WASHINGTON - Georgetown University's men's and women's cross country teams had a successful trip to Princeton, New Jersey, with the women placing 1st in the 6k, and the men placing 2nd in the 8k. Both the men's and women's teams had four runners finish within the top 20 of fields that had over 230 runners.
ON THE RECORD
"I thought the men took a nice step forward from the Nuttycombe meet. I was really happy with how Abel Terra,
Lucas Guerra,
Luke Ondracek, and
James Dunne executed and worked together. We need to get our 5th runner closer to them but I'm confident that will happen soon. It was frustrating to be so close to the team win and not get it but that will be extra fuel for the BIG EAST. Overall this was a nice step forward as we head into the postseason." -
Men's Cross Country Head Coach Brandon Bonsey
"Racing a quality field at this time of the season - and especially with the team that Providence has - is always a privilege, a learning opportunity, and helps in chasing our best post-season racing. We have some work to do but we have faith that we can have our packs tighter, particularly those who served today as the middle of the line-up; they can feed off of each other even more. Individually Scrimgeour ripping the band-aid off was a great boost that started a string of quality races from teammates; now the challenge is finding the next level." -
Women's Cross Country Head Coach Mitchell Baker
No. 9 WOMEN – (1st, 59 points) 6,000-meters
· The Hoyas placed first in a field that featured 23 programs, including six ranked in the National Poll (No. 10 Providence, No. 16 UNC, No. 21 Penn State, No. 23 Syracuse, No. 24 Boston College, No. 25 Villanova)
· Five-time All-American
Chloe Scrimgeour led the way for the Hoyas, finishing second overall with a time of 19:23.3.
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Lucy Jenks was not far behind, finishing fourth with a time of 19:33.9.
· All five Georgetown point scorers finished within the top 30.
· GU Point Scorers: 1.
Chloe Scrimgeour 19:23.3 (2nd), 2.
Lucy Jenks 19:33.9 (4th), 3.
Melissa Riggins 19:47.1 (8th), 4.
Ruth Nerurkar 20:10.5 (14th), 5.
Barrett Justema 20:16.9 (26th).
No. 26 MEN – (2nd, 87 points) – 8,000-meters
· The men were led by
Abel Teffra, who finished seventh overall with a time of 23:04.0.
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Lucas Guerra (11th),
Luke Ondracek (14th), and
James Dunne (17th) finished within the top 20, giving the Hoyas four total runners within that benchmark.
· GU Point Scorers: 1.
Abel Teffra 23:04.0 (7th), 2.
Lucas Guerra 23:07.3 (11th), 3.
Luke Ondracek 23:12.9 (14th), 4.
James Dunne 23:17.3 (17th), 5.
Charlie North 23:42.9 (39th).
UP NEXT
The Hoyas will return to action on Friday, November 1 for the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships in Leesburg, Virginia.
