Penn State Men's Cross Country Opens The Season At The Roy Griak

University Park, Pa. - It was a long time coming, but it finally arrived. The Penn State men's cross country team opened its 2001 season with a 23rd place showing (478 points) at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn.

Nittany Lion senior Steve Walsh (Blue Bell, Pa.) took 42nd out of 311 runners with a time of 24:54.7. Sophomore Scott Munro (South Park, Pa.) finished 50th with a time of 25 minutes even.

Other Nittany Lion finishers included: senior Gregg Davis (88th, 25:17.1); senior John McGrorey (104th, 25:24.5); freshman Jim Wiggin (194th, 26:04.0); junior Josh Loren (195th, 26:05.8); sophomore Francis Lambert (26:55.0).

The rest of the Nittany Lion harriers competed in the George Washington Invitational, as Penn State finished first with a team score of 48 points.

Penn State will again be in action next Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Paul Short Invitational in Bethlehem, Pa. The race begins at 11 a.m.

Gold Men's Results

Les Bolstad Golf Course, St. Paul
Sept. 29, 2001
53, wind 3 mph, cloudy, dry
Results by Apple Raceberry JaM

PLACE	TEAM	POINTS	PLACES OF FINISHERS	AVG. TIME	SPREAD
1	Wisconsin-Madison	129	1 4 8 39 77 166	24:33.0	1:14.4
2	Portland (Ore)	167	9 15 18 60 65 97 110	24:46.5	38.8
3	Providence College	189	6 7 31 64 81 141 143	24:46.5	53.4
4	Colorado State	192	20 27 28 30 87 106 171	24:53.5	36.6
5	Duke University	212	13 34 35 63 67 115 136	24:54.2	35.6
6	Wake Forest	250	10 41 43 74 82 149 172	24:56.7	45.4
7	Michigan	258	5 19 48 91 95 117 133	24:54.6	1:02.4
8	Arizona State	267	2 3 54 103 105 134 147	24:51.8	1:12.4
9	Michigan State	278	23 36 59 71 89 107 118	25:02.3	31.6
10	B Y U	304	22 24 58 75 125 127 178	25:04.3	48.7
23	Penn State	478	42 50 88 104 194 195 231	25:20.1	1:09.4

Penn State Results

42	Steve Walsh, Sr	24:54.7
50	Scott Munro, So	25:00.0
88	Gregg Davis, Sr	25:17.1
104	John McGrorey, Sr	25:24.5
194	Jim Wiggin, Fr	26:04.0
195	Josh Loren, Jr	26:05.8
231	Francis Lambert, So	26:55.0

Time = 2:06:40.2 Places = 478

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