Elon women finish fourth, men sixth at Mountaineer Open
BOONE, N.C. – A few members of the Elon cross country teams competed at the Mountaineer Open today, Oct. 4, as the women’s team finished fourth in the 5K race, while the men raced to a sixth-place standing in its 8K run.
Sabina Bains was the top finisher for the Phoenix women, who was competing without its normal top seven. Bains ran a time of 19:42.08, followed by Jackie Madden’s mark of 19:53.45. Kaitlin Stober was the next to cross the finish line for the maroon and gold with a time of 20:15.98, while Emily Dunne (20:29.95), Amanda Parker (20:31.31) and Brennan McDavid (20:35.14) rounded out the team scores.
On the men’s side, Nick Schneider was the male top finisher for Elon with a time of 26:07.61. James Stevenson was the next to cross the line for the Phoenix at 26:15.21, followed by Ari Rothschild and his mark of 26:24.89.
Nick Foley (26:59.34), Adam Bernstein (27:27.52), Ian O’Leary (27:52.74) and Ryan Gwaltney (28:02.61) rounded out the final scores for the Phoenix men.
Virginia Tech swept the meet on the men’s and women’s side.
Wofford men, women finish seventh at Mountaineer Open
BOONE, N.C. – Senior Sam Hughes and sophomore Ryan Doyle lead the way for each of their teams as the Wofford men’s and women’s cross country teams each finished in seventh place at the Mountaineer Open Cross Country meet hosted by Appalachian State University Saturday evening.
For the women, Hughes led the way with a 10th place finish in the 5K run crossing the finish line with a time of 18:44.07. In addition to Hughes, senior Alyssa Burkert finished in 38th crossing the line at 20:03.77 and junior Alissa Williams came in 53rd place with a time of 20:57.20.
Others that raced for the women were senior Carly Egan, junior Kiersten Ellsworth, and freshman Meghan Tillman.
For the men, Doyle crossed the finish line first for the Terriers in the 8K run finishing in 27th place with a time of 26:39.38. In addition for the men, sophomore Alex Michaels finished in 36th with a time of 27:27.29, and junior Hunter McGahee finished in 40th place with a time of 27:50.42.
Others that ran for the men include junior Justin Whitaker and freshman Jonathan Rice.