University of Richmond Athletics
Women's Cross Country to Compete in Wake Forest Invitational
10/14/2015 | Cross Country
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond Women's Cross Country team heads to North Carolina to compete in the Wake Forest Invitational on Friday, October 16th. The Spiders will be running the 6K on Friday at 5:15 PM on the Ivey M. Redmond Sports Complex/Cross Country Course.
Richmond will be competing against 25 other colleges, including two Atlantic 10 opponents in Davidson and George Mason.
"We are looking forward competing on Friday afternoon," Head Coach Lori Taylor said. We've seen a nice change in the past three weeks as the intensity and speed increases. This will be an opportunity to see a couple Atlantic 10 schools as well ACC teams on a course that should replicate our A-10 Championships course pretty well. The goal this weekend is to be strong up front and control our one to five split as a team."
The Spiders will be bringing 12 women along with them to compete in the 6K race. The Spiders will be hoping to build on their 14th place finish in Louisville two weeks ago, where they were led by Tara Hanley.
List of scheduled teams:
Appalachian State, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Davidson, East Carolina, East Tennessee State, Elon, Furman, George Mason, High Point, North Carolina Central, North Carolina State, Richmond, Shaw, UNC Asheville, UNC Charlotte, UNC Wilmington, USC Upstate, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Western Carolina, Wingate and Winston-Salem State
The women will be competing in the A-10 tournament on October 31st, which will be held back at home at Pole Green Park.
For all the latest news and coverage on Richmond cross country and track & field, be sure to go to RichmondSpiders.com.
More in-depth coverage can be found by following head coach Steve Taylor on Twitter and by reading his blog. The Spiders also have their own Facebook and Instagram pages and have also launched their own YouTube Channel.
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