Cross Country: UVA women, men both finish third at XC Pre-Nationals

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Posted on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, 11:20 pm

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The No. 7 ranked Virginia women and No. 10 ranked Virginia men each finished third at the XC23 Pre-Nationals as Gary Martin and Margot Appleton led their squads for the second consecutive outing Saturday morning at Panorama Farms.

In the men’s championship race, the Cavaliers jockeyed for position among the top-three for the duration of eight kilometers. With No. 21 Arkansas taking a large lead, Virginia and No. 17 Tennessee went back and forth battling for the runner-up position. With two kilometers to go, it was the Volunteers that took the edge as Virginia placed third as a team.

Gary Martin led the Cavaliers to the finish for the second consecutive outing while placing 10th individually running 23:30.0. He was followed closely by Will Anthony in 13th place with a time of 23:32.5. Nate Mountain (23:40.3), Jack Eliason (23:53.7) and Jacob Hunter (23:56.4) rounded out the scoring positions going 22-32-35 to total 112 points for the Cavaliers. Virginia posted an average time of 23:42.6 with a spread of 26.5.

The Cavalier women were steady in their six-kilometer championship race placing third overall behind No. 6 Stanford and No. 19 Arkansas. Virginia was once again led by the consistency of junior standout, Margot Appleton.

Appleton led Virginia to the finish line for the second consecutive race placing fourth overall while coming in under 20 minutes with a time of 19:55.6. Appleton was followed closely by Anna Workman (20:06.6) and Jenny Schilling (20:12.9) in 11th and 13th places, respectively. Sophie Atkinson (20:43.5) and Caroline Timm (20:57.8) rounded out the scoring positions finishing 46th and 55th to put the Virginia total at 104. The Cavaliers averaged a time of 20:23.3 and turned in a spread of 1:02.2.

In the men’s 8k orange race, Nick Karayanis finished as the runner-up with his time of 24:14.8 while Andrew Jones placed fifth with his time of 24:30.0. In the women’s orange 6k, Luci Ilnicki-Lambert led the Cavaliers with her time of 21:56.5.

FROM DIRECTOR OF CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK & FIELD VIN LANANNA

“What’s exciting is I don’t think we have run our best race yet on either side. So, I think that if we can put all the details together and get everyone operating and functioning as a cohesive group, I think we can be a pretty good team this year.”

PANORAMA FARMS & XC23

Virginia will host the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday, November 18 at Panorama Farms. The 2023 championships will mark just the second time Virginia has hosted the event and the first time since the 1987 championships.

XC23 Pre-Nationals
Panorama Farms
Men’s Championship Results (8k)

  1. Arkansas — 35
  2. Tennessee — 89
  3. Virginia — 112
  4. Montana St. — 137
  5. Purdue — 215
  6. Wyoming — 220
  7. Santa Clara — 283
  8. Miami (Ohio) — 323
  9. Virginia Tech — 324
  10. Yale — 338
  11. Duke — 360
  12. Cornell — 368
  13. La Salle — 371
  14. Weber St.– 372
  15. Kansas — 374
  16. Dartmouth — 376
  17. Penn — 388
  18. Washington St. — 413
  19. Pitt — 431
  20. Liberty — 437
  21. Lipscomb — 456
  22. Minnesota — 465
  23. Arizona — 601

Women’s Championship Results (6k)

  1. BYU — 32
  2. Arkansas — 90
  3. Virginia — 104
  4. Oregon — 117
  5. Tennessee — 135
  6. Wake Forest — 218
  7. Cal Poly — 301
  8. Michigan — 326
  9. Washington St. — 345
  10. Villanova — 351
  11. Montana St.
  12. Pitt — 362
  13. Wyoming — 367
  14. Quinnipiac — 370
  15. Virginia Tech — 373
  16. Penn — 386
  17. Dartmouth — 409
  18. Ohio — 429
  19. Minnesota — 491
  20. Liberty — 493
  21. Missouri — 529
  22. Vanderbilt — 530
  23. Purdue — 538
  24. Maryland — 563

Men’s Orange Race Results (8k)

  1. UMass Lowell — 49
  2. Missouri — 73
  3. George Washington — 113
  4. William & Mary — 116
  5. K-State — 139
  6. Richmond — 165
  7. Ohio — 171
  8. Kent State — 177
  9. High Point — 198
  10. Queens — 215
  11. Elon — 291

Women’s Orange Race Results (6k)

  1. Kansas State — 116
  2. Richmond — 139
  3. Weber State — 146
  4. Yale — 148
  5. Kansas — 150
  6. Cornell — 153
  7. High Point — 179
  8. George Washington — 182
  9. Miami Ohio — 194
  10. William & Mary — 195
  11. Charlotte — 244
  12. Arizona — 245
  13. UMass Lowell — 247
  14. Elon — 275
  15. Kent State — 435