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Tech Cross Country Teams Claim First Place
Freshman Jessica Fanning is the women's top collegiate finisher
September 4, 2004
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech men's and women's cross country teams claimed first place in their season-opening meet, Festival in the Fields, at the Tech Cross Country Course today.
"For the first half of the of the races both Tech "A" teams ran together. Towards the end our stronger runners pulled out ahead and finished strong. That's what we have been training hard for these past two weeks," said Ben Thomas, Tech's head coach.
In the men's six kilometer race, senior David Atkiss (Hatfield, Pa.) was the first Hokie to cross the finish line in 19:44..62, for a fourth place showing. Atkiss commented, "It felt good to be back and competing for Tech. I worked hard all summer to stay healthy and train. My time today showed that I have potential to accomplish my goals for the season."
The rest of Tech's "A" squad stayed in a pack and took the ninth through 12th places in the race. Senior Michael Lawson (Foster, R.I.) finished in ninth place with a time of 19:58.13 and three freshmen newcomers to the Hokie team grabbed 10-11-12. Billy Berlin (Midlothian, Va.) clocked 19:59.33 (10th), Zach Thomas (Sewickley, Pa.) had a time of 19:59.71 (11th) and Rider Clauss (Madison, Wisc.) finished in 20:01.01 (12th).
Tech's "B" squad was led by freshman Brian McVey (Arlington Hts, Ill.). McVey finished 21st with a time of 20:30.39. Sophomore Chris Scott (Virginia Beach, Va.) took 32nd place and junior Mike D'Amato (Midlothian, Va.) was 41st.
Josh McDougal of Liberty University won the men's race in 18:55.91.
Virginia Tech's "A" squad won the men's collegiate team scoring with 37 points. The Hokies had three top-ten individual finishers. Liberty took second place overall with 55 points. Wayne State University finished in third place with 72 points and Tech's "B" team had 126 points for fourth place. Concord University claimed fifth place and rounded out the top five teams. Milligan College grabbed sixth place, East Tennessee State took seventh, Roanoke College finished eighth and Longwood University was ninth.
Freshman Jessica Fanning (Charlottesville, Va.) was the women's four kilometer top collegiate finisher and was second place overall with a time of 14:52.41. "It was exciting to finish first on our team. I had a good start and we worked as a team to finish," stated Fanning. Fanning, a newcomer to the Hokie team, led Western Albemarle to the Virginia AA state championship title last year.
Senior Jessica Morris (Coatesville, Pa.) clocked 15:01.10 for third place. Morris said, "It was good to have a freshman run with me step by step. She kept calm and took the initiative to finish before me. Jessica (Morris) is a budding leader and I hope she keeps the intensity up all season."
Sophomore Jenn Dietz, junior Katie Danyko and freshman Jessica Erickson all ran for Tech's "A" squad. Dietz (Springfield, Va) finished in 10th place with a time of 15:37.63. Danyko (Sterling Heights, Mich..) was 12th and Erickson took 15th place.
Sophomore Heather Mullis (Virginia Beach, Va.) led Tech's "B" squad with a time of 15:58.86 (16th). Sophomores Meredith Brooks (Burke, Va.) and Samantha Ference (Clifton, Va.) finished in 22nd and 23rd places, respectively.
Trish Nervo (unattached) won the women's race in 14:45.76.
Virginia Tech's "A" squad won the team scoring with 34 points. The Hokies had three top-ten individual finishers. Liberty took second place with 41 points. Wayne State University finished in third place with 71 points and Tech's "B" team had 132 points for fourth place. East Tennessee State claimed fifth place and rounded out the top five teams. Longwood University grabbed sixth place, Roanoke took seventh, Milligan College "B" finished eighth and Milligan "A" was ninth. Concord College finished 10th.
The Hokies next meet is on Saturday, Sept. 18. Both teams will travel to in-state and new ACC foe, Virginia, for the UVa. Invitational.
Thomas added, "We will have several top individuals run in the upcoming meets that didn't compete today due to injury or eligibility reasons. With what I saw today and our upcoming talent, we are in a good position to have a good showing at the conference and regional meets."
Hy-Tek's Meet Manager
Festival in the Fields - 9/4/2004
Virginia Tech
Last Completed Event
Men 6k Run CC
Comp# Name School Time Points
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1 1319 McDougal, Josh 1 LibertyUniversity 18:55.91 1
2 1347 McDougal, Jordan 1 Unattached 19:30.16
3 1309 Dalton, Peter 3 East Tennessee State Univ 19:40.73 2
4 1358 Atkiss, Dave 3 Virgina Tech A 19:44.62 3
5 1481 Rabe, Dan Unattached 19:45.81
6 1317 Jackson, Clint 1 LibertyUniversity 19:46.43 4
7 1373 Kessler, Justin 3 Wayne State University 19:53.76 5
8 1305 Snell, Chris 2 Concord College 19:57.76 6
9 1362 Lawson, Mike 4 Virgina Tech A 19:58.13 7
10 1360 Berlin, Billy 1 Virgina Tech A 19:59.33 8
11 1364 Thomas, Zach 1 Virgina Tech A 19:59.71 9
12 1361 Clauss, Rider 1 Virgina Tech A 20:01.01 10
13 1372 Jones, Lance 2 Wayne State University 20:04.89 11
14 1352 Pline, Kevin Unattached 20:07.40
15 1359 Barlow, Christian 2 Virgina Tech A 20:09.71 12
16 1316 Falat, Evan 3 LibertyUniversity 20:10.71 13
17 1363 Scheiner, James 1 Unattached 20:11.22
18 1328 Wright, Christopher 3 Milligan College 20:12.53 14
19 1313 Brown, Jason 4 LibertyUniversity 20:13.83 15
20 1371 Fecht, Matt 3 Wayne State University 20:15.23 16
21 1367 McVey, Bryan 1 Virgina Tech B 20:30.39 17
22 1300 Abe, Takuya 4 Concord College 20:34.27 18
23 1370 Christensen, Kevin 1 Wayne State University 20:34.94 19
24 1368 Montgomery, Andrew 1 Virgina Tech B 20:36.51 20
25 1375 Lucas, Dave 1 Wayne State University 20:36.89 21
26 1318 Lyons, Chris 3 LibertyUniversity 20:38.00 22
27 1312 Ladd, Jordan 1 East Tennessee State Univ 20:44.25 23
28 1348 McGroarty, Matt 1 Unattached 20:46.61
29 1311 Hicks, Joshua 2 East Tennessee State Univ 20:46.84 24
30 1302 Coon, Adam 2 Concord College 20:48.26 25
31 1343 Gogain, Aaron 4 Unattached 20:49.61
32 1369 Scott, Chris 2 Virgina Tech B 20:54.56 26
33 1321 Ponder, Drew 1 LibertyUniversity 20:55.33 27
34 1323 Bowers, Nathan 1 Milligan College 20:55.53 28
35 1324 Collie, Jair 2 Milligan College 21:05.21 29
36 1366 Markley, Brian 2 Virgina Tech B 21:05.72 30
37 1376 Mehay, Chris 2 Wayne State University 21:07.78 31
38 1338 Beasley, Tim 1 Unattached 21:08.88
39 1327 Talbert, Brandon 3 Milligan College 21:11.66 32
40 1354 Snead, L.A. 4 Unattached 21:12.09
41 1365 D'Amato, Mike 3 Virgina Tech B 21:12.29 33
42 1332 Johnson, Eric 2 Roanoke College 21:12.74 34
43 1333 Justice, Will 4 Roanoke College 21:15.14 35
44 1483 Palmer, DJ 1 Longwood 21:16.05 36
45 1344 Gugliemo, Kyle 1 Unattached 21:17.98
46 1320 Nichols, Christian 2 LibertyUniversity 21:18.22 37
47 1356 Vick, Duncan 1 Unattached 21:20.18
48 1377 O'Halloran, Sean 2 Wayne State University 21:22.66 38
49 1357 Weider, Mark 1 Unattached 21:26.87
50 1486 Thomas, Phil 2 Longwood 21:29.55 39
51 1325 Ferry, Joshua 2 Milligan College 21:29.94 40
52 1304 Smutko, Mike 1 Concord College 21:30.12 41
53 1335 Parkins, Andrew 3 Roanoke College 21:34.00 42
54 1350 O'Keefe, Chris 1 Unattached 21:35.74
55 1346 Johnson, Alex 3 Unattached 21:38.23
56 1315 Edwards, Nate 1 LibertyUniversity 21:42.88
57 1378 Smith, Dave 1 Wayne State University 21:47.43
58 1355 Upshaw, Ned 1 Unattached 21:53.11
59 1334 Milewski, TJ 1 Roanoke College 22:00.21 43
60 1303 Herron, Chris 3 Concord College 22:06.76 44
61 1326 Harkins, Seth 1 Milligan College 22:10.48 45
62 1336 Tuck, Alex 3 Roanoke College 22:12.13 46
63 1374 LaPrairie, Randy 1 Wayne State University 22:14.11
64 1488 Gibbs, Chris 1 Longwood 22:14.62 47
65 1337 Weaver, Darren 4 Roanoke College 22:22.22 48
66 1487 Anderson, Mark 1 Longwood 22:24.35 49
67 1485 Spece, Wes 3 Longwood 22:28.58 50
68 1482 Gibson, Josh 3 East Tennessee State Univ 22:33.71 51
69 1314 Correa, Kevin 1 Unattached 22:41.10
70 1301 Blas, Nick 1 Concord College 22:46.06 52
71 1349 Miller, Matt 1 Unattached 23:19.82
72 1307 Zickifoose, Bryan 3 Concord College 23:25.95 53
73 1310 Foster, Graham 2 East Tennessee State Univ 23:55.59 54
74 1490 Wease, Logan 1 Longwood 24:15.16 55
75 1341 Eradiri, Idikoro Unattached 24:17.71
76 1353 Renninger, Matt Unattached 24:49.89
77 1308 Benard, Towett 1 East Tennessee State Univ 24:50.21 56
78 1489 Knott, Kyle 1 Longwood 25:09.21 57
79 1339 Davis, Victor Unattached 25:46.89
80 1306 White, Ryan 1 Concord College 25:47.44
81 1492 Foster, Ryan 2 Longwood 26:43.59
82 1351 Pearlman, Ross Unattached 27:32.04
83 1491 Myers, Clinton 2 Longwood 28:03.97
84 1342 Fludd, Jason Unattached 28:34.36
85 1345 Jenkins, Anthony Unattached 28:34.70
Hy-Tek's Meet Manager
Festival in the Fields - 9/4/2004
Virginia Tech
Last Completed Event
Event 1 Men 6k Run CC
TEAM SCORES
=================================================================================
Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
=================================================================================
1 Virgina Tech A 37 3 7 8 9 10 12
Total Time: 1:39:42.80
Average: 19:56.56
2 LibertyUniversity 55 1 4 13 15 22 27 37
Total Time: 1:39:44.88
Average: 19:56.98
3 Wayne State University 72 5 11 16 19 21 31 38
Total Time: 1:41:25.71
Average: 20:17.15
4 Virgina Tech B 126 17 20 26 30 33
Total Time: 1:44:19.47
Average: 20:51.90
5 Concord College 134 6 18 25 41 44 52 53
Total Time: 1:44:57.17
Average: 20:59.44
6 Milligan College 143 14 28 29 32 40 45
Total Time: 1:44:54.87
Average: 20:58.98
7 East Tennessee State Univ 154 2 23 24 51 54 56
Total Time: 1:47:41.12
Average: 21:32.23
8 Roanoke College 200 34 35 42 43 46 48
