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

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Balouris Talks w. Flotrack & Selected National Athlete of the Week

Elaina Balouris was selected at the national athlete of the week.  

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

Flotrack Ranks W&M 8th

As an alumnus it was wonderful during the men's 14 year NCAA XC string of appearances, but I am having fun watching the women improve so much.  After making it to the NCAA meet for the first time in years last year the entire team returns in tact which is why Flotrack predicts that the women will be 8th this fall at the NCAA meet. 

Flotrack Interviews Emily Stites

Watch more video of Cross Country Season on Flotrack 2013 on flotrack.org
Emily Stites went from a 5:05 senior a year ago to a two time All-American.  Above is a recent interview with Flotrack. 

Women's Team Ranked 7th in Pre-Season Poll

William and Mary is returning its entire team from last year and not surprisingly is ranked 7th in the US on the strength of that.  Elaina Boularis is ranked 9th overall.  

Friend-Uhl Wins Two Races at Master's US Championships

It is hard to believe that Sonja Friend-Uhl (on left) graduated just a few years after me and is still running so quickly.  This weekend she was helped set a 40-49 4x800 world record of 9:18.33.  She also won the 40+ 1500 meter race.  

Deb Boykin Honored

For those of you who were runners in the mid 1980s you well remember Jim Goggin and his wife Deb Boykin (how many parties did we go to at their home near the library).  Well Deb is now the long time director of Residence Hall Life and has been honored by the Virginia College and University Housing Officers who named their highest professional award after her. More

Stites Wins USA Junior 5K

Frosh Emily Stites crushed the runners in the USA junior 5K with a 16:17 to easily beat the second place finisher who came in 17:01.