WASHINGTON – The No. 25-ranked women's cross country squad took third and the No. 30-ranked men's team turned in a fifth-place finish at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational in State College, Pennsylvania. The women tallied a total score of 73 behind No. 12-ranked Penn State (32) and No. 22-ranked Syracuse (55) to round out the top three. The men finished with a total score of 128 following Syracuse (21), Penn State (57), St. Joseph's (89), and Navy (99).
 
Georgetown Men's Recap (5th of 9, 128 points)
The Georgetown men were led by the efforts of Ty Brownlow (Liverpool, N.Y. / Liverpool), who turned in a top-20 finish for the Hoyas with a time of 26:31. Eion Nohilly (Golden's Bridge, N.Y. / John Jay) and Joshua Bell (Nashville, Tenn. / Brentwood Academy) finished 22nd and 23rd with times of 26:47 and 26:48, respectively. Dylan Scarsone (Anaheim, Calif. / Canyon) finished 27th overall with a time of 26:53 and Henry Smithers (Warwick, R.I. / Gould Academy) rounded out the point scoring for the Hoyas finishing with a time of 27:31.
 
"I saw some good competitive efforts from our front four guys today," Head Men's Cross Country Coach Brandon Bonsey said. "Ty Brownlow had a very nice debut in the Hoya uniform. We are training a lot, but have not done any quality work so I think the pace today was a little shock to the system. That's okay for right now. It's early September and we rested six of our projected top seven. I saw some things we need to work on and Coach Crozier and I will address those in practice. We will be a much more prepared team when we line up in Madison, Wisconsin in three weeks."
 
Individual Results
16. Ty Brownlow, 26:31
22. Eion Nohilly, 26:47
23. Joshua Bell, 26:48
27. Dylan Scarsone, 26:53
40. Henry Smithers, 27:31
50. Johnathan Chavez, 27:42
57. Dylan Fine, 29:10
 
Team Results
Syracuse (21), Penn State (57), St. Joseph's (89), Navy (99), Georgetown (128), Pittsburgh (153), American (179), No. 23 Princeton (215), Grove City (271)

Georgetown Women (3rd of 10, 73 points)
The Georgetown women opened the season on a strong result with Paige Hofstad (New Braunfels, Texas / New Braunfels) leading the way finishing third overall with a time of 21:01. Freshman newcomer Katherine Modrall (Carmel, Ind. / Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory) posted an excellent first collegiate race result turning in an eighth-place finish with a time of 21:19. Margie Cullen (Needham, Mass. / Needham) finished among the top 15 with a time of 21:36, while freshman runners Katherine Dammer (Clarks Summit, Pa. / Abington Heights) and Alyssa Aldridge (Linwood, N.J. / Mainland Regional) completed the point scoring for the Blue & Gray finishing with times of 21:49 (17th) and 22:20 (32nd), respectively.
 
"We are pleased with today's performance after relying heavily on our underclassman with four of our top five either freshman or sophomore eligibility," Director of Track & Field / Cross Country Julie Culley said. "We felt it was a great opener and we are so excited for Paige taking a top-three finish in her return to cross country after redshirting last season.  We look forward to pulling together our top squad in Wisconsin in three weeks and getting a great few weeks of training under our belt."
 
Individual Results
3. Paige Hofstad, 21:01
8. Katherine Modrall, 21:19
13. Margie Cullen, 21:36
17. Katie Dammer, 21:49
32. Alyssa Aldridge, 22:20
34. Olivia Arizin,  22:27
40. Kayla Grahn, 22:38
 
Team Results
Penn State (32), Syracuse (55), Georgetown (73), Cornell (87), West Virginia (127), St. Joseph's (204), Pittsburgh (209), American (213), Navy (215), Grove City (314)
 
Georgetown returns to action on Friday, September 28 at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin.