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Cross Country ACCtion: Weekend of October 16-17
Oct. 17, 2009 Tech men finish fourth at Chile Pepper Invite FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Virginia Tech men’s cross country squad finished fourth out of 29 teams at the Chile Pepper Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday, duplicating its effort from the 2008 Chile Pepper Invite. Senior Devin Cornwall paced the Hokies in the 10,000-meter race, placing 15th overall out of 243 runners and 11th in the team race with a time of 30:22. Sophomore Will Mulherin came in right behind Cornwall in 16th place overall, 12th in the team standings, clocking 20:23.64. Sophomore Michael Hammond put together his strongest performance of the season thus far, taking 27th overall and 23rd in the team competition with a time of 30:49.90. Junior Matt Kroetch and senior Paul LaPenna rounded out the team scoring for Tech, finishing 30th and 32nd overall, respectively. Kroetch timed in at 30:53.21 for 25th place in the team standings, while LaPenna earned a time of 31:01.47 for 27th place in the team competition. Boston College Men's Cross Country Competes At The Princeton Invitational Princeton, N.J. - Junior Philip Woerner led the men's cross country team with a time of 25:45 for a 28th place finish in the Princeton Invitational. The meet featured 13 different schools, and the Eagles finished in ninth-place overall with 245 points. The University of Texas won the meet with 35 points, while host school Princeton came in second place with 40 points. Saint Joseph's came in third place with 126 points. Columbia University finished in fourth with 126 points, while Haverford rounded out the top five with 149 points. Junior Michael Keebler finished in 51st place with a time of 26:08. Keebler's classmate Theodore Doyle crossed the line in 68th place with a time of 26:23. Freshman Jordan Hamm finished with a time of 26:29 that was good enough for 76th place.
Miami at the Hatter Invitational Saturday, October 17, Pre-National Meet Terre Haute, Ind. The Florida State cross country teams made the trip to Terre Haute, Ind. Saturday and turned in solid performances at the NCAA Pre-National meet. The Seminole women placed second overall with 135 team points thanks to a pair of top 10 finishes by Susan Kuijken (2nd, 20:20.8) and Pasca Cheruiyot (7th, 20:36.6). The men were led by Matt Leeder who finished 18th overall as the Seminoles finished in 8th place. Senior Susan Kuijken in her first action of the 2009 season ran a 20:20.8 to finish in second place overall behind Blue race winner Jenny Barringer of Colorado who ran a 19:50.9. Transfer Pasca Cheruiyot stepped up for Seminoles in the two-spot as she ran a 20:36.6 to place seventh overall and give FSU a good start at the top. Pilar McShine was the third Seminole to cross the line Saturday as she clocked a 21:10.3 for 20th overall. No. 21 NC State 9th At Pre-National Blue Race Ryan Hill and John Martinez turned in strong performances Saturday to lead 21st-ranked NC State to a ninth-place finish in the NCAA Pre-Nationals Blue Race, held at the campus of Indiana State University. Hill, a sophomore who won his first two races of the 2009 season, finished ninth in the Blue Race, 22 seconds behind individual winner Luke Puskedra of seventh-ranked Oregon. Martinez, a senior and the Wolfpack’s lone upperclassman, finished 24th overall. NC State Women’s Cross Country 13th at Pre-National Blue Race Sophomore Emily Pritt finished 13th in the individual standings Saturday and NC State’s women’s cross country team finished 13th in the team standings in the NCAA Pre-National Blue Race. Pritt finished 29 seconds behind individual winner Jenny Barringer of Colorado, but that is a little misleading since Barringer beat runner-up Susan Kuijken of Florida State by a whopping 24 seconds. Pritt was just 5.4 seconds behind Kuijken in a tightly bunched group that came in well behind Barringer. UNC Women Take Outstanding Finish at Pre-National The University of North Carolina cross country teams faced big competition at Saturday's NCAA Pre-National Meet, but the Tar Heels were able to hold their own against some nationally ranked opponents. The women took an impressive eighth place finish out of 37 teams and the men took home 21st after taking on the muddy trails at Indiana State. Lauren Holesh sparked a personal best out of the gate in an amazing 6000-meter run to take 10th place overall. The senior from Raleigh, N.C., beat her record 6K time by almost a minute and a half with a 20:51.6. Wake Forest Finishes 27th at ISU Pre-Nationals The Wake Forest's women's cross country team finished 27th in a meet that boasted a multitude of nationally-ranked teams at the Indiana State Pre-Nationals on Saturday. Sophomore Anna Nosenko crossed 22nd overall with a time of 21:13.9 in the White Division 6-kilometer at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center. Sophomore Dina Nosenko came in 64th overall and second for the Deacons with a time of 21:43.8. Junior Marley Burns was third on the team with a time of 22:44.5 and 156th-overall place. Dubard, Mateker Lead Cross Country At Pre-NCAA Meet The Georgia Tech men's and women's cross country team took part in the Pre-NCAA meet on Saturday morning. The event was run on the Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country course on the campus of Indiana State. The Yellow Jacket men's team finished 31st in the event, while the women's squad placed 36th. On the men's side, Oregon was the top finisher on the day with a combined time of 120:35.8, while for the women, Washington took home the top spot in 104:11.8. Saturday, October 17, Chile Pepper Festival, Fayetteville, Ark. Virginia Tech men finish fourth at Chile Pepper Invite The Virginia Tech men’s cross country squad finished fourth out of 29 teams at the Chile Pepper Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday, duplicating its effort from the 2008 Chile Pepper Invite. Senior Devin Cornwall paced the Hokies in the 10,000-meter race, placing 15th overall out of 243 runners and 11th in the team race with a time of 30:22. Sophomore Will Mulherin came in right behind Cornwall in 16th place overall, 12th in the team standings, clocking 20:23.64.
