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George Mason Invitational
October 4, 2003

Riley Captures Third Individual Title of Season as Hens Win Team Crown

FAIRFAX, VA -- Senior Patrick Riley (St. Mark's/Newark, DE) continued to dominate, winning his third race of the season and leading the University of Delaware men's cross country team to the team championship at the George Mason Invitational Saturday morning at Bull Run Park.

The Blue Hen women, who competed without their top three runners, placed tied for fifth and were led by freshman Meghan Weaver (Archbishop Spalding/Harwood, MD), who placed tied for 13th in the individual standings.

The Delaware men, who won their second meet of the season, placed five runners in the top 10 to total 26 points and easily outdistance runner-up Hofstra (70). Radford was third (74) followed by Howard (102), Mt. St. Mary's (126), and George Mason (128) in the six-team field.

Hofstra runners took the first three individual spots, including winner Jen Campbell (19:26.46), to the lead the Pride to the women's team title with 33 points. Howard was second with 39 followed by George Mason (82), Radford (106), Delaware (119), and Mt. St. Mary's (119) in the six-team field.

Riley, who won his eighth career individual cross country title and led the Hens for the 20th straight competition in which he ran, covered the 8,000-meter course in 25:30.38, easily outdistancing runner-up Goran Nava of Radford (25:45.71) by over 15 seconds. Sections of the course were covered in water and knee-deep mud.

Also for the Hens, senior Mike Sadowsky (Brandywine/Wilmington, DE) placed third (26:30.54), freshman P.J. Meany (Salesianum/Hockessin, DE) was sixth (26:46.01), sophomore Kevin DuPrey (Lampeter-Strasburg/Strasburg,PA) was seventh (26:47.08), and freshman Patrick Wilcox (Newark/Newark, DE) was ninth (27:03.62).

Weaver covered the 5,000-meter women's course in 20:46.00 to place tied for 13th. Also for the Hens, sophomore Erin Bortz (Immaculate Heart/Palisades Park, NJ) was 22nd (21:16.98), sophomore Renee Gresh (Washington Twp./Turnersville, NJ) was 27th (21:33.34), sophomore Lauren Shaub (Wyomissing/Wyomissing, PA) was 28th (21:38.24), and senior Mary Martini (Bishop McDevitt/Harrisburg, PA) was 33rd (21:48.49).

The Blue Hens competed without top three runners Erin Gemmill, Kate Klim, and Sari Weissbard who sat out the week.

AGATE:

George Mason Invitational - Bull Run Park
         
Final Team Standings: 1. Delaware - 26; 2. Hofstra - 70;
3. Radford - 74; 4. Howard  - 102; 5. Mt. St. Mary's - 126;
6. George Mason - 128.                                    
 
         
         Men 8k Run CC
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Riley, Patrick               Delaware              25:30.38  
  2 Nava, Goran                  Radford Univ          25:45.71  
  3 Sadowsky, Mike               Delaware              26:30.54  
  4 Maina, Alex                  Hofstra Univ          26:33.88  
  5 Meehan, Michael              Radford Univ          26:34.61  
  6 Meany, P.J.                  Delaware              26:46.01  
  7 DuPrey, Kevin                Delaware              26:47.08  
  8 Dutton, Tim                  Radford Univ          26:50.61  
  9 Wilcox, Patrick              Delaware              27:03.62  
 10 Berman, Jon                  Hofstra Univ          27:04.81  
 11 Stanfield, Cordis            Howard                27:19.08  
 12 Morgan, John                 Delaware              27:23.40  
 13 Frey, Dan                    Delaware              27:24.22  
 14 Emerson, Zach                Mount St. Ma          27:26.65  
 15 Smith, Matt                  Hofstra Univ          27:31.92  
 16 Wynn, David                  Howard                27:50.33  
 17 Gordon, Jason                Delaware              27:54.73  
 18 Tramel, Andy                 George Mason          27:57.38  
 19 Harrell, Matt                Delaware              27:59.07  
 20 Moore, Matt                  Delaware              27:59.66  
 21 Darlington, Chad             Delaware              28:00.00  
 22 Moriarty, Dennis             George Mason          28:05.20  
 23 Sulikowski, Brandon          Hofstra Univ          28:10.58  
 24 Bryden, Matt                 Delaware              28:10.94  
 25 Manlove, Mike                Delaware              28:11.81  
 26 Osman, Juma                  Howard                28:12.11  
 27 Foley, Declan                Hofstra Univ          28:17.59  
 28 Pivec, Alek                  Mount St. Ma          28:18.48  
 29 McMahon, Brian               Mount St. Ma          28:20.29  
 30 Thayer, Jimmy                Una-Radford           28:34.02  
 31 Staton, David                Radford Univ          28:37.02  
 32 Cunningham, Ricardo          George Mason          28:38.71  
 33 Davis, Jonathan              Howard                28:39.29  
 34 Ward, Chris                  Delaware              28:39.71  
 35 Cornell, Dan                 Hofstra Univ          28:40.02  
 36 Kenyatta, Khary              Howard                28:41.20  
 37 Sams, Edgar                  Howard                28:43.93  
 38 Morrison, Adam               Hofstra Univ          28:48.07  
 39 Sommers, Ben                 George Mason          29:00.79  
 40 Bright, Gerald               Howard                29:02.56  
 41 Knowlton, Andrew             Mount St. Ma          29:14.21  
 42 Geary, Herbie                Mount St. Ma          29:17.98  
 43 Woodyard, Andrew             Radford Univ          29:46.02  
 44 Zanca, Tony                  Radford Univ          29:56.68  
 45 Akindele, Michael            George Mason          30:14.89  
 46 McCann, Peter                Radford Univ          30:30.80  
 47 MacWilliams, Bryan           George Mason          30:41.43  
 48 Coghill, Latane              Radford Univ          30:49.52  
 49 Carey, RJ                    Hofstra Univ          31:13.68  
 50 Pignataro, Mike              Mount St. Ma          31:48.53  
 51 Franklin, Deven              Howard                31:54.00  
 52 Banh, Darren                 George Mason          32:27.99  
 53 Rolon, Keith                 Mount St. Ma          34:40.16  
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