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Sept. 11, 1999
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Cavalier teammates Jenna Composti(Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem) and Kimberly Myers (Forest, Va./JeffersonForest) finished in sixth and seventh respectively in their firstcollegiate cross country race to spark the women’s team to a second placefinish at the Lou Onesty Invitational today in Charlottesville. CaptainDana Coons (Vienna, Va./James Madison) finished in ninth place to placethree Cavaliers in the top 10. The women finished second to James Madison,who took the first three places and five in the top 10 to win the race with19 points as the Cavaliers had 57.
Virginia freshmen Thad Minshall (Chevy Chase, Md./Landon) and BrianWood (Nevada City, Calif./Nevada Union) both finished in the top 10 intheir first collegiate cross country race to help the men’s cross countryteam to a third place finish at the Lou Onesty Invitation. Minshall’s timeof 26:36.8 was good enough for seventh while Wood finished in tenth at26:52.4. The men’s race was won by Liberty who perfect scored the meet.William and Mary placed five runners in the top 14 to take second with 50points and the Cavaliers were third with 84 points.
The Cavaliers will travel to Chapel Hill next weekend, Sept. 18, tocompete in the ACC Preview meet held at North Carolina.
WOMEN'S RESULTS MEN'S RESULTS1. Heather Hanscom JMU 17:43.4 1. Stephen Githuka Liberty 25:27.62. Bethany Eigel JMU 18:17.3 2. Brian Kiprono Liberty 26:00.33. Keisha Banks JMU 18:29.2 3. Josh Zealand Liberty 26:02.44. Cynthia Bauer W&M 18:36.2 4. Bruce Kite Liberty 26:11.75. Michelle Smith JMU 18:41.2 5. John Khan Liberty 26:20.96. Jenna Composti UVA 18:42.9 6. Nick Brockway W&M 26:30.97. Kimberly Myers UVA 18:44.2 7. Thad Minshall UVA 26:36.88. Brett Romano JMU 18:46.7 8. Ben Jenkins W&M 26:39.09. Dana Coons UVA 19:07.2 9. Aaron Rich W&M 26:46.710. Rebecca Parsons Lib 19:12.5 10. Brian Wood UVA 26:52.413. Megan Schwartz UVA 19:20.8 21. Ryan Webb UVA 27:24.424. Amy Eastwood UVA 19:59.1 24. David Glynn UVA 27:35.527. Kristen Haughey UVA 20:02.7 25. Jonathan Farrell UVA 27:38.432. Melanie Matthews UVA 20:07.3 33. Pat English UVA 28:11.652. Jenny Garow UVA 21:19.4 49. Jeff Binggeli UVA 29:01.853. Megan Kaminski UVA 21:21.4 50. Dunbar McGavock UVA 29:08.9 52. Pat Reilly UVA 29:14.0TEAM RESULTS 68. Leo Rohr UVA 30.10.41. James Madison 19 84. Bill Knowles UVA 34:12.52. Virginia 57 3. William & Mary 74 TEAM RESULTS4. Liberty 100 1. Liberty 155. Virginia Commonwealth 119 2. William & Mary 506. VMI 181 3. Virginia 847. Elon 196 4. VCU 1228. Southern Virginia 255 5. James Madison 142 9. Christopher Newport 263 6. VMI 170 7. Christopher Newp. 196 8. Elon 202 9. Southern Virginia 278 10. Hampden-Sydney 286