Women Race to Third, Men 13th at Fordham Fiasco Meet
Sept. 6, 2008
BRONX, N.Y. -- Captains Andrea Florida (11th) and Will Rowland (seventh) led their respective teams at the Fordham Fiasco Cross Country Meet on Saturday afternoon. The women's side ran to an impressive third place finish, while the men placed 13th with a batch of young runners at New York's Van Courtlandt Park. SJU placed its top five runners in the first 38 places in the women's race, with Florida leading the pack in a time of 19:31.42. She was followed closely by Aimee Chegwidden (19:45.91) and Kelsey Rose (19:48.50) in 17th and 19th place, respectively. Kathleen Casey (27th), Amy Rhein (38th), Christina Morelli (20:18.97) rounded out the scoring, completing the five-kilometer trek in times of 20:00.88, 20:14.25, and 20:18.97, individually. Rowland's time of 27:01.21 was good enough for seventh place and as the top Hawk on the five-mile course. Saint Joseph's put a green crew of harriers on the course, as Rowland was the only upperlassman to compete as Kevin Donnelly (29:05.20) was the best of the youngsters running to a 64th place showing. SJU will be back in action next weekend as the squads will journey to Charlotte, N.C. for the Bojangles Invitational at UNC-Charlotte. The Hawks will run on the same course that will host the Atlantic 10 Championship November 1.
Men's Results (13th/16) 7. Will Rowland 27:01.21 64. Kevin Donnelly 29:05.20 96. Vince Collins 30:02.31 99. Murphy O'Donnell 30:05.85 117. Logan Hohs 30:42.94 137. Adam Drastura 31:33.65 Women's Results (3rd/20) |
