The final race of the American Collegiate season was held today at Terre Haute, Indiana where the National championships were staged. The championships were relayed live on the web for the first time and featured a thrilling battle up front for the first two places. Best of the Irish was Andrew Ledwith from Iona College in 31st place with a time of 30:28, a performance that contributed in no small way to the fantastic second place finish of Iona in the team contest. Big congratulations go to Iona head coach Mick Byrne for the achievement. Not too far behind was junior David McCarthy from Ray Treacy's Procidence College who was 84th in 31:00.6, placing him sixth Freshman overall. Richard Yeates in 177th and Ciaran O'Lionaird in 213rd completed the Irish involvement inthe men's race, while Breffni Twohig was 182nd and Laura Huet 200th in the women's race. 31 Andrew Ledwith JR Iona 9:00 15:14 24:17 30:28.2 84 David McCarthy FR Providence 9:04 15:27 24:46 31:00.6 177 Richard Yeates JR Providence 9:04 15:32 25:18 31:43.3 213 Ciaran O'Lionaird SO Michigan 9:04 15:41 25:45 32:24.4 182 146 573 Breffini Twohig SO Providence 6:52 14:30 22:13.6 200 162 632 Laura Huet SO Stony Brook 6:48 14:10 22:24.3