Sept. 26, 1999

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. - Duke freshman harrier Sheela Agrawal (Swansea, Mass.) claimed her second collegiate individual crown at Saturday's Roy Griak Invitational. Agrawal covered the five-kilometer course in a time of 17:31. Agrawal's finish helped the Blue Devil women's team to a eighth-place finish, while the Duke men finished 10th overall.

In her collegiate debut three weeks ago, Agrawal led Duke to the Fordham Invitational team title by capturing the individual title. Junior Megan Sullivan (Williamsburg, Va.) was Duke's second-best finisher in the Griak with a 18:23 clocking for 30th place.

In the men's competition, Duke was led by senior Charlie Kelly (Marshalltown, Iowa) with a 36th-place finish with a clocking of 25:22. Following Kelly across the line was sophomore Sean Kelly (Wickliffe, Ohio) with a time of 25:39 over the eight kilomter course for 56th place.

The Blue Devils return to action on Saturday, Oct. 2, when they host UNC Wilmington and Virginia Commonwealth for a triangular meet on East Campus.

ROY GRIAK WOMEN'S GOLD 5K           ROY GRIAK MEN'S GOLD 8K

PLACE                     POINTS    PLACE                      POINTS
 1  Arizona State            53     1  Wisconsin Madison          86
 2  Brigham Young            73     2  Brigham Young             133
 3  Minnesota               165     3  Northern Arizona          143
 4  Missouri                178     4  Oregon                    172
 5  Nebraska                190     5  Weber State               197
 6  U C L A                 206     6  Providence                206
 7  Northern Arizona        226     7  Portland                  209
 8  Duke                    247     8  Arizona State             217
 9  Providence              271     9  Missouri                  263
10 Colorado State           274    10  Duke                      325

8. Duke                            10. Duke
 1   Sheela Agrawal, Fr     17:31   36  Charlie Kelly, Sr         25:22
30  Megan Sullivan, Jr      18:23   56  Sean Kelly, So            25:39
66  Ellie Culp, So          18:55   57  Jay Champi, So            25:41
74  Anne Wickman, So        19:01   64  Tim Schaefer, Sr          25:46
76  Maddy Woodmansee, So    19:04  112  Mike McKeever, Jr         26:17
85  Heather Ryan, So        19:11  133  Brendan Fitzgibbon, Jr    26:32
96  Katie Atlas, So         19:23  140  Peter Muller, So          26:37
Time = 1:32:53     Places = 247    Time = 2:08:43     Places = 325