Cross Country Season Kicks-Off With Spider Alumni Open
09/04/2010 | Cross Country
Sept. 4, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. - The Spiders kicked-off the 2010 cross country season against William & Mary early Saturday morning at St. Catherine's Fields Course in Richmond. Individually, Levi Grandt came in first in the men's 5K race, while Jill Prentice clinched first-place for the women. Overall, the women's team came in first against the Tribe, while the men came in a close second.
Grandt, a junior at Richmond, clocked in a winning time of 15:19. The Tribe's Josh Hardin (15:22), Liam Anastasia-Murphy (15.27.10), and Peter Dorrell (15:30.56) took second, third, and fourth-place, followed by Spider freshman Ryan Lee in fifth (15:30.99).
Newcomer Jill Prentice won the women's 2 mile race. In her first collegiate victory, Prentice clocked in at 10:57.30, followed by Dana Guglielmo in second (11:12.75), Roxanne Henningson in third (11:19.33), and Allie Mannon in fourth (11:19.64). William & Mary's Meaghan Fitzpatrick came in fifth-place with a time of 11:29.52.
In two weeks the women travel to Cary, North Carolina to compete in the Wolfpack Invitational.
For more photos of the Spider Alumni Open, check out the Cross Country Photo Galleries.