Total Time: 1:48:14.22
Average: 21:38.85
9 Longwood 221 36 39 47 49 50 55 57
Total Time: 1:49:53.15
Average: 21:58.63
Hy-Tek's Meet Manager
Festival in the Fields - 9/4/2004
Virginia Tech
Last Completed Event
Women 4k Run CC
Comp# Name School Time Points
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1 1381 Nervo, Trish Unattached 14:45.76
2 1463 Fanning, Jessica 1 Virgina Tech A 14:52.41 1
3 1465 Morris, Jessica 4 Virgina Tech A 15:01.10 2
4 1476 Moncion, Melissa 3 Wayne State University 15:07.98 3
5 1466 Sherbak, Natalie 1 Unattached 15:10.47
6 1416 Jordan, Danielle 1 LibertyUniversity 15:12.98 4
7 1419 Pelletier, Samantha 4 LibertyUniversity 15:14.14 5
8 1431 Lease, Megan 3 Milligan College A 15:21.41 6
9 1473 Culbertson, Jenni 2 Wayne State University 15:30.80 7
10 1461 Dietz, Jenn 2 Virgina Tech A 15:37.63 8
11 1422 Roberts, Sarah 1 LibertyUniversity 15:45.53 9
12 1460 Danyko, Katie 2 Virgina Tech A 15:48.40 10
13 1413 Blackstone, Melissa 4 LibertyUniversity 15:51.79 11
14 1453 Morgan, Molly 1 LibertyUniversity 15:52.02 12
15 1462 Erickson, Jessie 1 Virgina Tech A 15:55.73 13
16 1471 Mullis, Heather 1 Virgina Tech B 15:58.86 14
17 1437 Zimon, Marta 2 Milligan College B 15:59.48 15
18 1478 Sayler, Stephanie 3 Wayne State University 16:01.37 16
19 1470 Hunter, Holly 3 Virgina Tech A 16:06.24 17
20 1421 Ramey, Asia 1 LibertyUniversity 16:08.20 18
21 1474 Kejbou, Faith 2 Wayne State University 16:10.62 19
22 1467 Brooks, Meredith 1 Virgina Tech B 16:11.80 20
23 1469 Ference, Sam 2 Virgina Tech B 16:13.46 21
24 1415 Jefferson, Carol 1 LibertyUniversity 16:15.37 22
25 1408 Habbestad, Jennifer 3 East Tennessee State Univ 16:15.69 23
26 1382 Novara, Kristin 1 Longwood 16:20.02 24
27 1412 Ward, Christine 3 East Tennessee State Univ 16:26.51 25
28 1480 Wafer, Meghan 1 Wayne State University 16:29.32 26
29 1479 Steinke, Leah 2 Wayne State University 16:42.52 27
30 1445 Tainer, Bridget 3 Roanoke College 16:44.91 28
31 1458 Talbert, Jacklyn Unattached 16:45.10
32 1384 Walton, Jessica 4 Longwood 16:50.92 29
33 1475 Kessler, Kara 1 Wayne State University 16:52.46 30
34 1424 Swanson, Chelsey 2 LibertyUniversity 16:55.31
35 1407 Collier, Tiffany 4 East Tennessee State Univ 16:57.12 31
36 1425 Wahlquist, Rebekah 1 LibertyUniversity 16:58.15
37 1434 Carpenter, Jessica 1 Milligan College B 16:59.64 32
38 1385 Derby, Tiffany 4 Longwood 17:01.00 33
39 1409 Hunter, Maggie 2 East Tennessee State Univ 17:02.38 34
40 1446 Van Pelt, Christie 4 Roanoke College 17:07.98 35
41 1451 Johnson, Meleia 1 LibertyUniversity 17:11.17
42 1438 Alexander, Erin 3 Roanoke College 17:19.86 36
43 1441 Eshaghi, Ashley 3 Roanoke College 17:21.85 37
44 1468 Dick, Kelly 1 Virgina Tech B 17:29.06 38
45 1417 McEnany, Sally 1 LibertyUniversity 17:29.25
46 1454 Newby, Piper 1 Unattached 17:30.30
