Sept. 8, 2007

BOSTON, Mass. - Junior Girma Segni (Bronx, N.Y.) took first place overall in Friday's Boston University Invitational, completing the 8K course in a time of 26:09 in a great deal of heat and humidity. The meet was also scored on a team-by-team dual meet basis, as the Red Foxes captured victories over Boston University, Harvard and Manhattan while falling to Brown.

Marist also received a fifth-place finish from freshman Adam Vess (Cromwell, Conn.) in his first collegiate race. Vess completed the course in a time of 26:34.

In all, the Red Foxes placed four runners in the top 20. Senior Mike Rolek (Maplewood, N.J.) took 13th place in a time of 27:28, and freshman Timothy Keegan (Huntington, N.Y.) finished 18th in 27:49. Fellow freshman Nick Webster (Latham, N.Y.) rounded out the Marist top five by coming in 21st in 28:07.

Marist will return to action on Sept. 22 at the Iona College Meet of Champions, which will be held at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City.

Marist results at Boston University Invitational
1-Girma Segni, 26:09
5-Adam Vess, 26:34
13-Mike Rolek, 27:28
18-Timothy Keegan, 27:49
21-Nick Webster, 28:07
24-Alex Emerel, 28:25
25-Thomas Dixon, 28:36
26-David Raucci, 28:39
29-Sam McMullen, 28:54
31-Conor Shelley, 29:01
33-John Keenan, 29:06
34-Joseph Tarantello, 29:06
38-Zak Smetana, 29:29
41-Shane Reilly, 29:42
42-Patrick Duggan, 29:52
43-Greg Masto, 30:27
44-Matt Maynes, 30:42
49-Ted Marak, 32:58

Team results
Marist 25, Boston University 32
Brown 25, Marist 34
Marist 23, Harvard 32
Marist 21, Manhattan 40