Running at home..... The Cavaliers hosted the Lou Onesty Invitational, the only home event for the Cavaliers this season. Cavalier teammates Jenna Composti (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem) and Kimberly Myers (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest) finished in sixth and seventh respectively in their first collegiate cross country race to spark the women's team to a second place finish at the Lou Onesty Invitational today in Charlottesville. Captain Dana Coons (Vienna, Va./James Madison) finished in ninth place to place three Cavaliers in the top 10. The women finished second to James Madison, who took the first three places and five in the top 10 to win the race with 19 points as the Cavaliers had 57.

Virginia freshmen Thad Minshall (Chevy Chase, Md./Landon) and Brian Wood (Nevada City, Calif./Nevada Union) both finished in the top 10 in their first collegiate cross country race to help the men's cross country team to a third place finish at the Lou Onesty Invitation. Minshall's time of 26:36.8 was good enough for seventh while Wood finished in tenth at 26:52.4. The men's race was won by Liberty who perfect scored the meet. William and Mary placed five runners in the top 14 to take second with 50 points and the Cavaliers were third with 84 points.

The Cavaliers will travel to Chapel Hill next weekend, Sept. 18, to compete in the ACC Preview meet held at North Carolina.

 WOMEN'S RESULTS                      MEN'S RESULTS
 1. Heather Hanscom  JMU   17:43.4    1. Stephen Githuka      Liberty      25:27.6
 2. Bethany Eigel    JMU   18:17.3    2. Brian Kiprono        Liberty      26:00.3
 3. Keisha Banks     JMU   18:29.2    3. Josh Zealand         Liberty      26:02.4
 4. Cynthia Bauer    W&M   18:36.2    4. Bruce Kite           Liberty      26:11.7
 5. Michelle Smith   JMU   18:41.2    5. John Khan            Liberty      26:20.9
 6. Jenna Composti   UVA   18:42.9    6. Nick Brockway        W&M          26:30.9
 7. Kimberly Myers   UVA   18:44.2    7. Thad Minshall        UVA          26:36.8
 8. Brett Romano     JMU   18:46.7    8. Ben Jenkins          W&M          26:39.0
 9. Dana Coons       UVA   19:07.2    9. Aaron Rich           W&M          26:46.7
10. Rebecca Parsons  Lib   19:12.5   10. Brian Wood           UVA          26:52.4
13. Megan Schwartz   UVA   19:20.8   21. Ryan Webb            UVA          27:24.4
24. Amy Eastwood     UVA   19:59.1   24. David Glynn          UVA          27:35.5
27. Kristen Haughey  UVA   20:02.7   25. Jonathan Farrell     UVA          27:38.4
32. Melanie Matthews UVA   20:07.3   33. Pat English          UVA          28:11.6
52. Jenny Garow      UVA   21:19.4   49. Jeff Binggeli        UVA          29:01.8
53. Megan Kaminski   UVA   21:21.4   50. Dunbar McGavock      UVA          29:08.9
TEAM RESULTS                         52. Pat Reilly           UVA          29:14.0   
1. James Madison            19       68. Leo Rohr             UVA          30.10.4
2. Virginia                 57       84. Bill Knowles         UVA          34:12.5
3. William & Mary           74       TEAM RESULTS   
4. Liberty                 100       1. Liberty              15
5. Virginia Commonwealth   119       2. William & Mary       50
6. VMI                     181       3. Virginia             84
7. Elon                    196       4. VCU                 122
8. Southern Virginia       255       5. James Madison       142    8. Elon                   202
9. Christopher Newport     263       6. VMI                 170    9. Southern Virginia      278
                                     7. Christopher Newp.   196   10. Hampden-Sydney         286

Looking Ahead:
Running down Tobacco Road: The Cavaliers will race this weekend at the ACC Preview meet at UNC. In 1998, the men's team finished fourth behind Bobby Thiele's fourth place finish and the women took fifth place as Jennifer Owens took All-ACC honors with a sixth-place run. Four of the top five women and five of the top seven women for the Cavaliers return for a run this year and three of the top seven men return for the Hoos.

Individual / Team Notes:
One week, one award!: Two first years were named the Ragged Mountain Running Shop runners of the week for their performances at the Lou Onesty Invitational. Thad Minshall (Chevy Chase, Md./Landon) and Jeanna Composti (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem) were honored in the first week of their collegiate careers.