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Lead Stories: Monday, December 1, 2008

Boston College to Host NCAA D-I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships

Posted November 9th, 2007 at 8:05 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

The Boston College men’s and women’s cross country teams will play host to the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships held at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass., on Sat. Nov. 10.

The men, who are ranked 13th in the Northeast bracket, will start competition at 2:30 p.m. They will race amongst other top-ranked squads including Iona (1), Providence (2), Syracuse (3), Cornell (4) and Columbia (5).

The Eagles turned in a 10th place finish at last year’s regional championship. Senior captain Patrick Mellea ran the course in 31:36.8, qualifying him for the NCAA Championship.
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Tergat, Makau Headed for Bogotá Half-Marathon

Posted July 18th, 2007 at 11:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Marathon world record holder, Paul Tergat, and the third-fastest half-marathoner of all time, Patrick Makau, will face each other in the thin air of the Media Maratón Internacional Bogotá in Colombia on Sunday, July 29, organizers announced today.

The 38 year-old Tergat, twice an Olympic silver medalist, will compete in Bogotá for the first time. Both he and Makau have the potential to break Fabiano Joseph’s course record of 1:02:34 set last year. In this day of routine sub-60 minute half-marathons, Joseph’s mark is credible when the 2600m (8500 ft.) elevation is taken into account.
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