WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's and women's cross country programs competed at the Princeton Meadows Challenge on Saturday morning in Princeton, New Jersey. The Hoya men were led by top-10 individual finishes from Birhanu Harriman and Joseph O'Brien to capture fourth place in the 8K, while the women's squad placed 16th in the 6K at the Princeton XC Course.
 
 
MEN'S 8K RACE

• Harriman placed seventh (23:21.3) and O'Brien finished ninth (23:24.5) to pace Georgetown to a fourth-place team finish with 127 points. The Hoyas finished behind No. 10 Alabama, No. 9 Syracuse, and BIG EAST foe Villanova, but topped host No. 25 Princeton and North Carolina.
• Luke Ondracek (31st), Quinn Parrish (35th), and Maxwell Friedrich (46th) capped the team scoring with top-50 efforts.
• Graduate transfer Daniel Winter placed 51st with a time of 24:05.7, while freshman Marshall McConville took 62nd with a mark of 24:12.0.
• GU Point Scorers: Birhanu Harriman, 23:21.3 [7]; Joseph O'Brien, 23:24.5 [9]; Luke Ondracek, 23:44.7 [31]; Quinn Parrish, 23:51.1 [35]; Maxwell Friedrich, 24:02.1 [46]
• Team Results (Top Five): 1. Alabama, 42; 2. Syracuse, 68; 3. Villanova, 104; 4. Georgetown, 127; 5. North Carolina, 129

 
WOMEN'S 6K RACE

• Georgetown placed 16th with 411 points, as Tess Sherry was the top Hoya finisher in 65th with a mark of 21:16.6 while Emma Bennett (72nd) and Charlotte Bell (97th) were the next to cross the finish line.
• Liv Sherry (103rd) and Lauren Banovac (112th) rounded out the point scorers for the Hoyas.
• GU Point Scorers: Tess Sherry, 21:16.6 [62]; Emma Bennett, 21:24.0 [72]; Charlotte Bell, 21:41.0 [88]; Liv Sherry, 21:43.8 [92]; Lauren Banovac, 21:48.1 [97]

 
 
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Georgetown cross country returns to racing on October 9 for the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin.