9 Inches Of Rain Made For Sloppy Conditions
Andrew Benford and Matt Llano leading the chase pack.
Men Finish 6th out of 42 Teams...
Women finish 7th out of 41 Teams...
Men Have 3 Finish Before Any NCAA Team...Benford (23:52-3rd), Llano (24:01-6th) and Quinn (24:31-24th)
Oct. 2, 2010
by KC Rismiller
Richmond SID
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Amy Van Alstine led the Spider women. BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The men's team placed sixth and the women's team finished seventh at the Paul Short Invitational on Friday morning. Senior Andrew Benford led the men and senior Amy Van Alstine led the women in the event's top-seeded races, hosted by Lehigh University.
The Spider men clinched sixth-place overall, defeating a number of NCAA top-ranking teams, one being 12th-ranked Iona College, in addition to beating out all Atlantic 10 men's competitors: La Salle (17th), Duquesne (19th), University of Massachusetts (30th), Saint Joseph's (31st) and Temple (34th). Richmond also overpowered regional competitors, including High Point (14th), Appalachian State (18th), and Liberty University (8th).
The Spider men clinched sixth-place overall, defeating a number of NCAA top-ranking teams, one being 12th-ranked Iona College, in addition to beating out all Atlantic 10 men's competitors: La Salle (17th), Duquesne (19th), University of Massachusetts (30th), Saint Joseph's (31st) and Temple (34th). Richmond also overpowered regional competitors, including High Point (14th), Appalachian State (18th), and Liberty University (8th).
"Our men did well today. Interestingly enough, you could say we lost it in the 1st mile. We were just not together the way we wanted at the mile. It was a really close race. 10 seconds was the difference between us being 6th and battling for the team title. It was the first race of the season for our entire team, so we needed to knock some rust off our spikes.
Andrew Benford took third place overall with a time of 23:52 and a pace of 4:49. He finished only 18 seconds behind the race winner, 2010 NCAA 10,000m champion, Sam Chelanga, from Liberty University.
"I'm proud of the way we competed," said Taylor. "These men certainly opened some eyes today. I was happy to see us have our top three in before any other team in the race. We had a 1:20 split for our 1-5. With a 1:00 split we are right there for the win."
Redshirt-senior Matt Llano came in second for the Spiders, sixth overall (24:01), followed by Tim Quinn, who finished 24th (24:31) and sophomore Levi Grandt in 89th (25:09). Sophomore Chris York came in 102nd (25:12), freshman Ryan Lee finished 157th (25:32), and Jason Skipper rounded out the Richmond top-seven in 188th (25:50).
"We take a lot of positive things away from this meet," said Taylor. "In 2 weeks we'll have to be ready for a fast race at Pre-Nationals... We had some tough men out there today."
The women also had an impressive showing at the Paul Short Invitational, finishing seventh out of 41 teams and surpassing all A-10 Conference competitors: La Salle (eighth), Saint Joseph's (23rd), Duquesne (31st), and the University of Massachusetts (32nd). In addition, Richmond beat all NCAA Southeast Region teams present at the event, including William and Mary (11th), Liberty (13th), Appalachian State (17th), and High Point (30th).
"We had a 45 second split two weeks ago and 1:44 today," said women's head coach Lori Taylor. "At this level we have to be under 50 seconds every race and our girls know it. Our 1-5 average (21:20 for the 6K) was better than 2 of the teams that beat us. Last year we were 21:48 average on a perfect dry day... We know what we must do."
Senior Amy Van Alstine was clocked at 20:28, placing eighth out of 367 female finishers.
"Amy Van Alstine ran an aggressive, competitive race today, said Lori Taylor. "She ran the type of race we needed to move into a top-30 ranked team."
Senior Nicol Traynor was the second Spider to finish, coming in 16th-place (20:56), followed by freshman Jill Prentice in 33rd (21:20). Senior Jenn Ennis placed 64th (21:44), sophomore Dana Guglielmo finished 101st (22:11), freshman Alli Mannon placed 115th (22:20), and freshman Roxanne Henningson came in 127th (22:25).
Overall, the University of Virginia won the men's race, followed by Georgetown in second and William and Mary in third.
Georgetown junior, Emily Infeld, won the women's Gold 6K race (20:04), helping her team to a first-place finish overall. Along with Infeld, two other Georgetown runners finished in the top-10, and all of the University's top-seven runners finished in the top-20. Second-place went to the University of Virginia, and James Madison University took third.
