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| Richmond Women's Cross Country Team, dressed in pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, raised money and awareness on October 22, 2011. (L-R) Coach Lori Taylor, Allie Mannon, Lydia Morton, Taylor Clevinger, Emily Graber, ANDI DEFONCE, Roxanne Henningson, Clare Moretz, Jill Prentice, Dana Guglielmo...Back Rom (R-L) Liz Schinski, Emma Berry, Amanda Lineberry, Beth Kelly and Alyson McGonigle. |
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| Sophomore, Jill Prentice returned to the Spiders lineup this past weekend. An NCAA 5K East Region Championships qualifier last spring, Prentice ran a meet record 17:37 to lead the Spiders to victory over William & Mary and Hampton. |
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| (L-R) Row 1- Stephanie Paradis, Allie Stapleton, Jill Prentice, Clare Moretz, Roxanne Henningson, Taylor Clevinger, Lydia Morton...Row 2-Amanda Lineberry, Dana Guglielmo, Beth Kelly, Liz Schinski, Jason Skipper, Billy Fayette, Tim Becker, Paul Myer, Matthew Groff...Row 3- Patrick Love, Andrew Valenski, Ryan Lee, Conor Phelan, Chris York, Kyle Ragan, Adam Owens. |
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| Day 2 started in Richmond with a short run before we headed to Lexington...The Blue Ridge Mountains were calling our team. |
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| After we arrived and settled at our hotel our men's and women's teams ran on the Chessie Trail. The trail is an old railroad line from Lexington to Buena Vista turned into a running/biking trail for the community. |
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| The Chessie Trail begins in Lexington and parallels the Maury River. |
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| The start of the Chessie Trail...Lori and Luke in the background. |
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| ...more of the Chessie Trail... |
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| The 2011 Spider Women's Cross Country Team on the Chessie Trail... |
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| (L-R) Beth Kelly, Amanda Lineberry, Jill Prentice and Liz Schinski. |
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| (L-R) Taylor Clevinger, Roxanne Henningson and Clare Moretz |
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| The Spider men...In view (L-R) Chris York, Billy Fayette and Ryan Lee... |
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| Freshman Matthew Groff finishing the run... |
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| Patrick Love and Kyle Ragan... |
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| (L-R) Chris York, Andrew Valenski and Ryan Lee... |
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| Freshmen Tim Becker and Paul Myer... |
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| One of the whitetail deer spotted on the trail... |
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| Team members get ready to stretch following the run... |
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| (L-R) Ryan Lee, Andrew Valenski, Assistant Coach Jon Molz and Head Coach Lori Taylor after the run. |
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| Billy Fayette and Andrew Valenski... |
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| Matthew Groff and Tim Becker... |
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| The"Finish" marker on the Chessie Trail. |
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| Downtown Lexington is the location of Salerno's Restaurant where we had dinner... |
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| Salerno's Restaurant took care of us. Great food...Great service!! |
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| Everyone was ready to eat... |
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| Jill Prentice and Allie Stapleton at Salerno's |
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| Coach Lori Taylor answers one of the countless e-mail messages she received on this day. |
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| After dinner the team walked around downtown and visited a historic park in the center of town. |
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| (L-R) Paul Myer, Billy Fayette and Chris York. |
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| The road headed to Goshen Pass...where we were going to go swimming after the run but an overnight downpour left the Maury River flooded and too muddy to swim. |
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| The Maury River in Goshen Pass... |
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| Another view of the Maury River... |
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| One of the picnic areas in Goshen Pass... |
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| The water was too high... |
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| Laurel Run is a forest access road into the National Forest in Goshen Pass... |
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| Freshman Billy Fayette (left) and Paul Myer (middle) are greeted by Spider sophomore Adam Owens (right) at check-in for the 2011 University of Richmond Preseason Cross Country Camp. Athletes moved into their dorms and apartments on Sunday. |
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| Coach Lori Taylor greets sophomore Jill Prentice and her family. Prentice ran the 5K in 16:39 this past spring to qualify for the first round of the NCAA Championships in Indiana. |
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| Assistant Coach Jon Molz speaks with Peter Vexter the morning of check-in. |
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| (L-R) Assistant Coach Andrew Benford, Andrew Valenski (Fr) and Jason Skipper (Jr) in the Hall Of Fame Room at Check-in. |
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| The Spiders!!! |
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| Assistant Director of Athletics, Maura Bolger speaks to the team in a preseason meeting to cover everything from NCAA Rules Compliance, Academic Advising and several other items. |
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| Lydia Morton and other team members complete forms for the NCAA. |
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| After an great dinner at Bertucci's it was time to stop by DeLuca Gelato...DeLuca Gelato is a proud sponsor of the Fred Hardy Invitational Track & Field Meet on our campus. |
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| Team members try to decide... |
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| ...and that's not easy. |
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| Nick & Terry DeLuca are the owners... Here they serve our team with the best Gelato in the nation... as voted on by Luke Taylor. |
