Duke Men Win Roy Griak Invitational

Saturday, September 28

Minneapolis, Minn.

10:30 AM

Duke University

Roy Griak Invite (M)

The Men's XC team poses with the championship trophy after its win at the Roy Griak Invite.

Duke Men Win Roy Griak Invitational

9/28/2019 12:35:00 PM | Cross Country

2019 Roy Griak Invite Results

The Blue Devil men’s cross country team repeated as champions at the 8k Roy Griak Invitational Saturday morning.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – For the second consecutive season, the Duke men's cross country team took first place at the Roy Griak Invitational Saturday morning on the Les Bosltad Golf Course at the University of Minnesota.

"Our goal going into it was to win it," said head coach Norm Ogilvie. We were capable of winning this one and we executed. Southern Utah finished second, fifth and seventh and we were third and fourth, but we got four in before their fourth and our depth was the difference. I am very proud of them and it was a very good win for us."

Duke placed two in the top-five and five in the top-10, totaling 34 points. Nationally ranked Southern Utah (No. 30 USTFCCCA/No. 24 Stride Report) placed second with 54 points, with South Dakota St. third (128), Cal State Bakersfield fourth (139) and UC Santa Barbara fifth (149).

For the second straight meet, junior CJ Ambrosio led the Blue Devils with an overall third place finish, clocking a time of 24:48.1. Classmate Paul Dellinger finished right behind him, earning fourth with at time of 24:49.1. Junior Alex Miley recorded a time of 24:59.5 for eighth place, while senior Tom Sullivan finished ninth (25:01.0) and freshman Zach Kinne 10th (25:04.4) to round out the top-five finishers for Duke.

The Blue Devil's improved their overall record to 24-1 overall on the year.

Both the men's and women's teams next compete at the Great American XC Festival in Cary, N.C., Saturday, October 5 starting at 7 a.m.

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