Dukes Finish 20th at NCAA Regionals

Friday, November 15

Charlottesville, Va.

10:30 a.m.

James Madison University

NCAA Southeast Regional Championship

11/15/2019 1:42:00 PM | Cross Country

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EARLYSVILLE, Va. – James Madison cross country finished 20^th at the NCAA Southeast Regional on Friday morning. The Dukes had their best finish since 2017.

RACE NOTES

JMU competed against three teams that are ranked in the USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll; No. 5 NC State, No. 14 Furman and No. 23 Virginia Tech
With JMU's 20^th place finish they defeated 14 other teams at the regional
Laura Webb pushed by 21 people from the 2K to the 5K mark and continued to hold strong at the finish.
Caitlin Swanson also flew by 34 people between the 2K and 5K mark in the race.
Brooke Manion went out and was sitting in 171^st place after the 2K, she then went by 44 people to get to 127^th place at the 5K mark. At the end she was able to go by nine people to finish in 118^th.

JMU RUNNERS: Out of 258

Place	Name	Time
98	Laura Webb	22:12.8
105	Caitlin Swanson	22:17.8
118	Brooke Manion	22:26.2
136	Maddy Hesler	22:36.9
143	Kayla Connelly	22:46.2
144	Megan Keady	22:46.6
189	McKenzi Watkins	23:18.0

QUOTING COACH RINKER
Rinker: " Our primary goal was to improve over last year & we did that. We still believe there is a better race in us, but we are racing hard and getting better."

UP NEXT
The Dukes will head to the Bronx, N.Y. and take on the ECAC Championship on Saturday, November 23 at Van Cortlandt Park. The 5K is set to begin at 10 a.m.