Cross Country Opens Season at Spider Alumni Open

Saturday, September 2

Mechanicsville, Va.

9:50 a.m.

James Madison University

Spider Alumni Open

Miranda Stanhope vs SBC Championships 102822

9/2/2023 1:30:00 PM | Cross Country

Complete Results

MECHANISVILLE, Va. – Senior Miranda Stanhope paced James Madison in the Spider Alumni Open 4K race with a time of 15:52.0 today at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va.

The Dukes tallied 324 points to place 10th out of 16 teams. Virginia took first overall with 29 points after a 1-2-6-7-13 finish.

How It Happened

Four JMU runners finished within .08 seconds of each other: Stanhope (74th - 15:52.0), junior Evie Bell (75th – 15:52.1), sophomore Faithe Ketchum (76th – 15:52.2) and graduate student McKenzi Watkins (77th – 15:52.8).
Freshman Kristin Giordano rounded out the scoring for the Dukes (94th – 16:20.0)

Quoting Head Coach Rebekah Ricksecker
"Today's opener was a great opportunity to practice pack running and pacing. The athletes followed the workout plan perfectly. We had a beautiful course and day to open our season. Proud of all the hard work and volume each athlete is putting in and excited for the rest of the cross country season."

JMU Runners
74. Miranda Stanhope – 15:52.0
75. Evie Bell – 15:52.1
76. Faithe Ketchum – 15:52.2
77. McKenzi Watkins – 15:52.8
94. Kristin Giordano – 16:20.0
95. Mary Milby – 16:21.1
111. Alayna Gifford – 16:37.7
126. Sierra Puleo – 17:01.8
134. Caroline Morley – 17:32.4
135. Riley Schindel – 17:32.5

Up Next
The Dukes will have a lengthy break between meets, not racing again until Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Virginia Invitational. The meet will take place at Panorama Farms in Charlottesville, Va., where the women will compete in the 5K race.