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Martin Fagan of Providence and Frances Koons of Villanova were the individual winners at today's Big East Cross Country Championships in Boston's Franklin Park. Fagan took the lead in the first mile and was never challenged. He won his second-straight Big East cross country title in 23:09, a new Big East course record. The previous record of 23:21 was held by former NCAA cross country champion Keith Kelly, who was on hand to watch his record fall. Kurt Benninger of Notre Dame repeated as runner up as well.
Koons tried to pull away early on, but never achieved much separation from the rest of the field. Though she led for the whole race, Koons had to fight off a challenge from Providence's Aine Hoban down the homestretch. Koons hung on to win, covering the 6k course in 20:28. Providence swept the men's and women's team titles.
Posted by Alison Wade at 1:46 p.m. | Tags: Running Photos, Race Reports