Cross Country Opens Season at Spider Alumni Open

Saturday, September 3

Richmond, Va.

9:50 a.m.

James Madison University

Spider Alumni Open

9/3/2022 10:31:00 AM | Cross Country

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. – The James Madison cross country team earned a fourth-place finish at the Spider Alumni Open hosted by Richmond at Pole Green Park Saturday morning.

JMU collected 103 points in its fourth-place finish, which was 25 points behind third-place Richmond. Virginia won the race after scoring just 22 points.

How It Happened

The Dukes were paced by junior Miranda Stanhope with her ninth-place finish in the 4K with a time of 13:47.1.
Following behind Stanhope was senior Laura Webb who crossed the finish line in 13:59.8 for 17^th.
Rounding out the scoring for JMU were freshman Gabriella Garcia (20^th – 14:04.9), senior Jessica Cantrell (33^rd – 14:26.3), and sophomore Sofia Terenziani (34^th – 14:27.2).

Meet Notes

All of the Dukes' scorers moved up in the race after the 2K split, with Webb making the biggest leap, going from 31^st to 17^th.
Webb and Garcia both recorded a faster final 2K split, cutting their times by 7.20 and 1.10 seconds, respectively.

Quoting Coach Ron McCown
"Congratulations to Miranda on her top-10 finish this morning," said McCown. "This was a good opener for us and I am very proud of this entire group. They are a very focused and determined group and it's going to be fun to see what they accomplish this season. Go Dukes!"

JMU Runners
9. Miranda Stanhope – 13:47.1
17. Laura Webb – 13:59.8
20. Gabriella Garcia – 14:04.9
33. Jessica Cantrell – 14:26.3
34. Sofia Terenziani – 14:27.2
37. Faithe Ketchum – 14:32.5
40. McKenzi Watkins – 14:40.2
44. Maddy Hesler – 14:42.6
59. Clare Morelli – 15:22.9
67. Sierra Puleo – 15:32.9
75. Mary Milby – 15:44.5
79. Annie Dunlop – 15:54.6
83. Riley Schindel – 15:58.5

Up Next
James Madison is set to host the JMU Invitational in New Market, Va. on Friday, Sept. 16, at the New Market Battlefield State Historic Park. The women's 5.2K race is scheduled for 5 p.m., followed by the men's 8K at 5:45 p.m.