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November 6, 2006 Oroville, CA (November 4) – Saint Martin’s John Riak qualified for the National Championships. Riak finished fourth on Saturday at the NCAA West Regional cross country meet at the Lake Oroville Forebay Aquatics Center. Riak earned an individual berth with the best finish by a GNAC runner with a time of 32:24.52. He beat out David Kiplagat of Alaska Anchorage who took home first place at the GNAC Championship meet. Kiplagat finished with a time of 32:31.55 to place fifth. Riak was among five GNAC runners to earn all-region honors in the men’s race, which go to the Top 15 finishers. “John ran a fantastic race,” said head coach Julie Sullivan. “He ran a really smart race, he didn’t go off with the leading group, he stayed back and just worked his way through and picked people off.” Because of his outstanding performance at Regionals, Riak was honored as the GNAC male Athlete-of-the-Week. The NCAA national meet will be held Nov. 18 in Pensacola, Fla. Individuals (All-Region) - 1. Todd Iacovelli, HPU, 31:58.35; 2. Charlie Serrano, CSUC, 32:09.72; 3. Antonio Miramontes, CSUC, 32:13.89; 4. John Riak, SMU, 32:24.52; 5. David Kiplagat, UAA, 32:31.55; 6. Scott Bauhs, CSUC, 32:34.42; 7. Sam Scotchmer, CWU, 32:39.34; 8. Kyle Ivie, CSUC, 32:51.87; 9. Eddie Venegas, CPP, 33:02.15; 10. Brandon Laan, HPU, 33:04.05; 11. Jesse Morrill, UCSD, 33:05.27; 12. Aaron Dickson, UAA, 33:06.98; 13. Rory Kuykendall, CSUC, 33:09.31; 14. Josh Babiak, SFSU, 33:12.40; 15. Brent Knight, UAA, 33:19.17.
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