Virginia Tech Invitational Collegiate Race Results
Two Hokies finish in the top-ten
October 9, 2004
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech had five runners compete in the Virginia Tech Invitational today at the Tech cross country course.
Freshman Jessica Erickson (Herndon, Va.) took fifth place in the women's 4.7k race with 18:37.39 and sophomore Kelly Dick (Burke, Va.) finished in 8th place.
The winner of the women's race is former Hokie runner, Marlies Overbeeke. She clocked a time of 16:65.64 and was about a minute faster than the runner-up, Cynthia Campbell. Overbeeke closed out her two-year career last May as the Hokies' first woman cross country NCAA All-American last year.
Freshman Matt McGroarty (Linwood, N.J.) was the first Hokie to cross the finish line in the men's 7.8k race. He finished in 18th place with a time of 26:11.63. Sophomores Brian Markley (Lovettsville, Va.) and Chris Scott (Virginia Beach, Va.) were 20th and 30th.
Tech did not run a full team in the men's and women's races so they were not included into the team scoring.
West Virginia Wesleyan College women's squad and the University of Tennessee's men's team took top team honors at this year's invitational.
West Virginia Wesleyan won the women's team scoring with 30 points. Hannah Kovarik (WVa. Wesleyan) was the top female collegiate finisher and third place overall in the 4.7k race with a time of 18:29.95.
University of Charleston edged out Radford University for second place. Charleston had 56 points while Radford grabbed third place with 58 points.
Lynchburg College and Concord University took fourth and fifth places, respectively.
On the men's side, Tennessee won with 21 points and dominated with six top-ten finishers. Volunteer Dusty Miller was the individual winner of the 7.8k race in a time of 24.38.40.
Radford placed second with 74 points and Concord was third with 81 points. Chris Snell of Concord was the men's runner-up with a time of 24:40.60.
Lynchburg finished in fourth place with 86 points while West Virginia Wesleyan took fifth place with 105 points. Charleston had 165 points for sixth place.
Next up for the Hokies is the Chili Pepper Invitational hosted by the University of Arkansas on Saturday, Oct. 16.
Hy-Tek's Meet Manager Virginia Tech Invitational - 10/9/2004 College Meet Blacksburg,VA Last Completed Event Event 2 Women 4650 Meter Run CC TEAM SCORES ================================================================================= Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9 ================================================================================= 1 WV Wesleyan 30 1 5 6 8 10 18 19 Total Time: 1:34:52.97 Average: 18:58.60 2 University Of Charleston 56 2 7 11 16 20 21 23 Total Time: 1:36:48.43 Average: 19:21.69 3 Radford 58 3 4 12 17 22 29 30 Total Time: 1:37:40.21 Average: 19:32.05 4 Lynchburg College 75 9 13 14 15 24 27 Total Time: 1:39:07.92 Average: 19:49.59 5 Concord University 142 25 26 28 31 32 Total Time: 1:52:51.62 Average: 22:34.33 Hy-Tek's Meet Manager Virginia Tech Invitational - 10/9/2004 College Meet Blacksburg,VA Last Completed Event Women 4650 Meter Run CC Comp# Name School Time Points ========================================================================================= 1 2879 Overbeeke, Marlies Unattached 16:56.64 2 2997 Cambell, Cynthia Unattached 17:51.98 3 2902 Kovarik, Hannah WV Wesleyan 18:29.95 1 4 2882 Cipolat, Erin University Of Charleston 18:33.34 2 5 2895 Erickson, Jessie Virginia Tech 18:37.39 6 2874 Greary, Maria Radford 18:38.40 3 7 2870 Brown, Shannon Radford 18:47.54 4 8 2894 Dick, Kelly Virginia Tech 18:51.36 9 2900 Hatfield, Stephanie WV Wesleyan 18:52.39 5 10 2899 Griffith, Amanda WV Wesleyan 18:58.11 6 11 2889 Koch, Tiffany University Of Charleston 18:59.71 7 12 2898 Erenrich, Leah WV Wesleyan 19:08.86 8 13 2855 Archibald, Kelly Lynchburg College 19:20.84 9 14 2896 Blonar, Danielle WV Wesleyan 19:23.66 10 15 2884 Daniel, Rebekah University Of Charleston 19:26.17 11 16 2876 Propst, Daphne Radford 19:28.18 12 17 2867 Dickerson, Karen Northern Virginia Communi 19:29.55 18 2858 Diver, Amanda Lynchburg College 19:31.04 13 19 2861 Palmer, Ashley Lynchburg College 19:35.68 14 20 2864 Yost, Emily Lynchburg College 19:41.15 15 21 2891 Noland, Hope University Of Charleston 19:43.65 16 22 2873 Estes, Rachelle Radford 19:55.12 17 23 2901 Jo Robinson, Hanna WV Wesleyan 19:57.33 18 24 2904 Painter, Danielle WV Wesleyan 20:05.31 19 25 2881 Carpenter, Megan University Of Charleston 20:05.56 20 26 2897 Dochert, Megan WV Wesleyan 20:07.30 27 2886 Haddox, Holli University Of Charleston 20:27.45 21 28 2905 Schuerger, Annie WV Wesleyan 20:45.19 29 2872 Edmonson, Cait Radford 20:50.97 22 30 2887 Hayes, Kathy University Of Charleston 20:54.18 23 31 2856 Armistead, Ashley Lynchburg College 20:59.21 24 32 2852 Farmer, Erica Concord University 21:20.55 25 33 2907 Walker, Jill WV Wesleyan 21:22.31 34 2854 Williams, Britney Concord University 21:38.58 26 35 2860 O'Rourke, Michelle Lynchburg College 21:40.55 27 36 2880 Slivka, Rebecca Unattached 21:40.82 37 2850 Chambers, Ambria Concord University 21:51.68 28 38 2869 Banks, Liz Radford 22:01.69 29 39 2877 Schaus, Monica Radford 22:22.61 30 40 2888 Jones, Melanie University Of Charleston 22:31.96 41 2903 McNeil, Beth WV Wesleyan 22:41.93 42 2853 Wagner, Ellen Concord University 23:30.06 31 43 2998 Triesscheijn, Saskia Unattached 23:57.02 44 2851 Damron, Holly Concord University 24:30.75 32 45 2996 Keigley, LaTora Unattached 24:37.38 Hy-Tek's Meet Manager Virginia Tech Invitational - 10/9/2004 College Meet Blacksburg,VA Last Completed Event Event 1 Men 7800 Meter Run CC TEAM SCORES ================================================================================= Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9 ================================================================================= 1 University of Tennessee 21 1 3 4 5 8 10 14 Total Time: 2:05:33.31 Average: 25:06.67 2 Radford 74 6 13 15 19 21 28 31 Total Time: 2:11:07.65 Average: 26:13.53 3 Concord University 81 2 9 17 18 35 Total Time: 2:11:58.87 Average: 26:23.78 4 Lynchburg College 86 7 11 16 25 27 29 30 Total Time: 2:12:22.25 Average: 26:28.45 5 WV Wesleyan 105 12 20 23 24 26 33 34 Total Time: 2:14:11.16 Average: 26:50.24 6 University Of Charleston 165 22 32 36 37 38 Total Time: 2:22:47.23 Average: 28:33.45 Hy-Tek's Meet Manager Virginia Tech Invitational - 10/9/2004 College