Saturday, October 17, Princeton Invitational, Princeton, N.J.
Boston College Finishes in Ninth Place at the Princeton Invitational
Friday, October 16 - Blue Ridge Open, Boone, N.C. Duke Women's Cross Country Remains Undefeated The host-team, No. 15 UVA, took first place out of 10 teams on its home course, totaling 30 points. No. 11 Syracuse totaled 41 points for the second-place finish, while No. 24 Villanova finished in third with 70 points. Fourth place belong to the Blue Devils with 109 points, followed by Texas A&M (155 points) in fifth and Tennessee (158 points) in sixth. The Cavaliers' top finisher, Emil Heineking, also captured the individual title, completing the 8K course in 23:16.39, 40 seconds under the previous course record. Tiger Cross Country Teams Finish ACC Preparations in Boone The men tallied 206 points. High Point won the event with a total of 76, edging Davidson by a mere one point in the team standings. Chris Slate was the team's top performer on Friday. The Delaware native crossed the finish line with a time of 25:51.26 and was 23rd overall in the individual race. It was a 20-spot gap back to Clemson's No. 2 runner, Tyler Morey. The junior out of Combined Locks, WI had a time of 26:11.70. Jonathan Sunde was the third scorer with a 45th-place finish. Chad Holt (63rd) and Blake Kennedy (83rd) rounded out the scoring efforts for the Tiger team. Wake Forest Places Second and Fifth at Blue Ridge Open The men's first unit had a strong outing, finishing in the top third of the teams. Freshman Garret Drogosch and redshirt senior Jeremy Fisico finished first and second again for the Deacons. Drogosch completed the 8-kilometer course in 25:47.91, while Fisico crossed the finish in 25:53.31. Sophomore Paul Loeser was third with a time of 26:07.01. Freshmen Sam Foster and Devin Huizenga and redshirt junior Keaton Morgan all finished under 27 minutes. Foster was 55th overall, Huizenga 70th and Morgan 81st. Freshman Howard Graves rounded out the Deacon contingent in the Gold Race with a time of 27:10.24 and 91st-overall place.
Friday, October 16 - Panorama Farms Invitational, Charlottesville, Va. Heineking Sets Course Record as UVa Wins Panorama Farms Invite Course records were set in both the men's and women's races. For the women, team champion Villanova's top four individual finishers all broke the previous course record to pace the Wildcats, while junior All-American Emil Heineking ran away with the men's title, his third straight win this season, breaking Clemson's Itay Magidi's mark of 23:52.5 registered in 2006. Heineking's victory was over 20-seconds faster than the second-place finisher, as he completed the course in 23:16.19 and led the top seven finishers in bettering the previous course record. Heineking was followed by junior Graham Tribble and sophomore Ryan Collins, who took third and fourth respectively. Tribble finished in 23:43.63, while Collins clocked in at 23:45.67. Junior Trey Miller placed ninth in 23:57.16 and freshman Sintayehu Taye rounded out the scoring Cavaliers in 24:06.90 for 13th place. Campbell Leads Terps to Fifth at UVa Many of Maryland's top runners skipped the event while continuing training for the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships, to be held Oct. 31 in Cary, N.C. Campbell ran the 6-kilometer event in 22:05.87, marking the first time this season she was the first Terrapin to the line. The Terrapins finished with 126 points in the team standings, just nine points behind third-place Texas A&M.
Friday, October 16, Hatter Invitational, Deland, Fla.
Hurricanes Swimmers Compete Hard at FGCU Ft. Myers, Fla. - Annika Saarnak and Sofia Johansson each posted wins on Saturday as the University of Miami swimming and diving team took part in a tri-meet against Florida Gulf Coast and Florida State at the Lee County/FGCU Aquatics Center on the FGCU campus in Ft. Myers, Fla. UM head swimming coach Christie Shefchunas, now in her fourth year in Coral Gables, stated the Hurricanes look more impressive than any she's had so far at UM. The team is accumulating better times with each meet, and she's happy about the progress the team is making without the diving team helping with valuable points. Miami (0-5, 0-3 ACC) fell in both duals at FGCU, falling to the host Eagles (L, 195-99) and ACC foe FSU Seminoles (L, 183-108).
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