GMU Cross Country 2018

[Old Man]

And so it begins. GMU Cross Country Team reports for duty.

First meet, 1 September in Mechanicsville, VA, at the Spider Invitational.

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[mason89]

Congrats, Old Man! Also glad we'll get more firsthand cross country news.

 

[GreenLantern]

Would love to see my niece run CC for Mason. She made it to states last season

 

[Old Man]

This coming Saturday, Sep 29th, George Mason will host the Mason Invitational Cross Country meet at Oatlands Plantation just south of Leesburg at 10 am. Both men's and women's teams will be running. It is a beautiful venue and a great place to watch and root for the Patriots!

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[Washingtonian]

https://gomason.com/news/2018/9/29/...-sweep-team-titles-at-mason-invitational.aspx

LEESBURG, Va. – With the rainy weather finally yielding, the George Mason men's and women's cross country teams defended their home turf on a picturesque fall day.

The Patriots swept the team titles at the Mason Invitation on a warm Saturday morning at Oatlands Plantation. Competing for the first time in four weeks due to inclement weather postponing an invitational, the Mason men and women both finished first at their only home meet of the season. Sophomore transfer Siobhra O'Flaherty and graduate student Trent Lancaster both led the Patriots with second-place finishes on the men's and women's sides respectively.

 

[Old Man]

Since Washingtonian beat me to the write up, here's a link to the 'box' scores and some pictures of the event - https://www.tfrrs.org/results/xc/14092/George_Mason_Invitational.

GMU Women

GMU Men

 

[Old Man]

George Mason Women's and Men's Cross Country teams will be traveling to Princeton this Friday for the Princeton Invitational (https://gomason.com/news/2018/10/11...aits-at-princeton-invitational-on-friday.aspx). For those who care, here is a link to the course map the teams will run at the invitational - https://goprincetontigers.com/sports/2015/9/2/210310843.aspx?id=15.

The Princeton women's team is currently ranked 29th in the country (http://www.ustfccca.org/2018/10/fea...ns-cross-country-national-coaches-poll-week-4), so it will be great to see our ladies go up against some ranked teams and see where they are.

On the men's side, the Princeton Tigers recently fell out of the top 30 and are now listed in the "others receiving votes" category (http://www.ustfccca.org/2018/10/fea...ns-cross-country-national-coaches-poll-week-4).

Go Mason!!!!

 

[Old Man]

The George Mason Women's and Men's Cross Country teams competed at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational on Friday, 12 October. Full stats can be found at https://www.tfrrs.org/results/xc/13881/Princeton_Cross_Country_Invitational

Competing against 21 other teams, the George Mason Womens Cross Country team came in 4th place. Some of the other teams in the meet included Mid-Atlantic Region number 1 Villanova, who finished in 1st place, Mid-Atlantic number 5 Maryland who finished in 5th place, and several A-10 foes including GW, La Salle, and St. Joe's who all finished behind the Mason women's team.

GMU Women's Leader - Siobhra O'Flaherty - finished in 18th place with a time of 21:48.4 in the 6K race.

The GMU men came in 7th at the Princeton Invitational also competing against Villanova, Princeton, St. Joe's, La Salle, and GW. Trent Lancaster finished first of the Mason men in 29th place with a time of 24:48.7 in the 8K race.

 

[Old Man]

Coming up this weekend is the Women's and Men's A10 Cross Country Championships which are being held at Pole Green Park outside of Richmond, VA.
http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=211770819&DB_OEM_ID=31600

The George Mason Women are being led by Síobhra O'Flaherty, who was named a two time A10 Rookie of the Week https://gomason.com/news/2018/10/16...rty-named-atlantic-10-rookie-of-the-week.aspx.

 

[GreenLantern]

My niece has committed to run cross country at JMU. Traitor!

 

[Old Man]

My niece has committed to run cross country at JMU. Traitor!

I'm sorry. Maybe she can transfer. She wouldn't be the first CC and Track athlete to transfer from JMU to GMU. A path is there ... There's still hope!

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[Old Man]

GoMason finally posted an article about the upcoming A10 Championships.

https://gomason.com/news/2018/10/25...-10-cross-country-championships-saturday.aspx

One key mention in the article is the races, Women's 5K at 10am and Men's 8K at 10:50 am will be live streamed on ESPN+. So those of you who want to test out your ESPN+ purchases can watch the A10s on Saturday morning.

 

[Old Man]

The A10 Cross Country Championship ran on October 27. The Mason Women finished 6th overall and the Men finished 5th overall. Here's the GoMason article: https://gomason.com/news/2018/10/27...mers-lead-patriots-at-a-10-championships.aspx.

 

[Old Man]

GMU's Cross Country teams finished the season in the Bronx on Saturday, 17 November, with a pair of 4th place finishes at the IC4A/ECAC Championships held at Van Cortlandt Park. Here is the GoMason.com story - https://gomason.com/news/2018/11/17...finish-fourth-at-ic4a-ecac-championships.aspx.

One thing to add to the article is both the women's and men's cross country teams greatly improved on their 2017 IC4A/ECAC performances. Both teams improved by 9 spots to finish in 4th place from last year's pair of 13th place finishes. Way to go Patriots!!!