Boston College
ACC Championship
Men's Cross Country Places Ninth at the ACC Championship
October 31, 2005 | Men's Track & Field
Oct. 31, 2005
The men's cross country team finished ninth overall out of 12 teams in the ACC championship. Sophomore Patrick Mellea finished 18th overall out of a field of 96 runners.
Mellea finished the course in 24 minutes, 29.1 seconds, while freshman Timothy Ritchie placed 31st overall. Ritchie crossed the line in 24:53.2.
Junior Mark Alizzi was the next BC runner to cross the line, coming in 40th overall in 25:05.1. Classmate Stephen Walsh was 48th with a time of 25:24.8.
Freshman David Emerson and senior Drew Wiechnicki finished 70th and 71st with time of 25:49.4 and 25:53.6, respectively.
Senior Joseph Lesniak and Dan Springer rounded out the Eagles eight runners. Lesniak was 74th overall, while Springer was 85th.
