Cross Country: WVU Places 7th at Griak Invite
September 25, 2004 08:56 PM | General
September 25, 2004
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ST. PAUL, MINN. – The No. 30 West Virginia University women’s cross country team finished seventh out of 29 teams with 213 points at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 25, in St. Paul, Minn.
West Virginia’s seventh place finish was better than No. 24 Texas Tech (8th), No. 21 Penn State (9th), No. 26 Colorado State (10th) and No. 8 Princeton (11th). The ranked teams placing ahead of WVU were No. 1 Providence (1st), No. 22 Arizona State (2nd) and No. 16 Arkansas (5th).
West Virginia was led by senior All-American Megan Metcalfe who placed fifth overall with a time of 20:55 and fellow senior Tara Struyk who finished with a 12th-place finishing time of 21:31.
Senior Jennifer Davis was WVU’s third finisher with a 37th-place finish and a time of 22:14. Senior Jennifer Kemp and junior Susan Davis crossed the line simultaneously at 22:55 to place 79th and 80th respectively.
“I thought we ran a pretty good race overall,” coach Jeff Huntoon says. “Coming in and beating this many ranked teams should help us move up quite a bit in the polls. We are looking forward to getting back to work and preparing for our meet at Penn State.”
The Mountaineers return to action on Saturday, Oct. 16, when they travel to State College, Pa., to compete in the Penn State National Open.
