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Nov. 10, 2001
Virginia’s Jennifer Owens took third at the NCAA Southeast Regional and teammates Sarah Folse and Meg McGarvey took 8th and 17th overall as the fourteenth-ranked Cavaliers finished third as a team, giving them enough points to qualify for the NCAA national championships next week at Furman University. Owens covered the 6K race in 21:02 and Folse ran a 21:40. Virginia’s third through eight runners were all just 50 seconds apart, a pack that solidified Virginia’s third place finish. On the men’s side, Walton Kingsberry took 13th, earning All-Region honors and a trip to the NCAA championships as well as the men took fifth as a team.
The Virginia women last went to the NCAA championships in 1993.
The men are awaiting a bid which will be extended on Monday. Kingsberry will go as an at-large selection even if the men are not selected as an at-large team.
Full results are listed below:
WOMEN3. Jennifer Owens 21:02 1. NC State 458. Sarah Folse 21:40 2. UNC 4917. Meg McGarvey 22:13 3. VIRGINIA 8630. Ellen Dwyer 22:3337. Sharon O'Connor 22:4139. Meg Schwartz 22:4253. Dawn Cleary 23:03
MEN13. Walton Kingsberry 30:52 1. NC State 3025. Justin Wood 31:25 2. Wm & Mary 7229. Matt Ruhl 31:30 3. Wake Forest 8243. Andy Filachek 31:56 4. Duke 8648. Will Christian 32:06 5. VIRGINIA 14488. Steve Gross 33:10125. Jeff Binggeli 33:57