Cavalier Harriers Take Third at NCAA Southeast Regionals

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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