Final Results (PDF)

NEW MARKET, Va. -- Longwood University posted 96 points to place third among six teams at the JMU Open Invitational women's cross country race Saturday at the New Market Battlefield near Harrisonburg.  Host James Madison University won the team title with 23 points, and the Dukes' Katie Gorman was the individual race winner with her time of 18:56, while the Lancers were led by junior Alisha Royal|Vinton (William Byrd) with her time of 19:48 over the 5K course to place seventh among 57 competitors.  Longwood will next compete at the Great American Cross Country Festival on September 28 at the WakeMed Soccer Complex in Cary, North Carolina beginning at 3:30 p.m.
   
Royal was followed across the finish line by junior Crystal Baxley|Virginia Beach (First Colonial) (21:50, 24th), sophomores Brittany Foote|Goshen, N.Y. (Goshen) (22:22, 30th) and Elisabeth Drake|Hayes (Gloucester) (22:35, 31st), along with seniors Rebecca Denny|Virginia Beach (Kempsville) (23:23, 38th), Jenna Sprinkle|Buchanan (James River) (23:58, 43rd) and Megan Short|Sicklerville, N.J. (Timber Creek) (24:09, 44th).
   
JMU was followed by VMI (52), Longwood, Southern Virginia (113), Howard (131) and Mary Baldwin (134).