Gainesville, Fla. - "The best start we've had," head coach Mike Rosolino said after his men's cross country team placed third in the 2007 Mountain Dew Classic hosted by the University of Florida Gators on Friday, September 8.

The Eagles had all five point-earners finish in the top 30 and six of their runners finish in the top 35. Freshman Henry Melius crossed the finish line for ERAU first, placing tenth in a time of 26:23.50. It was the sixth fastest time ever recorded by an Eagle.

He was followed shortly by the 15, 17 and 18th place runners of Nick Gehlsen, Stuart Patterson and Will Quinn who finished in 26:39.91, 26:48.92 and 26:53.04 Clay

The Eagles topped out seven NCAA Division I institutions (Miami, North Florida, West Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida A&M, Florida Gulf Coast, and Stetson), finsihing third, the University of Florida came in first and Central Florida took second. Conference rivals, Webber International, took ninth place.

ERAU will return to action on Saturday at the Florida Tech Invitational, a meet where both the 2006 men's and women's teams placed first. The race begins at 7:30 a.m.

For complete meet results please visit the following link: RESULTS