Oct. 15, 1999

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Duke women's cross country team collected its third win of the season by capturing the ECAC Champion Division team title on Friday in Van Cortland Park. The Blue Devil men's team picked up a second-place finish IC4A Champion Division team competition.

Friday's victory marked the second win at Van Cortland Park for the Duke women this season, opening the year with a team victory in the Fordham Invitational. Duke was led by freshman Sheela Agrawal (Swansea, Mass.), who collected her third individual title of the season and Duke's first-ever ECAC individual championship by covering the course in a time of 17:42.60. Junior Megan Sullivan (Williamsburg, Va.) was the next Blue Devil harrier to cross the line in a time of 18:12.80 for sixth place.

The Duke men were led by the one-two punch of juniors Terry Brennan (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Brendan Fitzgibbon (San Francisco, Calif.), who finished eighth and ninth respectively. Brennan covered the five-mile course in a time of 25:03.30, while Fitzgibbon posted a 25:05.20 time. Senior Charlie Kelly (Marshalltown, Iowa) finished 13th with a time of 25:12.90.

Duke's top harriers return to the trails on November 1 at the ACC Cross Country Championships in Chapel Hill, N.C.

ECAC Women's Champion Division     IC4A Champion Division
PLACE   TEAM       POINTS           PLACE   TEAM     POINTS
1       Duke        54                  1   Princeton   70
2       Cornell     84                  2   Duke        73
3       Virginia    65                  3   Penn State  79
4       Penn State  135                 4   Penn        93
5       LaSalle     123

1. Duke                                 2. Duke
 1 Sheela Agrawal   17:42.60             8 Terry Brennan      25:03.30
 6 Megan Sullivan   18:12.80             9 Brendan Fitzgibbon 25:08.10
13 Anne Wickman     18:36.90            13 Charlie Kelly      25:12.90
14 Ellie Culp       18:37.30            21 Sean Kelly         25:20.70
20 Heather Ryan     18:53.70            22 Jay Champi         25:22.70
30 Maddy Woodmansee 19:07.90            26 Kyle Leonard       25:40.40
50 Katie Atlas      19:32.30            37 Tim Schaefer       25:49.70