Richmond Cross Country Supports Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation

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.

Cross Country Team Donated to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation
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Spider XC Squads Conclude Preseason Camp - RichmondSpiders.com - The Official Athletic Website of the University of Richmond

(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. 

Spider XC Squads Conclude Preseason Camp - RichmondSpiders.com - The Official Athletic Website of the University of Richmond

2011 Mt SAC Relays--Day 2 (3K SC & 10K Day-April 14)

Jenn Ennis in the 3K Steeplechase at the 2011 Mt SAC Relays.

Jenn Ennis Ran a 21 Second Personal Best (10:39.93) in the 3K Steeplechase...Results & Video HERE

Beth Kelly ran 36:08.68 for the 10K placing 5th in Ht#2...a 10 second PR from 2 weeks ago... Results & Video HERE 

Chris York ran the 10K in 30:11.99 setting a 76 second PR from last year. Results & Video HERE

 Jenn Ennis's 3K Steeple Splits:  
78.0
2:40.8
4:06.0
5:33.6
7:01.5
8:29.8
9:59.4
10:39.93 = 3K Steeple

Beth Kelly's 10K Splits: 
90.0
85.0
87.4
87.0=5:49.6 at 1600M
87.7
88.5
84.1
84.5=11:34.5 at 3200M
84.9
85.9
86.1
85.7=17:18.1 at 3 miles
(17:79.4 at 5K)
85.9
86.5
86.8
86.1=23:02.4 at 4Miles
87.0
88.0
87.3
87.9=28:53.3 at 5Miles
88.2
87.9
87.4
86.2=34:42.2 at 6 miles
85.4=36:08.68 for 10K
Chris York's 10K Splits: 
74.1
2:27.0 (72.9)
3:38.6 (71.6)
4:50.1 (71.4)=1600M
6:00.5 (70.4)
7:11.1 (70.5)
8:23.1 (72.0)
9:34.5 (71.4)=3200M
10:45.9 (71.4)
11:57.8 (71.9)
13:09.3 (71.5)
14:21.6 (72.2)= 3 miles
14:57.1 (35.7)=5K
15:32.9 (35.5)
16:46.1 (73.6)
17:59.1 (72.7)
19:12.1 (72.8)= 4 miles
20:24.7 (72.6)
21:37.3 (72.5)
22:50.1 (73.5)
24:05.2 (74.4) =5 miles
25:21.2 (76.0)
26:36.5 (75.1)
27:51.4 (74.9)
29:05.5 (74.0) =6 miles
30:11.99 (66.4)=10K

Jenn Ennis on her way to 10:39.93 in the 3K Steeple.

Jenn Ennis

Jenn Ennis just after the 1600M
which she went through in 5:33.

Just after 2K...

Beth Kelly on her way to a new personal best 36:08.68. 
She won the Colonial Relays 2 weeks ago
setting a meet and facility record in the process.

Beth and Lori talk about her race.

Chris York (SO) ran a 75 second  personal best to place 20th in the U/O Men's 10K...
His time was 30:11.99.
RESULTS HERE

Beth Kelly and Jenn Ennis following their races.

2011 Mt SAC Relays (Day 1-Travel Day-April 13)



The traveling Spiders for the 2011 Mt SAC Relays...
(L-R) Matt Llano, Andrew Benford, Jill Prentice, Jenn Ennis,
Amy Van Alstine, Chris York, Ryan Lee, Beth Kelly, Heather Roush, Nicol Traynor...
Here the team poses at the track & field stadium

Watch the races on Runnerspace.com and FloTrack

Remember these races will start PST (3 hours later than the East Coast)...

Richmond Spiders racing Thursday (April 14)
----Jenn Ennis runs the 3K Steeple tonight at 6:30PM (PST)
----Beth Kelly the 10K at 9:22PM/10:00PM (PST)
----Chris York will run the 10K at 10:40PM (PST)...

Richmond Spiders competing Friday (April 15)----Heather Roush comptes in the Javelin Throw at 9:00AM (PST) and the Discus Throw at 6:00PM (PST).
----Amy Van Alstine and Nicol Traynor the 5K at 9:34PM (PST)
----Andrew Benford and Matt Llano the 5K at 9:52PM (PST)
----Jill Prentice in the 5K at 10:08PM (PST)
----Ryan Lee in the 5K at 11:34PM (PST)


Here are a few photos from DAY #1...our travel day to the Relays...

