WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University cross country teams open the fall 2019 campaign Friday morning in Emmitsburg, Maryland at the Mount St. Mary's 5K Duals, hosted by the Mount. The men's race is set to kick off at 11 a.m. ET and the women's race will begin at 11:30 a.m. ET.
MEN'S PREVIEW
- The men's team opens the season as the No. 3-ranked squad in the Mid-Atlantic region of the 2019 NCAA DI Men's Cross Country Regional Rankings preseason poll.
- For the fourth-consecutive season, Georgetown will begin the season as the reigning BIG EAST champions.
- The Hoyas will have a small group of seven runners competing from the men's squad.
- Lineup: Joshua Bell, 2018 All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree Eion Nohilly, Dylan Scarsone, Ty Brownlow, Maazin Ahmed, Quinn Nicholson and Price Owens.
HEAD MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY COACH BRANDON BONSEY ON 5K DUALS
"I am excited to get the season started on Friday at Mount St. Mary's. The whole team worked really hard this summer and Friday is the first step in demonstrating that. We will have a smaller group racing but they are excited to get back out there and compete as a unit. Friday will be a great opportunity to get the competitive juices flowing again. It will also be the college cross country debuts for
Maazin Ahmed,
Quinn Nicholson and
Price Owens."
WOMEN'S PREVIEW
- The women's team was selected as the No. 7-ranked squad in the Mid-Atlantic region of the 2019 NCAA D1 Women's Cross Country Regional Rankings preseason poll and will have 14 runners on display in Maryland.
- Lineups: Madeline Perez, 2018 All-BIG EAST honoree Margie Cullen, Meg Mathison, Olivia Arizin, Alyssa Aldridge, Sami Corman, Katie Dammer, Katherine Lee, Cathilyn McIntosh, Rachel Sessa, Malia Anderson, Maggie Donahue, Pippa Nuttall and Kate Tavella
DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD / CROSS COUNTRY JULIE CULLEY ON THE 5K DUALS
"We are looking forward to opening this weekend and getting a soft start to what will be a great season for our women. We'll have several individuals testing their fitness off of a great summer of training and a few newcomers who will be running college cross country for the first time. It will be a great season kickoff!"
UP NEXT
- The Hoyas will travel to State College, PA on September 13 to compete in the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational.
