas (Minn.), 25:28; 66. Adam Broten, Carroll (Wis.), 25:28; 67. Andy Keenan, St. John's (Minn.), 25:28; 68. Mike Morgan, Neb. Wesleyan, 25:28; 69. Mike Baker, Hamline, 25:30; 70. Tim Nelson, North Central, 25:30.

71. Rudy Kovachevich, Augustana (Ill.), 25:32; 72. Marc Biggerstaff, Neb. Wesleyan, 25:33; 73. Nick Mockeridge, Albion, 25:33; 74. Ronnie Bossert, Haverford, 25:33; 75. Jeffrey Rubens, Bowdoin, 25:34; 76. Nick Madsen, Wis.-La Crosse, 25:34; 77. James Levash, Wis.-Stevens Point, 25:34; 78. Mitchell Baker, Williams, 25:35; 79. Mark Lalonde, Wis.-Stevens Point, 25:35; 80. Dale Cocca, Ithaca, 25:36.

81. Patrick Sullivan, Chicago, 25:36; 82. Matan Bisk, Ithaca, 25:37; 83. Scott McCaffery, Col. of New Jersey, 25:37; 84. David Clayman, Connecticut Col., 25:37; 85. Ryan Gleason, Susquehanna, 25:38; 86. Brian Cocca, Ithaca, 25:39; 87. Chris Ludwig, Col. of New Jersey, 25:39; 88. Erik Olson, Wis.-Superior, 25:39; 89. Peter Rook, Haverford, 25:40; 90. Jon Newberry, Emory, 25:43.

91. Dylan Wade, Hope, 25:43; 92. Sean Brenckman, St. Thomas (Minn.), 25:43; 93. Zach MacDonald, Neb. Wesleyan, 25:44; 94. Jeremy Borling, North Central, 25:44; 95. Neal Hannan, Williams, 25:45; 96. Chris Curto, Col. of New Jersey, 25:45; 97. Paul Guess, Lynchburg, 25:45; 98. Josh Lyman, Elizabethtown, 25:47; 99. Dave Bridgewater, Keene St., 25:47; 100. Joe Eby, Mount Union, 25:47.

101. Pat McGrail, Claremont-M-S, 25:47; 102. Chris Pelz, North Central, 25:48; 103. Mark Welsh, Willamette, 25:48; 104. Mitch Cook, Wartburg, 25:48; 105. Matthew Migonis, St. Lawrence, 25:50; 106. Aaron Hollingshead, Willamette, 25:52; 107. Simon Flory, DePauw, 25:52; 108. Jesse Lalonde, Wis.-Stevens Point, 25:52; 109. Justin Lewis, Tufts, 25:52; 110. Brian Brach, Col. of New Jersey, 25:53.

111. Ryan Price, Mount Union, 25:54; 112. Jed Leonard, Sewanee, 25:54; 113. Matthew Dennerline, Carnegie Mellon, 25:55; 114. Josh Ferenc, Keene St., 25:55; 115. Dan Sutton, Wis.-La Crosse, 25:56; 116. Eric Fisher, Wis.-Stevens Point, 25:56; 117. Jason Mann, Tufts, 25:58; 118. Shawn Calabrese, Ithaca, 25:59; 119. Eamon O'Brien, Col. of New Jersey, 26:00; 120. David Ritsema, Calvin, 26:01.

121. Chris Garvin, Williams, 26:02; 122. Justin Steen, Hamline, 26:02; 123. John Duemler, Wis.-Platteville, 26:04; 124. Ben Hildebrand, Kenyon, 26:04; 125. Josh Moen, Wartburg, 26:05; 126. Mike Lehtonen, Susquehanna, 26:06; 127. Robbie Pieper, Wis.-Stevens Point, 26:06; 128. Nathan O'Brien, Willamette, 26:07; 129. Torrey Teats, DePauw, 26:07; 130. Jose Gomez, Claremont-M-S, 26:08.

131. Levi Severson, St. Thomas (Minn.), 26:08; 132. Brock Lehman, Wartburg, 26:08; 133. Albert Liu, MIT, 26:08; 134. Willie Stroever, Haverford, 26:09; 135. Benjamin Smith, Tufts, 26:10; 136. Jared Smit, Wabash, 26:10; 137. Michael Baird, Kenyon, 26:12; 138. Greg Bielecki, Haverford, 26:12; 139. Matt Winkler, Williams, 26:12; 140. Jon Peterson, Wis.-Oshkosh, 26:13.

