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Oct. 13, 2001
Virginia’s Jennifer Owens finished sixth today in the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet to help the Cavaliers to a sixth-place finish as a team, defeating four ranked teams, including #12 Colorado State. Virginia, ranked #15 this week, totalled 265 points, edging perennial power Villanova by 2 and the #12 Rams by 20 points. Of the five teams that finished ahead of the Cavaliers, four were ranked in the top 6 and only #16 Washington finished ahead of Virginia. On the men’s side, Walton Kingsberry and Matt Ruhl finished two seconds apart to lead the men to a 17th place finish overall.
Owens ran the race in 20:59 and her teammate Sarah Folse finished in 21:47, good enough for 32nd place. A pack of Cavaliers, Jolene Hampson, Ellen Dwyer, and Meg McGarvey, finished eight seconds apart to complete the scoring for Virginia.
The top four scorers for the men’s team raced within 17 seconds of each other but it would not be enough to push the men into the top 15, which they missed by 10 points.
In the women’s invitational, Virginia’s Meg Schwartz took 12th to lead the team to a third-place finish. Jane Maxwell (18th) and Melanie Matthews (27th) also finished in the top 30 for the Cavaliers.
WOMEN6. Jennifer Owens 20:59 1. Stanford 72 #232. Sarah Folse 21:47 2. Brigham Young 74 #472. Jolene Hampson 22:31 3. NC State 142 #375. Ellen Dwyer 22:34 4. Boston College 150 #680. Meg McGarvey 22:39 5. Washington 231 #1685. Dawn Cleary 22:43 6. VIRGINIA 265 #1587. Sharon O'Connor 22:44 7. Villanova 267 NR 8. Colorado State 285 #12 9. Yale 306 #22 10. Marquette 362 #19 11. Notre Dame 385 #24
MEN60. Walton Kingsberry 25:47 1. Stanford 5662. Matt Ruhl 25:49 2. NC State 9478. Andy Filachek 26:02 3. No. Arizona 13685. Jeff Binggeli 26:04 4. BYU 192116. Will Christian 26:30 5. Oregon 233159. Steve Gross 27:01 17. VIRGINIA 401
Women’s Invitational12. Meg Schwartz 22:32 1. BYU 2518. Jane Maxwell 22:47 2. Guelph 9427. Melanie Matthews 23:13 3. VIRGINIA 11750. Ashley Seaton 23:43 4. Georgetown 12470. Lauren Chaikin 23:59 5. Minnesota 140111. Jessica Ellis 24:50 6. Emory 207
Men’s Invitational36. Brian Wood 26:2344. James Catano 26:3362. Dave Vitto 26:4693. Pat English 27:14