Team has worthydebut

1 he men's cross country team started theyearwith adisppointing show at a dualmeetatWilliamandMary.Things startedlooking up intheirfirst multischoolmeet inNorthCarolina.

The Flamesteam tookthirdin the Tar HeelInvitationalin ChapelHill Leading Liberty runners were sophomore Mark Christopher,finishing18thwith a time of 26:10, and senior Brett Lawler, finishing 30th with atim eof 27:20

The team traveled to the Furman Invitational and ranked 13th in the

Compition

On Oct. 8 the team traveled to the Virginia State Intercollegiate at William and Mary. The team tiedforthe eighth place position with Virginia Commonwealth Mark Christopher led the Falmeswitha28th-placefinish, crossinng the finish line atthe 24:59 mark

Also placing for the Flames were Steve Hurst in42nd-place and Doug Wickert in 43rd-place They finnished atthe 25:34 and 25:35 mark, respectively.

Men S Cross Country

4thplacefinishatTar HeelInvitational

8th place finish at Virginia Intercollegiate

Tied for 2nd place finish at Mason-Dixon Athletic Conference Championships

The Flames tiedfor second place in theMason-Dixon Championshipsbefore moving in to the District III champioships were theytiedfor 23rdplace of55 teams.