141. Rob Hruska, Neb. Wesleyan, 26:14; 142. Tim Avery, Calvin, 26:15; 143. Mike Zwatty, Elizabethtown, 26:15; 144. Steve Sanko, Elizabethtown, 26:16; 145. Scott Herrick, Bowdoin, 26:16; 146. George McCleary, Emory, 26:17; 147. Brian McNamara, Tufts, 26:17; 148. Joe Marks, Wis.-Platteville, 26:18; 149. Sean Montgomery, MIT, 26:18; 150. Andrew Podgurski, Emory, 26:18.

151. Matt MacLeod, Claremont-M-S, 26:19; 152. Jason Altman, Hamline, 26:19; 153. Ian Bartonicek, Coast Guard, 26:21; 154. Conor O'Brien, Bowdoin, 26:22; 155. Scott Overby, Willamette, 26:22; 156. Owen Farcey, Emory, 26:22; 157. Ben Schmeckpeper, MIT, 26:22; 158. Shamus Brady, Williams, 26:24; 159. Josh Blankenheim, Wis.-Stevens Point, 26:25; 160. Ben Kummer, St. Thomas (Minn.), 26:26.

161. Nick Boehlke, Wis.-Oshkosh, 26:26 5:18; 162. Joe Kelly, Ithaca, 26:29; 163. Brad Hofer, Wartburg, 26:30; 164. Graham Wellman, DePauw, 26:31; 165. Nathan Kurtz, Claremont-M-S, 26:31; 166. Justin Mellmann, Wartburg, 26:32; 167. Brendan Gallagher, Muhlenberg, 26:32; 168. Adam Freihoefer, Wis.-Stevens Point, 26:32; 169. Mark Strauss, MIT, 26:35; 170. Karl Remsen, Williams, 26:35.

171. Todd Derkacz, Dickinson, 26:36; 172. Erik Stafford, Hamline, 26:38; 173. Dan McLean, Puget Sound, 26:38; 174. Garrett Wagner, Ithaca, 26:40; 175. Paul Tufaro, Emory, 26:43; 176. John Knight, Rhodes, 26:44; 177. Patrick Vardaro, Bowdoin, 26:44; 178. Matt deLeon, DePauw, 26:44; 179. Doug Bennett, Haverford, 26:45; 180. Joel Reasoner, Calvin, 26:46.

181. Zack Knudsen, Neb. Wesleyan, 26:47; 182. Ryan Hochstetler, Mount Union, 26:49; 183. Michael Don, Tufts, 26:50; 184. Peter Kuznia, Hamline, 26:50; 185. Jimmy Steinemann, Haverford, 26:52; 186. Scott Barbuto, Bowdoin, 26:53; 187. Luke Mitchell, Keene St., 26:55; 188. Nathan Brigham, Tufts, 26:56; 189. Matt Hooley, Carleton, 27:02; 190. Andy Tatar, Wis.-Platteville, 27:03.

191. Dan Phiffer, Claremont-M-S, 27:04; 192. Dan Hart, North Central, 27:05; 193. Richie Brown, DePauw, 27:07; 194. Nat Brown, Colby, 27:09; 195. Aristides Cruz, Tufts, 27:10; 196. Paul Brown, Wis.-Oshkosh, 27:17; 197. Peter Hogg, DePauw, 27:19; 198. Matt Rockwell, Elizabethtown, 27:21; 199. Brendan Callahan, Wooster, 27:24; 200. Luke Boehnlein, Wis.-Platteville, 27:27.

201. Paul Phelps, Keene St., 27:27; 202. Casey Cole, Keene St., 27:28; 203. Jose Miranda, Elizabethtown, 27:30; 204. Eric Fruth, DePauw, 27:37; 205. Brian Anderson, MIT, 27:38; 206. Nate Crowley, Mount Union, 27:44; 207. Nick Meis, Wis.-Platteville, 27:49; 208. Carlos Ruiz, Willamette, 28:21; 209. Mark Heltzel, Mount Union, 28:57; 210. Justin Elthon, Hamline, 29:15.

211. Jake Marren, Emory, 30:29.