RINDGE, N.H. (September 14, 2001) - The Franklin Pierce University Men's Cross Country team defended last year's first place victory at the Rivier Cross Country Invitational with another first place showing at the meet this afternoon in Nashua, N.H.

FPC's Ken Gowell (Sabattus, Maine/Oak Hill) finished first out of 18 runners with his time of 26:56, and teammate Nate Kennedy (Fitzwilliam, N.H./Monadnock) finished right behind with 29:26, good for second place. Rounding out the top four was sophomore Jeff Joslyn (Sterling, Conn./Plainfield), who posted a time of 31:25.

The Franklin Pierce University women's team finished third out of five teams participating in the Rivier Invitational. The top finisher for FP was sophomore Allison Agri (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield), who placed 13th with her time of 27:43.