Blue Demons Finish Season at NCAA Regional

IOWA CITY, IOWA- The Blue Demons wrapped up their 2005 Cross Country season Saturday at the NCAA Midwest Regional.  The men’s team finished 20^th overall while the women’s team took 22^nd at the Ashton Cross Country Course on the University of Iowa campus.

Women’s captain Carrie Moffett paced DePaul in the women’s 6K race, taking 58^th place with a time of 23:00.  Kelly Cunningham finished second for the Blue Demons, crossing the line at 24:20 to take 113^th place.  Also finishing for DePaul were Emily Prettyman, Colleen Stiles-Shields, Lizzie Stewart and Abbey Walters.

Men’s co-captain Anthony Becknek set the pace for DePaul in the men’s 10K race, finishing 52^nd overall with a time of 32:43.  Rob Morgan was the second Blue Demon to finish, coming in 120^th place with a time of 35:04.  Ryan Solomon, Dan Graca, and Kyle Ferry and Brian Godar finished the race as a pack, crossing the line in 136^th, 138^th, 139^th, and 141^st respectively. 

Oklahoma State grabbed the Regional titles for both men’s and women’s races.  The Cowboy’s men’s team finished their top four runners in the top 10 overall while all scoring Oklahoma State women finished in the top 25.  The individual titles went to Minnesota’s Antonio Vega, who finished the 10K in 30:52 and Wichita State’s Desiraye Osburn, who finished the 6K in 20:43.

DePaul University Athletics

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