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Men's Cross Country Places Fifth at GW Invitational; Women Twelfth
CENTREVILLE, VA (September 29, 2000) - Sophomore David Talbird finished ninth
out of 126 runners to lead the Colonials to a fifth place finish in the
nineteen-team GW Invitational Friday in Centreville, VA.
Talbird finished just ahead of teammate Darrell Andruski and one minute behind Virginia's Bobby Thiele who won the meet in 24:44.
Matt Kascak (27:16), David Azari (27:18), Mike Donaldson (27:25) and Chris Zurich (27:28) also had strong showings placing 50th, 54th, 60th and 62nd, respectively.
On the women's side, sophomore Mackenzie Jessen paced GW with a time of 20:19.94 over the 5,000-meter course, placing 49th out of 97 entrants. Jenee Peterson was 51st with a time of 20:22.18 and Brande Dietrich was 54th with a time of 20:28.26. Virginia claimed the top five spots in the meet including the winning time of 17:44.88 by Sarah Folse.
FINAL TEAM SCORES MEN 1- Miami University, 36 2- Virginia, 46 3- Georgetown, 117 4- Seton Hall, 154 5- George Washington, 179 6- Norfolk State, 215 WOMEN 1- Virginia, 15 2- James Madison, 76 3- Georgetown, 98 4- Syracuse, 132 5- Richmond, 135 6- Gettysburg, 200 Top GW Men finishers Top GW Women finishers 9. David Talbird, 25:53.35 49. Mackenzie Jessen, 20:19 12. Darrel Andruski, 25:54.59 51. Jenee Peterson, 20:22 50. Matt Kascak, 27:16.52 54. Brande Dietrich, 20:28 54. David Azari, 27:18.54 62. Jessica Gross, 20:39 60. Mike Donaldson, 27:25.81 78. Erin Farrelly, 21:12 62. Chris Zurich, 27:28.16 82. Jennifer Bacon, 21:21
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