Gousen Chosen as CAA Runner of the Week
Senior Emily Gousen (Arlington, Va.) was honored today by the Colonial Athletic Association as Co-Runner of the Week, sharing the award with Towson’s Katie Ogden. It is the first such award in her career. Read more.

(Senior Abby Booker, right)

Early Season Rankings
Head men’s cross country Alex Gibby thinks his squad has what it takes to equal or better last year’s eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, and the nation’s coaching association seems to agree, ranking William and Mary 12th in the nation. Read more. Meanwhile the USTFCCCA announced Tuesday that William and Mary’s women’s cross country team was tabbed as the eighth-place team in the Southeast Region with the release of the season’s initial set of polls. Over the weekend, the Tribe finished second at the Lou Onesty Invitational, only seven points behind the UVA Cavaliers who ar ranked 11th in the US. Read more. (Abby Booker on right is a team leader)

Women Finish 2nd, Men 4th At The Lou Onesty Invitational
William and Mary’s men’s cross country team opened its 2007 season at the Lou Onesty Invitational, placing fourth out of nine teams. Duke won the event with a score of 35-55 over the host Cavaliers of the University of Virginia. Virginia’s Andy Biladeau ran 24:25.8 to claim a 12-second victory in the eight-kilometer race. Read more. Senior Emily Gousen (Arlington, Va.) and the William and Mary women’s cross country team picked right back up where they left off last November, powering to a second-place finish at the Lou Onesty Invitational. The host Cavaliers won the eight-team event, 30-37, behind 2006 All-American Emily Harrison’s winning time of 17:16.5 on the five-kilometer course. Read more.

W&M's Best Ever Cross Country Team (as they looked in 1973 and when they were enshrined into the W&M Hall of Fame).

Five W&M XC teams have finished in the top ten at the NCAA meet, last year’s 8th place team, 2000 (10th), 1997 (9th), 1970 (10th) and the 1973 team that finished 4th. With the men aiming for a second straight top ten finish, I thought it might be interesting to look at the best W&M team of all time – the 1973 team that has long been enshrined in the W&M Hall of Fame. Read more

What's It Like To Recruit?
Coach Gibby answered a few questions about college recruiting in the internet age.
Q. What is the best part about recruiting?
A. Attracting individuals that will fit our program's profile athletically, academically, andpersonally. Also, though it does not happen often, landing a recruit that will contribute as a freshman at a regional/national level is always enjoyable. Read more

Will the Men's XC Team Make it 12 Straight?
The men's team returns four of its seven competitors from last year’s NCAA squad, including two-time All-American Christo Landry (Falls Church, Va.), who will try to join Matt Lane ’01 as the Tribe’s only three-time All-Americans in cross country. Coach Gibby has also done a fine job recruiting his new class (click here for the list and their accomplishments) of harriers. This depth and the long tradition of distance excellence should mean the team will be looking to go to the NCAA's for the 12th straight time and perhaps improve on their 8th place performance of 2007. Read more

Will the XC Women Return to the NCAA Meet?
The Tribe returns four of its six All-CAA runners from last season, including senior Emily Gousen (Arlington, Va.) and sophomore Anna Brousell (Wilmington, Del.), who both earned All-East honors at the ECAC championships in addition to their top-10 billing at the CAA Championships. Coach Newberry has also recruited a stellar class of harriers who will add great depth (click here to see their names and accomplishments). With such a strong returning team, the women are surely hoping to return to the NCAA meet for the first time since 2005. Read more

Moran runs PR of 7:50 at DN Galan meet in Stockholm
Assistant coach Ed Moran ran a 7:50.34 3K at the DN Galan meet today. The race was won Kenenisa Bekele in 7:25 who is the reigning World Cross Champion and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 10K. Ed now heads to the Falmouth road race this Sunday.

Ed Moran Video Interview
Ed talks about the training consistency that has led to his breakthrough year.

Frey Reports on Finishing 4th in the Pan-Am Marathon
The Pan Am have been one of the coolest experience of my life. I arrived after a long flight down with fellow marathoner Chris Lundstrom, along with 10,000 meter guys Jason Hartman and Jorge Torres. Read more