Strock's Personal Record Leads Dukes at Paul Short

Saturday, October 1

Bethlehem, Pa.

10 a.m.

James Madison University

Paul Short Run

10/1/2016 1:26:00 PM | Cross Country

@JMUCrossCountry JMU XC on Facebook 2016 Schedule/Results Gold Race Results Open Race Results Photo Gallery

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Senior Carol Strock ran the third-fastest 6K time in James Madison cross country history to lead the Dukes to a 15th-place team finish in the Women's Gold Race at the Paul Short Run on Saturday morning.

Strock completed the course in 20:27, almost a half-minute faster than her previous personal record (20:53.8), to finish in 14th out of 405 runners.

The Dukes finished in 15th out of 45 teams on the strength of two more top-100 finishes from junior Nora Raher (21:14) and sophomore Olivia Viparina (21:25), who came in 83rd and 99th, respectively.

Senior Tessa Mundell (111th – 21:31) and junior Nicole Goff (172nd – 21:55) rounded out JMU's scoring. In addition to the scoring times, JMU had two more runners place in the top 200. Sophomore Erica Jackson placed 187th in 22:03 and freshman Caitlin Swanson took 192nd in 22:06.

Earlier in the morning, seven Dukes ran in the women's Open Race, highlighted by sophomore Micaela Poggi in 59th out of 404 runners in 22:32. Junior Angelique DeMeo set a new personal record in the 6K, finishing in 76th with a time of 22:50.

Yale won the women's team race with a total of 92 points. Georgetown (2nd, 119), Penn (T-3rd, 127), West Virginia (T-3rd, 127) and Florida (5th, 175) completed the top five. JMU finished with 479 points, better than 30 teams. Villanova's Angel Piccirillo was the fastest individual, finishing in 19:57.

JMU IN THE GOLD RACE
14. Carol Strock 20:27
83. Nora Raher 21:14
99. Olivia Viparina 21:25
111. Tessa Mundell 21:31
172. Nicole Goff 21:55
187. Erica Jackson 22:03
192. Caitlin Swanson 22:06

JMU IN THE OPEN RACE
59. Micaela Poggi 22:32
76. Angelique DeMeo 22:50
95. Rachel Boyce 23:06
102. Elise Rasmussen 23:15
131. Erica Gray 23:37
238. Emma Hubbard 24:58
247. Grace Holske 25:06

UP NEXT
The Dukes travel to Terre Haute, Ind. for Pre-Nationals on Saturday, Oct. 15. Racing starts at 10 a.m.