Nov. 2, 2002

Complete Results

The Miami University men's cross country team ended the 2002 season with a strong third place finish at the 2002 Mid-American Conference Championships on Western Campus Course behind Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan who rank eighth and seventh in the national poll, respectively.

Junior Steve Padgett (Cincinnati, OH/LaSalle) and sophomore David Mitchell (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South) earned second-team all-MAC honors with their eight and ninth place finishes out of 99 MAC runners. Padgett and Mitchell's times of 24:36.60 and 24:37.80 would have placed them second and third all-time on the Western Campus Course before today's race. Both runners ran personal record times.

Senior Adam Cross (Rochester Hills, MI/Rochester Adams) and senior Jerry Claunch (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East) barely missed second-team all-MAC honors with 13th and 14th place finishes. Cross and Claunch ran the fifth and sixth fastest times on Miami's course before today's race. Cross finished with a personal best time of 24:52.30 and Claunch crossed the line with a Western Campus Course best time of 24:53.40.

Ryan Clark (Eaton, OH/Eaton) also ran a fast time of 25:19.00, which was good enough for 26th place, to round out Miami's top five finishers.

Central Michigan edged out Eastern Michigan for the MAC team championship, 39-40. The Eagles' Gavin Thompson won the individual MAC crown with the fastest time in MAC history and fastest time in Western Campus Course history of 23:50.20. Eastern Michigan's reigning NCAA champion Boaz Cheboiywo finished in 16th place do to a course direction mix-up.

8 Steve Padgett 24:36.60
9 David Mitchell 24:37.80
13 Adam Cross 24:52.30
14 Jerry Claunch 24:53.40
26 Ryan Clark 25:19.00
48 Tim Hufford 26:03.00
68 Justin Hussel 26:45.30
93 Scott See 28:20.30