Sallyport - The Magazine of Rice University - Spring 2002
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Scoreboard<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2002</strong><br />
VOL.58, NO.3<br />
Cross-Country Teams Finish at Top <strong>of</strong> WAC<br />
Paced by the five six finish <strong>of</strong> freshman Scott L<strong>of</strong>tin and senior Keith<br />
Pierce, the <strong>Rice</strong> men s cross-country team secured their second Western<br />
Athletic Conference title in three years, while the women posted their<br />
second-straight second-place finish in the WAC race in the league<br />
championship.<br />
L<strong>of</strong>tin finished the 8K race in 26:06, followed by Pierce, with a time <strong>of</strong><br />
26:21.2. Both Owls received all-WAC first-team honors. Also finishing in<br />
the top 10 was sophomore Tim Oberg, who was joined on the all-WAC<br />
second team by junior Tom Ring.<br />
On the women s side, junior Liza Ruckman paced the Owls with an eighthplace<br />
finish, completing the 5K race in 18:44.3. Ruckman and sophomore<br />
Shannon Murto both garnered all-WAC second-team honors.<br />
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