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Posted by Dave Laketa - Tue, Sep. 18, 2012 - [ Men's Cross Country ] - Viewed 373 times
Phil Rizzo
Phil Rizzo

CHICAGO --- The top NAIA finisher at the Illinois Intercollegiate Championships on Friday, University of St. Francis senior Phil Rizzo (Evergreen Park, Ill.) has been named the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the seven-day period ending Sept. 17.

Rizzo placed fifth overall in the meet, which featured 339 runners and seven NCAA I schools.  Rizzo's 24:42 over the 8K course placed him behind only a pair of NCAA I runners and two members of the top-ranked NCAA III program in North Central College.

As a team, USF finished third overall out of 36 schools and ahead of six NCAA I programs, including University of Illinois, Eastern Illinois University, University of Illinois-Chicago, Bradley University and host Illinois State University.