Up next for the Spiders is the NCAA Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind. on Oct. 16.
For more in-depth coverage on the race, visit Coach Taylor's blog, or follow him on Twitter.
Men’s Results Link
PLACE----TEAM----------POINTS---PLACES OF FINISHERS---AVG.--TIME SPREAD
1) University of Virginia----132---2, 18, 25, 43, 44, 51, 55----24:28---1:01
2) Georgetown --------------149---4, 13, 31, 33, 68, 103, 142--24:30---1:09
3) William & Mary---------170-----5, 12, 37, 52, 64, 114, 251--24:34---1:02
4) Dartmouth ----------------179---14, 28, 29, 50, 58, 69, 150--24:40---0:44
5) Guelph (CANADA)------206---9, 21, 22, 32, 122, 174,182--24:36---1:14
6) Richmond-----------------224---3, 6, 24, 89, 102, 157, 188--24:33---1:20
7) Columbia------------------227-----27, 34, 47, 59, 60, 65, 66---24:49---0:23
8) Liberty University--------308-----1, 11, 53, 85, 158, 163,226--24:39--1:59
9) Cornell--------------------321-----15, 40, 82, 91, 93, 94,143----24:53--0:55
10) Binghamton--------------335-----8, 48, 74, 87, 118, 196,211--24:54---1:14
11) Navy---------------------356-----7, 38, 76, 104, 131, 148,160--24:54--1:20
12) Lock Haven--------------413-----23, 54, 95, 108, 133, 154,224--25:02--0:55
13) Tennessee----------------436-----20, 61, 81, 127, 147, 165, 193--25:04--1:05
14) High Point University---461-----39, 46, 78, 145, 153,238,276--25:08--0:46
15) University Penn----------464-----26, 49, 88, 132, 169,204,214---25:08--1:04
16) New Mexico State-------485-----63, 83, 111, 112, 116, 117,144---25:11--0:17
17) La Salle University------486-----70, 73, 99, 120, 124, 141,166---25:12--0:18
18) Appalachian State--------510-----30, 72, 125, 137, 146,175,222---25:12--0:50
19) Duquesne University-----542-----57, 100, 106, 109,170,187,201--25:15--0:43
20) University of Maryland---559-----10, 17, 119, 190, 223,253,262---25:09--1:59
21) Allegheny-----------------615------42, 98, 149, 162,164,237,263---25:20--0:47
22) St. Lawrence University--619------56, 92, 101, 176, 194,212,255---25:23--1:00
23) Brown University---------640------67, 86, 115, 172,200,205,209---25:25--0:56
24) Haverford College--------655------80, 84, 159, 161,171,183,203-----25:24--0:34
25* Kent State-----------------677-------41, 128, 139, 177,192,210,256---25:26--1:06
25* Marist College-----------677-------77, 79, 138, 185, 198,213,227---25:28--0:52
27) University of Delaware---709------96, 97, 121, 179, 216,246,261----25:29--0:53
28) Stonehill College---------758------71, 105, 134, 215,233,266,274----25:34--1:07
29) Iona College--------------765------75, 126, 167, 178, 219, 243, X---25:34--0:59
30) University of Massach---800------90, 155, 180, 186,189,208,282---25:37--0:43
31) Saint Joseph's Univ------801-------36, 113, 184, 228,240,241,264---25:38--1:34
32) Lehigh University---------802-------45, 107, 173, 217,260,279,283---25:40--1:39
33) United States Military----846-------35, 191, 197, 202,221,239,245----25:43--1:24
34) Temple University---------886------62, 135, 140, 269,280,285,288----25:56--2:05
35) U M B C-------------------920------123, 152. 206, 207,232,250,258---25:48--0:49
36) Virginia Commonwealth---966------110, 156, 230,234,236,247,257----25:52--0:57
37) Suny Plattsburgh-----------1048-----19, 225, 254, 273, 277,281,X-----26:08--2:37
38) University of Rochester---1053-----168, 199, 220, 231,235,249,252---26:00--0:33
39) Stony Brook---------------1063-----130, 151, 244,267,271,284,287----26:07---1:26
40) Bucknell University------1071------181, 195, 218,229,248,265,272----26:03--0:38
41) Pittsburgh-----------------1078------129, 136, 268,270,275,289,291----26:14---1:32
42) Rider University---------1081-------16, 242, 259, 278, 286,290,X----26:16--3:09
