FINAL RESULTS (PDF)
BUENA VISTA, Va. -- Freshman
Robert Willis/Ashburn ran an 8K time of 27:54 to lead Longwood University to a seventh place finish among 12 teams with 195 points on Saturday at the 2013 Big South Men's Cross Country Championship hosted by VMI at the Vista Links Golf Course in Buena Vista. Liberty University won the race with its 40 points, while Patrick Crawford of High Point University was the individual winner with his time of 25:32. Longwood will complete its campaign at the NCAA Southeast Regional hosted by the University of Virginia at the Panorama Farms on November 15 at 12 p.m. in Earlysville.
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Willis finished 33rd overall among the 93 runners, and was followed by juniors
Russell Reed/Onemo (28:03, 39th) and
Nick Reed/Fairfax (28:12, 43rd), freshman
Johnny Leder/Amelia (28:13, 44th), sophomore
Seth Taylor/Chesapeake (28:53, 58th), along with freshmen
Shea Pennington/Richmond (30:05, 70th) and
Mark Sohl/Burke (31:03, 79th).
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"The men were picked ninth this season and have battled it out with Winthrop and Radford at various times throughout the season, finishing behind both of them at Lehigh in October," said seventh-year Longwood head coach
Catherine Hanson. "Their seventh place finish today in only our second year in the conference is a milestone for this program. All seven who ran here in September were significantly faster today … they brought joyful tears to my eyes."
Longwood improved two spots upon its ninth-place finish at last year's conference championship.
