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Atlantic 10 Championship
Richmond Women Win Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championships
10/31/2015 | Cross Country
MECHANICSVILLE, Va - The University of Richmond women's cross country team won the Atlantic 10 Championships by one point on Saturday, October 31st at Pole Green Park. Tara Hanley finished in fourth place to lead the Spiders to their first Atlantic 10 championship since 2010. The men's team finished in 10th place with Matt McKenna finishing in sixth.
14 schools competed for the Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championships at Hanover County's Pole Green Park. The Richmond women finished in first place with 87 points beating the defending A-10 champs Duquesne by one point. Senior Tara Hanley finished in fourth place of 129 runners in the 5K-race with a time of 17:20.9. The second Spider to cross the line and help the Spiders to the championship was sophomore, Courtney Thompson, who finished in 11th with a time of 17:39.4.
The University of Richmond men's team finished in 10th in the Atlantic 10 Championships. Matt McKenna led the Spider men finishing in sixth place in the five-mile race with a time of 24:48.6. Alex Lucking was the second Spider to cross the finish line, finishing in 14th with a time of 25:02.8.
In the women's five-mile race, the official results came down to all top five runners. Also finishing in the top five for the Spiders was Amanda Corbosiero in 16th with a time of 17:53.5, Kaelyn Heinicke in 20th with a time of 18:01.0 and Kylie Regan in 36th with a time of 18:21.1.
"We are just super excited, that was a barn burner over the last mile. Going in to this we knew we would be head to head with Duquesne. We really knew that last mile and last half mile was where we had to get it done and we did," said head coach Lori Taylor. "I am really proud of the way this team has come together worked hard and run as a team. Every person on our team counted, they all ran really hard, ran for their team and didn't hold back. When others aren't having a good day, the girls step up and that's what they did today."
In total, the University of Richmond picked up four All-Conference awards between the men and women in Tara Hanley, Courtney Thompson, Matt McKenna and Alex Lucking.
The Atlantic 10 cross country women's coach of the year award went to Spider head coach Lori Taylor.
This is Richmond's first cross country championship since 2010 when the men and women took home the trophy.
For all the latest news and coverage on Richmond cross country and track & field, be sure to go to RichmondSpiders.com.
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