Women’s Results Link
PLACE--TEAM POINTS----PLACES OF FINISHERS---AVG.-----TIME SPREAD
1) Georgetown--------------34-------1 4 6 11 12 14 17-------20:26------0:37
2) University of Virginia---98-------5 7 10 35 41 43 63----20:50------0:59
3) James Madison---------169------3 15 20 39 92 128 180--21:08----1:51
4) Cornell University-----198-----19 26 37 56 60 67 72----21:22----0:41
5) Columbia University---205----13 29 52 53 58 66 74-----21:21----0:50
6) Guelph (CANADA)----207-----9 44 47 50 57 73 83-----21:18----1:08
7) Richmond---------------222---8 16 33 64 101 115 127--21:20--1:44
8) La Salle University-----315-----42 51 55 70 97 111 130---21:41----0:46
9) New Hampshire--------352-----30 34 82 94 112 145 147--21:49---1:00
10) Colgate University----377-----2 24 69 133 149 223 240--21:40---2:30
11) William & Mary------381------23 77 86 90 105 138 175---21:52--1:07
12) Brown University-----389-----36 62 78 106 107 109 153--21:53--0:53
13) Liberty University-----411------18 27 45 150 171 206 215--21:50--1:52
14) Bucknell University---451-----48 59 89 121 134 173 213---22:01--1:03
15) University Penn-------493-----21 76 114 139 143 188 202--22:05--1:36
16) Dartmouth College----497-----68 71 93 124 141 182 204---22:09--0:49
17) Appalachian State-----501-----25 96 99 102 179 181 193---22:07--1:45
18) Univ of Maryland-----504-----54 65 87 122 176 196 230--22:08--1:20
19) New Mexico State-----505-----28 40 88 162 187 226 227--22:06--1:43
20* Iona College-----------596-----49 61 118 120 248, X, X-----22:20---2:19
20* Univ of Vermont------596-----31 80 125 161 199 201 232---22:19--1:51
22) Towson University----597-----84 108 113 144 148 247 261--22:22--0:38
23) Saint Josephs Univ----628-----75 104 123 135 191 218 234---22:25---1:11
24) Lehigh University-----652-----38 110 160 166 178 211 214---22:26---1:33
25) Quinnipiac Univ-------668-----46 119 126 172 205 208 224---22:27--1:46
26) Kent State--------------680----103 131 137 154 155 168 207---22:32--0:32
27) St. Lawrence Univ-----700-----22 91 152 200 235 249 253----22:31---2:26
28) United States Military-719-----116 129 140 164 170 186 192---22:36--0:29
29) Binghamton-------------749-----85 95 177 194 198 210 222-----22:39---1:09
30) High Point Univ--------792-----81 117 165 185 244 250 258----22:46---1:49
31) Duquesne University---804-----132 136 156 183 197 212 216---22:46---0:39
32) Univ of Massach-------814------79 151 167 189 228 239 243----22:47---1:34
33) Marist College---------857-----100 169 184 195 209 225 242---22:52---1:03
34) South Florida-----------993-----98 159 231 238 267 269 275----23:21---2:27
35) U M B C---------------1003-----32 174 251 270 276 278 279----23:38---3:57
36) Queen's University---1045----157 163 221 241 263 272--------23:25----1:35
37) VCU-------------------1109----146 217 236 254 256 265 274---23:34---1:30
38) Tennessee-------------1127-----142 220 245 252 268 271-------23:41----2:05
39) Villanova-------------1143-----203 219 229 233 259-----------23:34----1:03
40) Univ of Delaware----1190-----190 237 246 257 260 266 273--23:46---1:13
41) Mount St. Mary's-----1216-----158 255 262 264 277 280-------24:10---2:35
Senior Amy Van Alstine was clocked at 20:28, placing eighth out of 367 female finishers.
"Amy Van Alstine ran an aggressive, competitive race today, said Lori Taylor. "She ran the type of race we needed to move into a top-30 ranked team."
Senior Nicol Traynor was the second Spider to finish, coming in 16th-place (20:56), followed by freshman Jill Prentice in 33rd (21:20). Senior Jenn Ennis placed 64th (21:44), sophomore Dana Guglielmo finished 101st (22:11), freshman Alli Mannon placed 115th (22:20), and freshman Roxanne Henningson came in 127th (22:25).
