Men's Cross Country Posts Second Place Finish on the Backs of Three Top-10 Finishes
Meet: CNU XC Invitational
Location: Newport News, Va. (Christopher Newport University)
Distance: 8k (4.97 miles)
Team Scoring: 1 – William & Mary (38), 2 – VCU (57), 3 – Christopher Newport (99), 4 – Salisbury (100), 5 – Southern Virginia (136), 6 – Mary Washington (163), 7 – Virginia State (196), 8 – Bridgewater (Va.) (216), 9 – Eastern Mennonite (234), 10 – Virginia Wesleyan (298), 11 – Regent University (334).
The short story: Three VCU runners finished in the top ten, bringing home sixth, seventh, and eighth-place honors. These strong times led the Rams to a second-place finish, their highest of the young season.
THE FINISH LINE
- In a field of 133 competitors, the Rams were able to post six top-30 finishes, with three of those performances charting top-ten times.
- Cole Dawson led the way for the Rams, earning sixth-place with an 8k time of 25:52.08.
- Kendall Phillips and Hudson Barth provided the other top-ten finishes for the Rams, clocking in at 26:01.22 and 26:04.52, respectively.
- VCU puts up its most impressive race of the season garnering second place team honors.
HEAR FROM THE RAMS
"I think the overall the team did really well, we went in with the idea of packing up to help each other, and it translated into the race. One of the big problems of last year was not running together, but so far this year it has gotten better."
"Personally for me the race felt a whole lot better than last year, we picked off runners the whole race and ended our top 3 in the top 10 of the race. Last year we started out really fast and died out and this year was the opposite and we ended fast." – Kendall Phillips
"The guys had a pretty good day out there today. We've shifted our approach this year a bit and I think it will pay off as we get head into these next couple of races. We've got a few weeks until our next race so we're going to get to work and step back in the line ready to roll." – Director of Cross Country Austin Savage
UP NEXT
VCU cross country next travels to Greenville, N.C., where they will compete in the Pirate Cross Country Invitational hosted by East Carolina University on Friday, Oct. 4th.
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