Oct. 19, 2002

Terre Haute, Indiana -- - Duquesne men's cross-country team took fourth place in their 24-team heat at the NCAA Pre-Nationals hosted by Indiana State University on the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center.

The Dukes were paced by senior Dave Eldridge (Black Lick, PA / Blairsville) who completed the 8,000 meter course in 15th place at 25:43.0 followed by sophomore Ryan Bender (Indiana, PA / Indiana) at 25:43.5 which was good for 16th among the 151 team runners. A total of 254 runners competed in this heat; 733 participants overall in three heats.

Three freshmen helped DU to its fourth place finish as Zack Dorman (Imperial, PA / West Allegheny) finished at 25:49.5 (22nd), Bryan Herdman (Blairsville, PA / Blairsville) at 26:09.7 (45th) and, Jeff Hite (Greensburg, PA / Greensburg Salem) at 26:16.3 (T54).

The Dukes are off until Saturday, November 2, 2002, when the Red and Blue host the Atlantic 10 championships at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park.

Duquesne Results
First five runners count toward team total

DU Fin.	Tm. Fin. (overall)	Name	Split (5k)	Final Time
1	15 (30)	Dave Eldridge	16:16.8	25:43
2	16 (31)	Ryan Bender	16:15.3	25:44
3	22 (39)	Zack Dorman	16:22.7	25:50
4	45 (74)	Bryan Herdman	16:18.8	26:10
5	55 (88)	Jeff Hite	16:26.9	26:17
6	74 (113)	Pat McGuire	16:20.5	26:30
7	77 (116)	Jeremy Snodgrass	16:33.5	26:32

Team Results

No.	School	Points
1.	Central Mich	97
2.	West Virginia	113
3.	Tulsa	116
4.	Duquesne	153
5.	Michigan State	201
6.	Indiana	202
7.	Buffalo	214
8.	Montana	216
9.	Georgetown	280
10.	Ball State	290
11.	Western Kentucky	345
12.	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	353
13.	Ohio	357
14.	Pennsylvania	358
15.	Iowa State	362
16.	Bucknell	376
17.	Valparaiso	402
18.	Dayton	405
19.	Richmond	437
20.	Southern Illinois	439
21.	Wright State	453
22.	Pittsburgh	477
23.	Butler	513
24.	IPFW	646