Sept. 18, 2004

The George Mason women's and men's cross country teams competed at James Madison University this weekend and the women fininshed fifth just behind fourth-place Howard while the men were ninth.

The women's team had a score of 154 with the top five runners finishing within 23 minutes, six seconds. Freshman Melissa Ferry was the team's top finisher, coming in 24th in a time of 21:52. Senior Sara Hines finished right after her in 21:57. Alicia York was the next Patriot to cross the line, finishing 36th with a time of 22:19. Julia Gaudet and Erika Woodworth finished 48th and 49th, respectively, both recording times of 23:06.

The men's team had three runners finish in fewer than 30 minutes.

Dennis Moriarty was the team's top finisher with a time of 28:26.96. He was the 48th runner to cross the line. Ricardo Cunningham followed Moriarty by finishing 52nd with a time of 28:50.09. Ben Sommers was the other Patriot to break 30 minutes as he finished 66th with a time of 29:49.65.

Charles Bowles was the fourth-place finisher for the Patriots with a time of 31:06.21. He was 73rd. Paul Gilbride was 81st with a time of 32:43.44.

The Patriots compete again next week at the George Washington Invitational.