Andrew Benford, Matt Llano and Ryan Lee doing strides on Wednesday...
They each run the 5K Friday night..

Beth Kelly stretches before her prerace run on Wednesday..
She will run the 10K tomorrow..

Heather Roush ptting on her Javelin shoes...

Matt Llano steches outside the track....

A few throws for Roush...

Chris York will run the 10K tomorrow.  Here he gets in a couple strides.

Nicol Traynor and Jill Prentice will run the 5K on Friday night.

Amy Van Alstine will also run the 5K on Friday evening.

Jenn Ennis will run the 3K steeple...Here she, Coach Lori and Luke finish with her prerace.

Before going to the track we stopped in Hollywood for lunch...



The team wanted to go to California Pizza Kitchen (CPK).
They possed outside CPK witht he Hollywood sing in the background.
(L-R) Roush, Kelly, York, Lee, Ennis, Prentice, Van Alstine, Traynor, Benford, Llano and in front, Luke



Jamacian Jerk Pizza from CPK is pretty good.

The LA skyline from a rooftop on Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood.

A pretty good place to watch the show..and a show it is.

Run Amy...Elmo is baaack!

A few Spiders on the rooftop...

A closer view of Spiders on the rooftop.

The "Bee Gee's" ...Oooohhh yeah!!!



Bruce Lee's movie "Enter The Dragon" has one of the best movie quotes ever.
"We Forge Our Bodies In the Fire of Our Will." --- Mr Hahn-Enter the Dragon



Luke and Lori found 1 famous person in Hollywood...

Luke running through the water in Hollywood.

Now listen...If you are going to dress up and try to hustle people for money
by dressing like a super hero you really should spend the extra $10 for a good costume....

...and if you rip the backside out...Trust me you really should
spend the extra 15 cents to get tread that matches your costume.

2010 Richmond Cross Country Preseason Camp (Day 3)

The Spiders Cross Country team headed to Rockbridge County today to their preseason training camp...

The following pictures are from Day #3...

Our home for preseason…The Holiday Inn Express in Lexington, VA…

(L-R) Freshmen Adam Owens (Clarke County HS, VA) and Ryan Lee (Archmere Academy, DE) headed to the vans for our drive into the mountains and workout.

Loading the vans for practice...

Rockbridge County countryside...

More of Rockbridge County...

The Spiders Women's Cross Country Team getting final instructions on the workout from Coach Lori Taylor...

NCAA Track & Field Championship qualifiers Nicol Traynor and Amy Van Alstine...

Jenn Ennis with sophomore, Dana Guglielmo and freshman, Roxanne Henningson (Greenwich HS, NY) in the background...

The Spider Men...

(L-R) Tim Quinn, Matt Llano, Andrew Benford and Coach Jon Molz...

(L-R) Chris York, Levi Grandt, Adam Owens, Conor Phelan, Ryan Lee and Jason Skipper...

(L-R) Erin Lunny, Beth Kelly, Jenn Ennis, Nicol Traynor, Dana Guglielmo, Amy Van Alstine finishing their run...

Coach Taylor (White Shirt) speaks with a few of the team members...

(L-R) Andrew Benford speaks with Levi Grandt, Ryan Lee, Adam Spatacco, Chris York and Kyle Ragan...

Can anyone say, "Italian Dinner Buffet"?

The buffet line at Salerno's in downtown Lexington...

Downtown Lexington looking East...

Downtown Lexington looking West...

The Presbyterian Church on the corner of Main and Nelson Street's in Lexington...

Hopkins Green...A small park in the middle of Lexington...

(L-R) Coach Molz, Andrew Benford, freshmen Katrina Jueng (Shadyside Academy, PA) and Amanda Lineberry (Lee Davis HS, VA) in Hopkins Green Park...

(L-R) Dana Guglielmo, Jill Prentice (Montgomery HS, NJ) and Molly Parsons (The Tatnall School, DE) sit in Hopkins Green Park...

(L-R) Adam Spatacco, Ryan Lee, Chris York, Adam Owens and Kyle Ragan...in Hopkins Green Park...

Luke and Nicol Traynor in Hopkins Green Park...