Women's Cross Country Places 21st, Men 22nd at NCAA Mid Atlantic Regionals

Freshmen Audrey Hawkins, Chris Pisano lead Colonials with top 100 individual finishes

Freshman Audrey Hawkins led the Colonial women with a 77th-place finish in a season-best 6K time of 22:31.5 at the NCAA Mid Atlantic Regional.

Nov. 12, 2005

BETHLEHEM, PA - The George Washington University women's and men's cross country teams finished 21st and 22nd, respectively, Saturday morning at the NCAA Mid Atlantic Regional Championships, hosted by Lehigh at the Mountain Hawks' Goodman Campus. Leading the women's squad was freshman Audrey Hawkins (Barrington, RI), who finished 77th overall with a time of 22:31.5. Freshman Chris Pisano (Toms River, NJ) led the Colonial men by placing 97th with a mark of 32:41.3.

Hawkins covered the 6K course in a season-best time of 22:31.5 to claim 77th out of 182 total finishers. Junior Taylor Leavitt (Turner, ME) was GW's next best finisher at 107th with a time of 23:13.8, while senior Meredith Deschenes (Watertown, CT) finished 134th at 23:42.4, easily a season-best. Completing the scoring was senior Colleen McCauley (Havertown, PA), who placed 143rd in a season-best 23:52.6, and sophomore Mae Polhemus (Boca Raton, FL), who crossed the line in 24:29.9 to take 155th.

On the men's side, Pisano once again set the pace for the Colonials as he finished 97th out of 195 finishers in 32:41.3 on the 10K course. Finishing as GW's second-best finisher was freshman Collin Stevenson (Sumner, WA), who placed 127th at 33:28.2. Junior Daniel Morgan (Danville, KY) was next to cross the line at 131st in 33:40.8, while sophomore Joe Altenau (Eastchester, NY) claimed 142nd with a mark of 34:02.2.

Freshman Keith Moody (Orange, FL) was the Colonials fifth-best performer with a time of 34:54 to finish 166th, and Mark Drath (Los Angeles, CA) rounded out GW's finishers at 175th with a mark of 35:18.7.

Men's Team Results
1 Georgetown, 45
2 American, 93
3 Princeton, 97
4 La Salle, 114
5 Penn, 163
6 Duquesne, 225
7 Pittsburgh, 250
8 Penn State, 256
8 Lehigh, 256
10 Villanova, 268
11 Navy, 295
12 Delaware, 309
13 St. Joseph's, 319
14 St. Francis (Pa), 363
15 Bucknell, 392
16 Lafayette, 426
17 Maryland, 538
18 Rider, 551
19 Loyola College, 561
20 Rutgers, 565
21 UMBC, 573
22 GW, 642
23 Seton Hall, 655
24 Monmouth, 659
25 Marshall, 665
26 Robert Morris, 724
27 Coppin State, 835
28 St. Peter's, 893

GW Men's Finishers
97. Chris Pisano, 32:41.3
127. Collin Stevenson, 33:28.2
131. Daniel Morgan, 33:40.8
142. Joe Altenau, 34:02.2
166. Keith Moody, 34:54.0
175. Mark Drath, 35:18.7

Women's Team Results
1 Princeton, 64
2 Villanova, 98
3 Georgetown, 103
4 La Salle, 127
5 Maryland, 187
5 Bucknell, 187
7 Penn, 197
8 Lehigh, 267
9 Rutgers, 277
10 Navy, 302
11 Duquesne, 318
12 Loyola College, 353
13 Pittsburgh, 360
14 Penn State, 380
15 Lafayette, 421
16 Delaware, 426
17 Towson, 439
18 West Virginia, 500
19 St. Joseph's, 540
20 St. Francis (Pa), 553
21 GW, 601
22 UMBC, 613
23 Marshall, 614
24 Monmouth, 683
25 Seton Hall, 696
26 Rider, 745

GW Women's Results
77. Audrey Hawkins, 22:31.5
107. Taylor Leavitt, 23:13.8
134. Meredith Deschenes, 23:42.4
143. Colleen McCauley, 23:52.6
155. Mae Polhemus, 24:29.9

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