MARKELZ EARNS ALL-AMERICAN AND TRINITY
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY FINISHES 14TH AT NATIONALS

Spokane, Wash.- Senior co-captain Todd Markelz (Homer, Alaska) finished 28th overall with a time of 25:41.5 to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Division III National Championships at Whitworth College this afternoon.

Trinity finished with 391 points, which was 14 behind 13th-place Kenyon College and 326 behind champion Calvin College. Markelz earned All-American honors for finishing among the top 30 individuals. Sophomores Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) and James Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.) placed 46th and 47th, respectively for Trinity.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Calvin College 65

2. Keene State College 87

3. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 138

4. North Central College 143

5. Williams 173

6. Wisconsin-Whitewater 183

7. Wisconsin-LaCrosse 203

8. Nebraska Wesleyan 230

9. Haverford 236

10. Wisconsin-Platteville 323

11. Tufts 332

12. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 363

13. Kenyon 377

14. Trinity (Conn.) 391

15. St Thomas 406

16. SaintJohn's (Minn.) 409

17. Coast Guard 412

18. Ithaca 432

19. College of New Jersey 441

20. Wartburg 445

21. St Lawrence 476

22. Hamline 485

23. Anderson 524

24. Emory 635

TRINITY INDIVIDUALS

28. Todd Markelz, 25:41.5 (All-American) for being in top 30

46. Ryan Bak, 26:02.4

47. James Emord, 26:03.6

133. Peter Bromka, 27:16.9

137. Ryan Lerner, 27:20.7

153. Steve Coakley, 27:58.0

159. Steve Napier, 28:08.6

Total Time = 2:12:25.0