Oct. 2, 1999

NEW YORK-- Virginia's Jennifer Owens (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) won the women's division by 6 seconds at the Iona Meet of Champions, helping the Cavaliers take third place in today's meet. Her teammate Dana Coons (Vienna, Va./James Madison) also finished in the top-10 at eighth place with a time of 18:08.1.

On the men's side, Bobby Thiele (Charlottesville, Va./Charlottesville) finished in third place, just four seconds off first place and helped the Cavaliers take seventh overall.

The Cavaliers will return to Van Courtlandt Park in two weeks to compete in the IC4A/ECAC Championships on October 15.

WOMEN'S RESULTS                         MEN'S RESULTS
 1. Jennifer Owens     UVA   17:39.6    1. Adam Wallace   Dart. 24:51.4
 2. Sara Tindall       Brown 17:45.5    2. Enda Johnson   Brown 24:53.6
 3. Ann Kovalsky       BU    17:49.6    3. Bobby Thiele   UVA   24:55.2
 4. Lauren Matthews    BU    17:54.4    4. Vinny Mulvey   Iona  24:58.0
 5. Shannon Smith      BC    17:58.8    5. Peter Riley    Iona  25:01.4
 6. Catherine Guiney   BC    18:00.5    6. Graeme Reid    Iona  25:12.9
 7. Jessie Allen-Young Dart. 18:06.6    7. Ryan Padilla   Dart. 25:14.4
 8. Dana Coons         UVA   18:08.1    8. Aaron Nicholas Navy  25:18.5
 9. Kim Thallman       Brown 18:10.2    9. Tom McArdle    Dart. 25:20.6
10. Megan Malgeri      Dart. 18:12.1   10. Mike Cohen     Dart. 25:21.7
15. Sarah Folse        UVA   18:17.6   15. Justin Wood    UVA   25:35.6
23. Jeanna Composti    UVA   18:30.0   22. Damond Cromer  UVA   25:50.7
42. K. C. Meehan       UVA   18:53.1   51. Ryan Webb      UVA   26:41.2
62. Megan Schwartz     UVA   19:13.2   81. Brian Wood     UVA   27:22.9
86. Melanie Matthews   UVA   19:31.2   87. Pat English    UVA   27:28.2
145. Kristen Haughey   UVA   20:27.8  102. Sam Jackson    UVA   27:52.9
                                      115. David Glynn    UVA   28:12.1

TEAM RESULTS               TEAM RESULTS
 1. Brown             52               
 2. Boston University 67    1. Dartmouth        40
 3. Virginia          88    2. Iona             68
 3. Boston College    88    3. Brown           101
 5. Purdue           122    4. Navy            103
 6. Dartmouth        129    5. Army            134
 7. Princeton        221    6. Boston College  153
 8. Massachusetts    242    7. Virginia        159
 9. Army             253    8. Harvard         205
10. Harvard          263    9. Boston Univ.    217
11. Navy             276   10. Massachusetts   291
12. College of NJ    373   11. Albany          305
13. Connecticut      377   12. Marist          314
14. Rhode Island     405   13. Coll. of NJ     342
15. Marist           413   14. Siena           456
16. Albany           421
17. Siena            575