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For immediate release – 9/16/2006 - #031

Ricky Flynn Wins NY XC Invite

BRONX, NY – Lynchburg College sophomore Ricky Flynn (Gaithersburg, MD/Damascus) won the individual men’s title at the 35-school New York Invitational, at Van Courtland Park. The Hornet men’s team finished in sixth place, while the women placed 14th in a group of 28 squads.

Flynn bested over 300 other runners en route to winning the title, finishing the five-mile course in 26:31. Jeremy Falke (Ashland, VA/Patrick Henry) placed 12th in 27:40, Ryan Call (Midlothian, VA/Midlothian) was 50th in 29:14 and Patrick Jacobs (Bloomingdale, NJ/Butler) took 65th in 29:36. Kevin Peggs (Richmond, VA/Monacan) was 86th in 30:13 and Bryan Kirby (Alexandria, VA/Edison) was 89th in 30:24.

Senior Ashley Armistead (Forest, VA/Jefferson Forest) finished 38th in 21:25 on the women’s 5K course, Megan Donnelly (Mclean, VA/McLean) was 67th in 22:18 and Shelby O’Rourke (Bay Shore, NY/West Islip) took 70th in 22:21. C.C. Capranica (St. Michaels, MD/Easton) placed 121st (24:23), Ellen Hartge (Fairfax, VA/Chantilly) finished 124th (24:28) and Emily Gannon (Ardmore, PA/Haverford) placed 126th (24:37).

Lynchburg is scheduled to compete in the Guilford College Invitational next Saturday.

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