Senior Ruth Chege Places 39th at NCAA Southeast Regionals

Track and Field's Ruth Chege Claims Second Record of the Year

Senior Ruth Chege Places 39th at NCAA Southeast Regionals

11/16/2002 | Cross Country

By: Richmond Athletics

Nov. 16, 2002

Results

GREENVILLE, N.C. - Senior Ruth Chege (Brooklyn, N.Y) finished the 6K course in 21:23.5 for 39th place. Leading the Richmond men, junior Jon Lauder (Oakton, Va.) grabbed the 73rd spot on the 10K course at the NCAA Southeast Regional meet.

Atlantic 10 All-Conference runner, Chege, led her team to a 12th finish in a field of 25. Teammate junior Lyndsey Webber (Sayville, N.Y.) followed Chege as the second Richmond runner across the finish line for 61st place.

Lauder built on his Atlantic 10 Championship finish to run the course in 32:13. Senior Matt Hannay (Princeton, N.J.) finished 96th out of the 188 field.