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YPSILANTI, MI - The University at Buffalo's men's cross country team finished fifth Saturday afternoon at the Mid-American Conference Championships at the Eagle Crest Golf Course in Ypsilanti, Mich. The Bulls scored 135 points in the 12-team men's championship. Host Eastern Michigan won the title for the second consecutive year with 30 total points.

The fifth-place finish by the Bulls' men was a vast improve on last season's MAC meet where the team placed 10th.

In the MAC Women's Championship meet, the Bulls placed 11th of 13 schools for the third straight season with 271 points. Toledo took the title with 71 points.

Jerimie Slick

Two UB runners finished in the top 12 to earn All-Mid American Conference honors. Junior Jerimie Slick (Rochester, NY/Greece-Athena) finished sixth in 25:21.9 to nab First-Team All-MAC honors while junior Todd Ludden (Hornell, NY/Hornell) was eighth in 25:24.5 to place on the second-team. First and second-teams are determined by placing with the top six runners being named to the first-team and the next six to the second team.

Todd Ludden

Eastern Michigan's Boaz Cheboiywo won the eight-kilometer race in a meet record 24:11.0 as 99 men completed the course.

UB's Melissa Burrows (Norwood, NY/Norwood-Norfolk) was the Bulls' top women's finisher in the five-kilometer event placing 24th in 19:06.0. Freshman Jenny Koeppel (Snyder, NY/Amherst) was the next UB finisher in 19:41.3 for 49th place among 110 runners. Toledo's Briana Shook won the individual race in 17:49.9.

The Bulls will compete at the NCAA Northeast Regionals in Boston on November 10.