Overall, the University of Virginia won the men's race, followed by Georgetown in second and William and Mary in third.
Georgetown junior, Emily Infeld, won the women's Gold 6K race (20:04), helping her team to a first-place finish overall. Along with Infeld, two other Georgetown runners finished in the top-10, and all of the University's top-seven runners finished in the top-20. Second-place went to the University of Virginia, and James Madison University took third.
Up next for the Spiders is the NCAA Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind. on Oct. 16.
For more in-depth coverage on the race, visit Coach Taylor's blog, or follow him on Twitter.
Men’s Results Link
PLACE----TEAM----------POINTS---PLACES OF FINISHERS---AVG.--TIME SPREAD
1) University of Virginia----132---2, 18, 25, 43, 44, 51, 55----24:28---1:01
2) Georgetown --------------149---4, 13, 31, 33, 68, 103, 142--24:30---1:09
3) William & Mary---------170-----5, 12, 37, 52, 64, 114, 251--24:34---1:02
4) Dartmouth ----------------179---14, 28, 29, 50, 58, 69, 150--24:40---0:44
5) Guelph (CANADA)------206---9, 21, 22, 32, 122, 174,182--24:36---1:14
6) Richmond-----------------224---3, 6, 24, 89, 102, 157, 188--24:33---1:20
7) Columbia------------------227-----27, 34, 47, 59, 60, 65, 66---24:49---0:23
8) Liberty University--------308-----1, 11, 53, 85, 158, 163,226--24:39--1:59
9) Cornell--------------------321-----15, 40, 82, 91, 93, 94,143----24:53--0:55
10) Binghamton--------------335-----8, 48, 74, 87, 118, 196,211--24:54---1:14
11) Navy---------------------356-----7, 38, 76, 104, 131, 148,160--24:54--1:20
12) Lock Haven--------------413-----23, 54, 95, 108, 133, 154,224--25:02--0:55
13) Tennessee----------------436-----20, 61, 81, 127, 147, 165, 193--25:04--1:05
14) High Point University---461-----39, 46, 78, 145, 153,238,276--25:08--0:46
15) University Penn----------464-----26, 49, 88, 132, 169,204,214---25:08--1:04
16) New Mexico State-------485-----63, 83, 111, 112, 116, 117,144---25:11--0:17
17) La Salle University------486-----70, 73, 99, 120, 124, 141,166---25:12--0:18
18) Appalachian State--------510-----30, 72, 125, 137, 146,175,222---25:12--0:50
19) Duquesne University-----542-----57, 100, 106, 109,170,187,201--25:15--0:43
20) University of Maryland---559-----10, 17, 119, 190, 223,253,262---25:09--1:59
21) Allegheny-----------------615------42, 98, 149, 162,164,237,263---25:20--0:47
22) St. Lawrence University--619------56, 92, 101, 176, 194,212,255---25:23--1:00
23) Brown University---------640------67, 86, 115, 172,200,205,209---25:25--0:56
24) Haverford College--------655------80, 84, 159, 161,171,183,203-----25:24--0:34
25* Kent State-----------------677-------41, 128, 139, 177,192,210,256---25:26--1:06
25* Marist College-----------677-------77, 79, 138, 185, 198,213,227---25:28--0:52
27) University of Delaware---709------96, 97, 121, 179, 216,246,261----25:29--0:53
28) Stonehill College---------758------71, 105, 134, 215,233,266,274----25:34--1:07
29) Iona College--------------765------75, 126, 167, 178, 219, 243, X---25:34--0:59
30) University of Massach---800------90, 155, 180, 186,189,208,282---25:37--0:43
31) Saint Joseph's Univ------801-------36, 113, 184, 228,240,241,264---25:38--1:34
32) Lehigh University---------802-------45, 107, 173, 217,260,279,283---25:40--1:39
33) United States Military----846-------35, 191, 197, 202,221,239,245----25:43--1:24
34) Temple University---------886------62, 135, 140, 269,280,285,288----25:56--2:05
35) U M B C-------------------920------123, 152. 206, 207,232,250,258---25:48--0:49
36) Virginia Commonwealth---966------110, 156, 230,234,236,247,257----25:52--0:57
