Nov. 2, 1999

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Virginia's Jennifer Owens (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) finished fourth and teammate Sarah Folse (Fredericksburg, Va./Chancellor) took seventh to help the Virginia women's cross country team finish third at the 1999 ACC Cross Country Championships held at the University of North Carolina today. The Cavaliers amassed 77 points to secure the third spot behind champion North Carolina (44) and North Carolina State (56), who had the individual champion in Christy Nichols.Both Owens and Folse were named All-ACC. This is Owens' second consecutive All-ACC honor while it is Folse's first time to be so honored.

On the men's side, Virginia's Bobby Thiele (Charlottesville, Va./Charlottesville) took fifth place and was named an All-ACC performer for the second consecutive year as the men finished in fourth place. His fifth place finish prevented the NC State Wolfpack from claiming the top five spots en route to the championship.

The Cavaliers will return to action in two weeks to compete in the NCAA Southeast Regional on November 13 in Greenville, SC.

    WOMEN'S RESULTS                     MEN'S RESULTS
 1. Christy Nichols  NCSU  17:11.8   1. Chad Pons        NCSU  24:19.4
 2. Trish Nervo       UNC  17:15.4   2. Corby Pons       NCSU  24:30.7
 3. Heather Tanner    UNC  17:27.4   3. Abdul Alzindani  NCSU  24:44.3
 4. Jennifer Owens    UVA  17:30.5   4. Chris Dugan      NCSU  24:44.6
 5. Megan Sullivan   Duke  17:46.4   5. Bobby Thiele      UVA  25:03.2
 6. Sheela Agrawal   Duke  17:47.2   6. Aaron Saft       NCSU  25:08.0
 7. Sarah Folse       UVA  17:50.2   7. Terry Brennan    Duke  25:09.7
 8. Katie Sabino     NCSU  17:54.7   8. Chris Bowker     NCSU  25:10.0
 9. Amy Beykirch     NCSU  17:58.0   9. Jason Meany      Clem  25:12.1
10. Karen Everitt     UNC  17:58.4  10. Michael Fitzula  NCSU  25:13.8
14. Dana Coons        UVA  18:15.7  16. Damond Cromer     UVA  25:30.1
24. Jessica Thomas    UVA  18:41.5  24. Justin Wood       UVA  25:52.7
28. Jeanna Composti   UVA  18:50.8  29. Sam Jackson       UVA  26:12.6
36. Megan Schwartz    UVA  19:06.6  37. Brian Wood        UVA  26:44.0
39. K. C. Meehan      UVA  19:09.5  42. Ryan Webb         UVA  26:51.2
46. Melanie Matthews  UVA  19:34.3  49. Bill Palmer       UVA  27:03.7

    TEAM RESULTS         5000m          TEAM RESULTS            8000m
 1. North Carolina         44        1. North Carolina State      16
 2. North Carolina State   56        2. Duke                      70
 3. Virginia               77        3. Wake Forest               99
 4. Wake Forest            96        4. Virginia                 106
 5. Duke                  104        5. Clemson                  126
 6. Clemson               163        6. Georgia Tech             162
 7. Georgia Tech          167        7. North Carolina           179
 8. Florida State         214        8. Florida State            218
 9. Maryland              259        9. Maryland                 249