George Washington University

Sept. 22, 2001

Men's and Women's Cross Country Both Finish Eighth at Mt. St. Mary's

EMMITSBURG, MD (Sept. 22, 2001) - Junior David Talbird (Lookout Mountain, TN/McCallie School) finished 23rd out of 152 runners in the men's race and freshman Mary Beth McCullough (Brentwood, TN/Father Ryan) finished 43rd out 151 runners in the women's race to lead the Colonials to a pair of eighth place overall finishes at the Mount St. Mary's Invitational this afternoon, Sept. 22, in Emmitsburg, MD.

Talbird finished in 26:52, over a minute improvement from his time in the Towson Invitational on Sept. 8. Freshman Timothy Persico (Shavertown, PA/Scranton Prep) also improved his time from the Towson Invitational by finishing in 28:15.30, good for 70th place.

On the women's side, McCullough led GW by finishing in a time of 20:18.90. Sophomore Emily Jadwin (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Rutgers University) finished 46th with a time of 20:21.20 and freshman Erin Patton (Saline, MI/Saline) had another solid performance by finishing in 20:44, good for 61st place.

Next week, the Colonials host the Fifth Annual GW Invitational at Bull Run Park in Centreville, VA. The men's race begins at 10:00 a.m. and the women's race begins at 10:45 a.m.

Top GW Men finishers
23. David Talbird, 26:52
70. Timothy Persico, 28:15 .30
73. David Azari, 28:21.30
74. Chris Zurich, 28:22.30
82. Zachary Holt, 28:38.80
Top GW Women finishers
43. Mary Beth McCullough, 20:18.90
46. Emily Jadwin, 20:21.20
61. Erin Patton, 20:44
65. Jenee Peterson, 20:56.10
66. Mary Caterina Bolton, 20:57.10
73. Jessica Gross, 21:07.50

Team Standings
MEN
Bucknell 31, St. Francis 83, UMBC 101, Navy 106, American 129, Mount St. Mary's 205, Kutztown
213, GW 232, Coppin State 262, George Mason 280, Desales 282, Howard 285, Loyola 360, UMES 392

WOMEN
Georgetown 15, Bucknell 76, American 107, Kutztown 117, St. Francis 133, Mount St. Mary's 146, Loyola 190, GW 215, UMBC 228, UMES 321, Cleveland State 334, Howard 371, Coppin State 411