Milroy and Sraj Lead Musketeers at Flyer 5K Challenge

Sept. 6, 2006

KETTERING, Ohio - The Xavier University men's and women's cross country teams opened up the 2006 season with seventh and third place finishes respectively, at the Flyer 5K Challenge held at Indian Riffle Park in Kettering, Ohio. Miami claimed first place honors on the men's side while IPFW took home the women's title. Junior Ben Milroy led Xavier's men's side turning in an eighth place finish with a time of 15:42:49. Senior Kelly Sraj's second place time of 18:39 set the pace for the Xavier women's squad.

The men's team, led by Milroy, totaled 146 points. The Musketeers No. 2 finisher was junior Luke Beuerlein in a time of 16:00 followed by junior Tony Matheus at 16:35. Rounding out the men's team was sophomore Clinton Womack at 16:53 and freshman Drew Kaiser at 17:04.

The women's team totaled 54 points as Sraj was joined on the top-10 list by freshman, Danielle Meiners, who finished in fifth place with a time of 18:48. Junior Amanda Brown, sophomore Becky Clark and freshman Bethany Moore made top-20 finishes with times of 19:16, 19:29, and 19:33 respectively.

Xavier will compete again on Saturday, September 10 at 11:00 a.m. when the Musketeers host the Xavier Invitational at Voice of America Park in West Chester, Ohio.

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