University of Richmond Athletics
Women's Cross Country Takes Fourth Place
10/18/2003 | Cross Country
Oct. 18, 2003
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.-The University of Richmond cross country teams ran "B" teams in the William and Mary Tribe Open, today, to ensure its top eight runners would be healthy for the upcoming conference championships in two weeks. The women's team ran without six of their top performers and the men without two. The women's team finished fourth overall.
The men's team competed without freshmen standouts John Ciccarelli and Reynolds Chapman. Because only individual times were kept, there aren't any final team rankings for the men.
"Our team ran well today and raced hard as a team," said head coach Steve Taylor. "With two of our top runners resting this weekend, we knew it meant someone would have to step-up a notch. Tim Caramore and Jon Lauder had good races and continued to move well throughout the race. We're still looking to close our 1-5 split. We had a nice pack at three and a half miles, but we let it slip over the last mile of the race. I'm convinced that they can pull it to within 50 seconds, but it has to happen during the competition."
The women's team compete without their top six runners, including Lyndsey Webber and Amanda Russell, but finished fourth overall.
"This was a good opportunity for our younger developing athletes to race up front," said head coach Lori Taylor. "It gave them a chance to step up to scoring positions and to compete in the 6K for the first time ever. Our plan has been to rest our top six runners from the Walt Disney World Invitational last weekend so that they will be well rested for the conference championships in two weeks."
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES
1 University of Virginia "B" 34
2 William and Mary "B" 47
3 University at Buffalo 78
4 University of Richmond "B" 85
5 VCU 153
6 Hampton University 167
7 College of Charleston 168
8 JMU 226
9 American University 261
10 Bridgewater College 300
Men's Standings
5 Tim Caramore 25:43.35
9 Kevin Rhue 25:57.96
19 Jon Lauder 26:29.06
33 Seann Mulcahy 26:58.07
40 Charlie Ban 27:12.50
56 Paul Miguel 27:52.79
58 Patrick Barkhuff 27:56.09
Women's Standing
8 Jenna Downey 22:55.26
12 Diana Morse 23:03.44
15 Kathryn Case 23:10.96
21 Nicole Erby 23:27.77
34 Emily Ward 23:55.06
48 Danielle Eaton 24:34.82
52 Samantha Beese 24:40.47
61 Virginia Bunker 25:47.70
