Race Results
CARY, N.C. -- Longwood University posted 70 points in men's cross country to place second among 10 teams at the Great American Cross Country Festival Friday afternoon at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. Duke University of the Atlantic Coast Conference won the team title with 16 points, including seven of the top 10 runners, while Andrew Brodeur (unattached) was the individual race winner with his time of 24:35 over the 8K course. The Lancers were led by sophomore
Russell Reed|Onemo (Mathews) with his time of 26:55 to place 12th among the field of 78 competitors. Longwood will next compete at the Blue Ridge Open hosted by Appalachian State University of the Southern Conference on October 12 in Boone, North Carolina at 4:30 p.m.
Russell Reed was followed across the finish line by freshman
Adam Link|Williamsburg (Walsingham Academy) (26:59, 14th), sophomore
Trey Thomas|Stafford (Mountain View) (27:04, 15th), freshman
Seth Taylor|Chesapeake (Grassfield) (27:05, 66th), sophomore
Nick Reed|Fairfax (Robinson) (27:28, 25th), senior
Sean Flynn|Goodview (Roanoke Catholic) (29:08, 37th) and junior
Kyle Moller|Gainesville (Battlefield) (30:56, 51st).
Russell Reed, Link, Thomas and
Nick Reed each ran collegiate-best times for the 8K distance.
