Duke senior cross-country athlete Michael Hatch, a 2001 graduate of JL Mann High School concluded his last season as a Blue Devil with a top three finish at the IC4A Cross Country Championships at Van Cortland Park in Bronx, NY Saturday.
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Junior Sean Anastasia-Murphy (Gloucester, MA) raced to fifth place overall, leading four Tribe runners earning All-East honors, as 2004 William and Mary CAA Champion men\'s cross country claimed runner-up honors at today\'s IC4A Championship. La Salle won the Championship with 56 points, ahead of the second-place Tribe (87) and third-place Duquesne (109). The College\'s finish in the 20-team meet is all the more impressive considering its top eight runners did not compete, as they will contest the squad\'s eighth-straight NCAA Championship this Monday, November 22.
Sophomore Julia Cathcart (Starkville, MS) claimed a strong sixth-place overall, leading four Tribe All-East performers, as 2004 CAA Champion William and Mary women\'s cross country finished fourth in a tightly-contested ECAC Championship. Cathcart led an impressive showing by the Green and Gold, capped by four All-East performances. Cathcart clocked a solid 17:59 to claim sixth overall for the first All-East honors of her career in cross country.
Two James Madison runners placed in the top 20 as the Dukes finished fifth Saturday at the IC4A Men\'s Cross Country Championships in Van Cortlandt Park. JMU sophomore C.W. Moran (Potomac Falls, Va./Potomac Falls) was 13th with a time of 25 minutes, 19 seconds over the five-mile course, and junior Allen Carr (Yorktown, Va./York) finished 16th in 25:22.