Meet Blacksburg,VA Last Completed Event Men 7800 Meter Run CC Comp# Name School Time Points ========================================================================================= 1 2972 Miller, Dusty University of Tennessee 24:38.40 1 2 2915 Snell, Chris Concord University 24:40.60 2 3 2994 John, Jay Unattached 24:54.65 4 2966 Day, Jeff University of Tennessee 24:56.29 3 5 2969 Jansen, Nate University of Tennessee 25:13.86 4 6 2974 Picearello, Matt University of Tennessee 25:15.02 5 7 2939 Meehan, Mike Radford 25:21.94 6 8 2919 Flynn, Brian Lynchburg College 25:25.73 7 9 2950 Pline, Kevin Unattached 25:27.24 10 2978 Schappert, Ken University of Tennessee 25:29.74 8 11 2910 Abe, Takuya Concord University 25:40.02 9 12 2952 Snead, LA Unattached 25:53.18 13 2970 Kincaid, Yarrick University of Tennessee 25:53.34 10 14 2926 O'Neil, Brad Lynchburg College 25:53.90 11 15 2992 Snoberger, Woody WV Wesleyan 25:54.46 12 16 2937 Hanlon, Joel Radford 26:00.30 13 17 2976 Raff, Nick University of Tennessee 26:02.40 14 18 2980 McGroarty, Matt Virginia Tech 26:11.63 19 2935 Bossman, Sean Radford 26:20.00 15 20 2979 Markley, Brian Virginia Tech 26:22.72 21 2946 Guglielmo, Kyle Unattached 26:23.41 22 2917 Carleton, Matt Lynchburg College 26:24.60 16 23 2912 Coon, Adam Concord University 26:31.31 17 24 2878 Boykin, Phil Unattached 26:34.24 25 2981 Scott, Chris Virginia Tech 26:35.60 26 2951 Shreckengast, Ian Unattached 26:38.07 27 2914 Smutko, Michael Concord University 26:38.64 18 28 2942 Warrell, Trey Radford 26:39.80 19 29 2991 Rogers, Justin WV Wesleyan 26:45.41 20 30 2944 Wright, Lucas Radford 26:45.61 21 31 2956 Bird, Justin University Of Charleston 26:58.43 22 32 2949 Okeefe, Chris Unattached 27:07.22 33 2984 Drinkard, Dylan WV Wesleyan 27:08.58 23 34 2987 Gurney, Jason WV Wesleyan 27:08.85 24 35 2920 Graves, Kevin Lynchburg College 27:09.18 25 36 2989 King, Michael WV Wesleyan 27:13.86 26 37 2954 Vick, Duncan Unattached 27:22.90 38 2922 Jenkins, Bryan Lynchburg College 27:28.84 27 39 2995 Miller, Jon Unattached 27:29.38 40 2941 Tamagni, T.J. Radford 27:32.26 28 41 2923 Kirby, Brian Lynchburg College 27:38.33 29 42 2930 Roncaglione, Jared Lynchburg College 27:46.90 30 43 2943 Woodyard, Andrew Radford 27:49.76 31 44 2947 Johnson, Alex Unattached 27:57.36 45 2918 Davis, Denver Lynchburg College 28:00.00 46 2961 Smith, Joe University Of Charleston 28:05.82 32 47 2993 Thompson, John WV Wesleyan 28:19.39 33 48 2986 Gohrband, Jonathan WV Wesleyan 28:23.41 34 49 2911 Bias, Chris Concord University 28:28.30 35 50 2990 Oliver, Jared WV Wesleyan 28:32.28 51 2962 Umstead, Clifton University Of Charleston 28:36.39 36 52 2983 Beckett, Zach WV Wesleyan 28:56.30 53 2925 Meyers, Alex Lynchburg College 29:01.54 54 2945 Fuqua, Alex Unattached 29:12.89 55 2963 Waybright, Craig University Of Charleston 29:27.99 37 56 2960 Roush, Daniel University Of Charleston 29:38.60 38 57 2938 McCann, Peter Radford 30:03.21 58 2929 Peggs, Kevin Lynchburg College 30:29.75 59 2924 Kohut, Justin Lynchburg College 30:45.61 60 2927 Ott, John Lynchburg College 31:24.99 61 2940 Rodgers, Daniyel Radford 32:31.79 62 2988 Johnson, Ryan WV Wesleyan 33:24.69 63 2934 Omar, Yassini Northern Virginia Communi 33:55.17







