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American Dominates Navy Invitational
Seymour wins race by nine seconds

Matt Seymour ran the fastest time of his Eagle career at the Navy Invitational.

September 20, 2003 - Stats

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Matt Seymour (Rockville, Md./Magruder) won the Navy Invitational by nine seconds, posting a time of 25:04 .00. The time was not only nine seconds better than his closest competitor, it was also his best time by more than 25 seconds (25:29.20).

American had five of the top nine finishers in the race. Junior Pat MacAdie (Acton, Mass./Acton-Boxboro Regional) finished third in a time of 25:16.77, which eclipsed his previous best time of 26:26.40. Sophomore Phil Gaeta (Herndon, Va./Oakton) was sixth in a time of 25:41.66.

Junior Danny Maurer (St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs/Furman) finished eighth in a time of 25:45.03 while junior Sean Duffy (Holmes, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) was ninth in a time of 25:45.90. Duffy's personal-best time prior to today's event was 26:23.80.

Other Eagles who competed were sophomore William Knox (Baltimore, Md./Dunbar) and freshman Rob Hofmann. Knox finished 18th in a time of 26:22.93 while Hofmann was 38th in a time of 28:12.98.

The individual title in the 8000m was the first for Seymour

American returns to action next weekend at the at George Washington Invitational held in Manassas, Va.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES

Rank School Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 American 27 1 3 6 8 9 17 30

2 Naval Academy 28 2 4 5 7 10 12 14

3 Univ. of Tenn. 80 11 15 16 18 20 24 26

4 UMBC 116 19 22 23 25 27 28 29

5 Virginia Commonwealth 140 13 21 32 36 38 41

6 Mt. St. Mary's 170 31 33 34 35 37 39 40