37) Suny Plattsburgh-----------1048-----19, 225, 254, 273, 277,281,X-----26:08--2:37
38) University of Rochester---1053-----168, 199, 220, 231,235,249,252---26:00--0:33
39) Stony Brook---------------1063-----130, 151, 244,267,271,284,287----26:07---1:26
40) Bucknell University------1071------181, 195, 218,229,248,265,272----26:03--0:38
41) Pittsburgh-----------------1078------129, 136, 268,270,275,289,291----26:14---1:32
42) Rider University---------1081-------16, 242, 259, 278, 286,290,X----26:16--3:09
Women’s Results Link
PLACE--TEAM POINTS----PLACES OF FINISHERS---AVG.-----TIME SPREAD
1) Georgetown--------------34-------1 4 6 11 12 14 17-------20:26------0:37
2) University of Virginia---98-------5 7 10 35 41 43 63----20:50------0:59
3) James Madison---------169------3 15 20 39 92 128 180--21:08----1:51
4) Cornell University-----198-----19 26 37 56 60 67 72----21:22----0:41
5) Columbia University---205----13 29 52 53 58 66 74-----21:21----0:50
6) Guelph (CANADA)----207-----9 44 47 50 57 73 83-----21:18----1:08
7) Richmond---------------222---8 16 33 64 101 115 127--21:20--1:44
8) La Salle University-----315-----42 51 55 70 97 111 130---21:41----0:46
9) New Hampshire--------352-----30 34 82 94 112 145 147--21:49---1:00
10) Colgate University----377-----2 24 69 133 149 223 240--21:40---2:30
11) William & Mary------381------23 77 86 90 105 138 175---21:52--1:07
12) Brown University-----389-----36 62 78 106 107 109 153--21:53--0:53
13) Liberty University-----411------18 27 45 150 171 206 215--21:50--1:52
14) Bucknell University---451-----48 59 89 121 134 173 213---22:01--1:03
15) University Penn-------493-----21 76 114 139 143 188 202--22:05--1:36
16) Dartmouth College----497-----68 71 93 124 141 182 204---22:09--0:49
17) Appalachian State-----501-----25 96 99 102 179 181 193---22:07--1:45
18) Univ of Maryland-----504-----54 65 87 122 176 196 230--22:08--1:20
19) New Mexico State-----505-----28 40 88 162 187 226 227--22:06--1:43
20* Iona College-----------596-----49 61 118 120 248, X, X-----22:20---2:19
20* Univ of Vermont------596-----31 80 125 161 199 201 232---22:19--1:51
22) Towson University----597-----84 108 113 144 148 247 261--22:22--0:38
23) Saint Josephs Univ----628-----75 104 123 135 191 218 234---22:25---1:11
24) Lehigh University-----652-----38 110 160 166 178 211 214---22:26---1:33
25) Quinnipiac Univ-------668-----46 119 126 172 205 208 224---22:27--1:46
26) Kent State--------------680----103 131 137 154 155 168 207---22:32--0:32
27) St. Lawrence Univ-----700-----22 91 152 200 235 249 253----22:31---2:26
28) United States Military-719-----116 129 140 164 170 186 192---22:36--0:29
29) Binghamton-------------749-----85 95 177 194 198 210 222-----22:39---1:09
30) High Point Univ--------792-----81 117 165 185 244 250 258----22:46---1:49
31) Duquesne University---804-----132 136 156 183 197 212 216---22:46---0:39
32) Univ of Massach-------814------79 151 167 189 228 239 243----22:47---1:34
33) Marist College---------857-----100 169 184 195 209 225 242---22:52---1:03
34) South Florida-----------993-----98 159 231 238 267 269 275----23:21---2:27
35) U M B C---------------1003-----32 174 251 270 276 278 279----23:38---3:57
36) Queen's University---1045----157 163 221 241 263 272--------23:25----1:35
37) VCU-------------------1109----146 217 236 254 256 265 274---23:34---1:30
38) Tennessee-------------1127-----142 220 245 252 268 271-------23:41----2:05
39) Villanova-------------1143-----203 219 229 233 259-----------23:34----1:03
40) Univ of Delaware----1190-----190 237 246 257 260 266 273--23:46---1:13
41) Mount St. Mary's-----1216-----158 255 262 264 277 280-------24:10---2:35
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