Multiple Athletes Make it to the NCAA Regional Round

Here is the women's list which includes Emily Stites (4th in the 5K), Meghan McGovern (47th in the 5K), Elaina Balouris (11th in the 10K) and Dylan Hassett (40th in the 10K).

Here is the men's list which includes Liam Anastasia-Murphy (45th in the steeple), Alex McGrath  (11th in the 5K), Radford Gunzenhauser (47th in the 5K), Josh Hardin (18th in the 10K), Austin Vegas  (42nd in the pole vault), Robert Smutsky (29th in the javelin) and John Muller (38th in the 1500).  
  

27:59 for Christo Landry

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I remember seeing Landry get 13th place at the NCAA XC meet a number of years ago.  Then he headed into injury oblivion and took three years to get back to where he was before.  Two years ago he notched a mid 28 10K and now at the Payton Jordan meet he became the second fastest W&M runner ever (after Ed Moran) when he knocked out a 27:59 10K.  

Alex McGrath Runs 13:55

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Alex McGrath became the 9th fastest W&M 5K runner outdoors with his 13:55 at the Mt. SAC Relays.  McGrath also won a Fulbright scholarship to study in Russia.  More

Stites Smashes W&M 5K Record

Emily Stites ran 15:45 breaking the school record by 18 seconds which is also the third fastest under 20 time in the world so far this year.  The time qualifies her for the USAT&F meet and is the 10th fastest among NCAA runner.  Amazingly it is only five seconds off the US junior record. You can see the race above and read more about it here. 

Two Women Set School Records

Elaina Balouris placed second in the women’s 5,000-metre event at the Colonial Relays on Friday, 6^thApril.   Her 16:03.43 time eclipsed Marcie Homan’s school record.  The Tribe's other school record, and an ECAC-qualifier to boot, came in the 200m dash where freshman Jessica Ewing took seventh overall in 24.52 seconds. Here are the other women's results. 

The men had two IC4A qualifiers on the first day of competition.  The Tribe's first IC4A mark of the weekend came in the 1,500m, where senior John Muller ran 3:47.93 for a big lifetime-best and to take seventh overall.  Rad Gunzenhauser also dipped in under the qualifying barrier, this time in the 5,000m, running 14:13.56 and taking ninth overall.  Two weeks ago at the Tribe Invitational, Gunzenhauser ran 29:50 in the 10,000m to meet the IC4A requirement in that event.  Here are more men's results. 

Stites at the World XC Race

There are multiple of Emily Stites from the world xc champs which you can find here, here, here, here and here.

Stimson Featured in Flat Hat

Dan Stimson, former director of the track team and now assistant coach was featured in the Flat Hat, which you can see here. 

Balouris, Gunzenhauser, Vegas Are CAA Athletes of the Week

William and Mary All-American Elaina Balouris (Allison Park, Pa.) opened the spring season last weekend with one of the nation's fastest times at 3,000m, and was rewarded for her efforts Tuesday with selection as the Colonial Athletic Association Track Athlete of the Week.  This is the eighth weekly honor of Balouris' career. At the Tribe Invitational on Saturday, the junior math major opened the day by finishing second behind teammate Katie Buenaga (Greenville, Del.) in the 1,500m run, finishing with a time of 4:34.65.  At the end of the day, she came back and won the 3,000m convincingly, running 9:37.79 to qualify for the ECAC Championships.  It is the fifth-fastest time in the nation so far this spring.

The William and Mary men's track and field team took home both weekly honors from the Colonial Athletic Association on Tuesday, as Rad Gunzenhauser (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Austin Vegas(Kernersville, N.C.) were honored for their exploits last weekend.  This is the second weekly award for Gunzenhauser, and the first of Vegas' young career. Gunzenhauser was named Track Athlete of the Week after he won the 10,000m at the Tribe Invitational on Friday night with a nation-leading time of 29:50.06.  His performance, in addition to being a lifetime-best by more than minute, qualifies the junior for the IC4A Championships.  Gunzenhauser now ranks 13th all-time at W&M in the long-distance event. Vegas was a co-winner of the Field Athlete of the Week award after opening his spring with an IC4A-qualifying jump of 4.80 meters (15-9) in the pole vault.  Vegas, who was declared the winner of the event on criteria over classmate Greg Gallagher (Elmsford, N.Y.), also had three solid attempts at a Tribe freshman-record of 4.91m (16-1).  Vegas is tied for seventh all-time at W&M outdoors in the pole vault (alongside Gallagher).

Video Recap of Stites' Race

Here is a video recap of the junior women's race from the World XC race. 

Stites is 23rd at World XC

Frosh Emily Stites continues to absolutely shine with a 23rd finish at the World XC championships.  She was the second woman (after winning the trials for the US) for the US in a time of 19:37 following the winner's time of 17:57 (bottom of the first page).  The USA Junior women finished 6th overall.