47 1414 Griswold, Rebekah 2 LibertyUniversity 17:38.73
48 1472 Traudt, Lindsay 1 Virgina Tech B 17:41.20 39
49 1406 Arriaran, Tatiana 2 East Tennessee State Univ 17:42.52 40
50 1459 Wolf, Angela 1 Unattached 17:52.97
51 1383 Robinson, Lynette 4 Longwood 17:53.38 41
52 1442 Harnett, Meg 1 Roanoke College 17:54.30 42
53 1410 LaBonte, Mackenzie 1 East Tennessee State Univ 18:01.74 43
54 1428 Goulds, Kortney 1 Milligan College A 18:24.34 44
55 1427 Fox, Erika 1 Milligan College A 18:24.85 45
56 1402 Farmer, Erica 3 Concord College 18:29.93 46
57 1436 Peace, Amber 2 Milligan College B 18:41.61 47
58 1432 Allen, Megan 1 Milligan College B 18:43.58 48
59 1423 Spencer, Maria 2 LibertyUniversity 18:48.90
60 1386 Wyman, Brittany 1 Longwood 18:51.07 49
61 1387 Wade, Lisa 1 Longwood 18:54.54 50
62 1457 Slivka, Rebecca 3 Unattached 19:19.25
63 1449 Giles, Marie Unattached 19:20.65
64 1389 Schoenwetter, Ashley 1 Longwood 19:25.20 51
65 1400 Chambers, Ambria 2 Concord College 19:28.56 52
66 1426 Carriger, Rachel 3 Milligan College A 19:31.30 53
67 1388 Moore, Caitlin 1 Longwood 19:38.83
68 1435 Carter, Bailey 1 Milligan College B 19:57.50 54
69 1405 Williams, Britney 1 Concord College 19:59.27 55
70 1450 Green, Vicki Unattached 20:07.42
71 1403 Spencer, Sheena 2 Concord College 20:23.33 56
72 1433 Bales, Brittany 1 Milligan College B 20:29.66 57
73 1430 Jury, Georgina 3 Milligan College A 20:30.67 58
74 1452 Mack, Imani Unattached 20:56.31
75 1455 Nicholson, Jackie Unattached 21:16.76
76 1448 Campbell, Katie Unattached 21:18.69
77 1404 Wagner, Ellen 3 Concord College 21:26.57 59
78 1390 Triesscheijn, Saskia Unattached 22:10.66
79 1401 Damron, Holly 1 Concord College 22:57.21 60
Hy-Tek's Meet Manager
Festival in the Fields - 9/4/2004
Virginia Tech
Last Completed Event
Event 2 Women 4k Run CC
TEAM SCORES
=================================================================================
Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
=================================================================================
1 Virgina Tech A 34 1 2 8 10 13 17
Total Time: 1:17:15.27
Average: 15:27.06
2 LibertyUniversity 41 4 5 9 11 12 18 22
Total Time: 1:17:56.46
Average: 15:35.30
3 Wayne State University 71 3 7 16 19 26 27 30
Total Time: 1:19:20.09
Average: 15:52.02
4 Virgina Tech B 132 14 20 21 38 39
Total Time: 1:23:34.38
Average: 16:42.88
5 East Tennessee State Univ 153 23 25 31 34 40 43
Total Time: 1:24:24.22
Average: 16:52.85
6 Longwood 176 24 29 33 41 49 50 51
Total Time: 1:26:56.39
Average: 17:23.28
7 Roanoke College 178 28 35 36 37 42
Total Time: 1:26:28.90
Average: 17:17.78
8 Milligan College B 196 15 32 47 48 54 57
Total Time: 1:30:21.81
Average: 18:04.37
9 Milligan College A 206 6 44 45 53 58
Total Time: 1:32:12.57
Average: 18:26.52
10 Concord College 268 46 52 55 56 59 60
Total Time: 1:39:47.66
Average: 19:57.54
