Friday, November 15, 2013

Women Make the NCAA Meet

Led by winner Emily Stites and six placer Elaina Boularis the women's team finished second in their regional meet earning a second straight trip to the NCAA meet.  Stites, by the way, is the first W&M woman ever to win a regional meet and she is only a sophomore.  More

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Men & Women Win CAA Champs

The women's team went 1-5 to win the CAA championship in a perfect 15 point score.  Tribe senior All-American Elaina Balouris (Allison Park, Pa.) repeated as the individual champion, finishing in 21:17.11 just a stride ahead of sophomore All-American Emily Stites (Wyoming, Ohio) in 21:17.30.  Balouris is the first woman to win back-to-back conference titles since the Tribe's Emily Anderson '10 in 2008 and 2009.  SeniorMichelle Britto (Woodbridge, Va.) took the bronze medal in 21:36.73, and sophomore Meghan McGovern (North Wales, Pa.) was fourth in 21:44.61.  Junior Dylan Hassett (Alpharetta, Ga.) completed the sweep in fifth place, crossing the finish in 21:52.23.  More

The men's team won in the low score of 25 points stretching their streak to 14 straight years of winning the CAA.  Leading the way for the Tribe once again was Rad Gunzenhauser (Pittsburgh, Pa.), who finished second overall in 24:46.56.  Freshman Trevor Sleight (Asheville, N.C.) was the bronze medalist in 25:05.17, the best finish for a true freshman since All-American Christo Landry '08 was second in 2004.  Sophomore Ryan Gousse (Apopka, Fla.) was fifth in 25:16.66. More

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Sunday, October 20, 2013

New Coach John Jefferson Talks to Flotrack


This is an interview with new W&M coach John Jefferson done by Flotrack and Pre-Nationals. 

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Women 8th, Men 31st at Pre-Nationals

The women proved their top ranking in the US is legitimate with an 8th place finish at the Pre-Nationals meet in Terre Haute. Emily Stites finished eighth overall in 20:17.8. while  Elaina Balouris was 12th.  More

Rad Gunzenhauser led the team in 112th place with a 24:42 time.  More

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Women 2nd, Men 8th at UVA Invite

The women's team cruised to a second place finish at the UVA Invitational with Elaina Balouris was first and Emily Stites coming in 1st and 3rd. but the third finisher not coming in until 18th.  The women are currently ranked 14th in the US.  More

The men finished 8th overall, 4th in VA - all behind divisional rivals which makes it tough for going to the NCAA meet.  Rad Gunzenhauser led the way Rad Gunzenhauser with an 8th place finish in 23:58.  More

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Men 3rd, Women Win at Richmond

Junior Rad Gunzenhauser (Pittsburgh, Pa.) made himself right at home at Pole Green Park, running 15:02.3 to win the individual title for the second year in a row.  These two cross country wins bookended a year that saw Gunzenhauser win three track races, including the IC4A 5,000m indoors.  Sophomore Nathaniel Hermsmeier(Charlottesville, Va.) was second for the team and fifth overall, finishing in 15:14.9, while junior David Gunnerson(Yorktown, Va.) was 15th in 15:35.4.  Sophomore Ian MacFawn (LaVale, Md.) ran 15:39.4 for 18th place, andRyan Gousse (Apopka, Fla.) was 37th to round out the team scoring.  Filling out the roster of seven in-uniform competitors were junior Joshua Mercado (Citrus Heights, Calif.), 40th, and sophomore Ricky Cappetta(Stafford, Va.), 44th. More

The Tribe put five runners in the top seven overall, and five of the top six scorers to finish just one point away from a best-possible 15.  Leading the way once again was All-American senior Elaina Balouris (Allison Park, Pa.), who pulled away from sophomore All-American Emily Stites (Wyoming, Ohio) to take the win, 10:17.5 to 10:18.3.  Both harriers broke the meet record set by Stites last year, as did fourth-place finisher sophomore Meghan McGovern(North Wales, Pa.), who ran 10:31.0.  Junior Dylan Hassett (Alpharetta, Ga.) was fifth overall in 10:37.8, and senior Michelle Britto (Woodbridge, Va.) was seventh in 10:38.1, just a step out of sixth.  Junior Carolyn Hennessey (Herndon, Va.), ninth in 10:56.6, and sophomore Becca Eudailey (Quinton, Va.), 13th in 11:00.7, rounded out the top seven places for W&M. More