LEESBURG, Va. – Both the UMBC men's
and women's cross country teams placed fourth, repectively, at the
Mason Invitational, Saturday morning at Outlands
Plantation. Sophomore Eric
Schuler(Columbia, Md./Reservior) led the Retriever men in the
8K race with a time of 26:26.9 to take 18th place while
junior Cody Mezebish (Westminster, Md./South Carroll)
led the women's squad, finishing 16th with a 6K time of
23:42.7.
For Schuler, it was his first time pacing the Black and Gold as
he barely beat out teammate Tom
Eldridge (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River) across the
line. Eldridge took 19th with a time of 26:29.0 just
ahead of junior Vinny
DiSalvo (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) who took
23rd place. Freshmen Hassan
Omar(Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) and Austin
Hayslett (Mount Air, Md./Urbana) were the next Retrievers
across the line, finishing in 25th and 26th.
In Virginia, Mezebish led the Retrievers across the line for the
second time this season, after leading the team at the Salty Dog
Invitational two weeks ago. Behind the captain,
freshman Nicole Dawson (Jessup, Md./Hammond) once
again put it a strong run, finishing 20th with a time of 24:01.8
while junior Kirsten
McGovern (Sykesville, Md./Century) and sophomore Sarah
Daly (Lake Orion, Mich/Lake Orion) finished just behind in
22nd and 23rd, respectively. Freshman Harmony
Roche (Millersville, Md./Severn School) completed the
scoring for UMBC.
UMBC now has the week off from competition before heading to
Princeton, N.J. for the Princeton Invitational on Oct. 13.
