Cross Country
Women's Cross Country Team Places Fifth and Men's Team Places Eighth at Navy Invitational
Andruski Finishes 16th in Men's Race, Blum 20th in Women's
Darrel Andruski paces the GW Men's team with a 16th place finish.
 
Darrel Andruski paces the GW Men's team with a 16th place finish.
  

Sept. 14, 2002

Annapolis, MD - Freshman Lindsay Blum (Holland, PA/Council Rock) finished 20th out of 145 runners to lead the GW Women's Cross Country team to a fifth place finish out of 12 teams at the Navy Invitational today in Annapolis, MD. Junior Darrel Andruski (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) finished 16th out of 125 runners to help the men's team finish eighth out of 15 teams.

In her first race as a Colonial, Blum finished in 19:40.47, shortly behind race winner Samia Akbar of American. Junior Emily Jadwin (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) also had a strong showing with a time of 20:03.99. Sophomores Erin Patton (Saline, MI/Saline), Mary Beth McCullough (Brentwood, TN/Father Ryan) and Mary Caterina Bolton (Avondale Estates, GA/The Lovett School) rounded out the top finishers for GW.

On the men's side, Andruski completed the 8,000m course in 25:43.49, under a minute off the pace set by race winner Aaron Lanzel of Navy. Junior Dave Azari (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) and Senior David Talbird (Lookout Mountain, TN/McCallie School) turned in solid performances finishing 36th and 37th, respectively. Freshmen Phil Sherman (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich) and Alex Brooket (York, PA/York Suburban) completed the list of GW's top finishers.

Top GW Women Finishers
20. Lindsay Blum, 19:40.47
29. Emily Jadwin, 20:03.99
34. Erin Patton, 20:12.58
38. Mary Beth McCullough, 20:15.37
64. Mary Caterina Bolton, 20:57.41

Top GW Men Finishers
16. Darrel Andruski, 25:42.49
36. Dave Azari, 26:16.19
37. David Talbird, 26:21.99
57. Phil Sherman, 27:16.76
100. Alex Brooket, 29:00.43

Women's Team Results
1. Naval Academy, 50
2. Mayland, 52
3. American, 100
4. Furman, 129
5. George Washington, 156
6. UMBC, 159
7. Mount St. Mary's, 162
8. Loyola (MD), 172
9. Canisius, 255
10. George Mason, 276
11. Robert Morris, 293
12. Cleveland State, 332

Men's Team Results
1. Naval Academy, 30
2. American, 70
3. Canisius, 88
4. Maryland, 106
5. UMBC, 154
6. Furman, 160
7. Mount St. Mary's, 187
8. George Washington, 221
9. Louisville, 251
10. VMI, 259
11. Virginia Commonwealth, 302
12. Loyola (MD), 331
13. Robert Morris, 337
14. The Citadel, 365
15. George Mason, 431

 

 

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