Dukes Land Three Top 50 Finishes At NCAA Southeast Regional

Friday, November 10

Charlottesville, Va.

10:30 a.m.

James Madison University

NCAA Southeast Regional Championship

Dukes Land Three Top 50 Finishes At NCAA Southeast Regional

11/10/2017 12:59:00 PM | Cross Country

Women's Results Photo Gallery @JMUCrossCountry

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va – Led by three top-50 finishers, the James Madison cross country team placed 12^th out of 37 teams at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships on Friday.

RACE RECAP
The Dukes tallied 323 points with an average 6k time of 21:58. Senior Carol Strock paced the Dukes with a time of 21:31.9 which placed her 38^th out of 257 runners. Sophomores Emily Murphy and Caitlin Swanson rounded out the top-three finishers for the Dukes with 42^nd and 49^th finishes, respectively. NC State won the Championships for its second consecutive year.

JMU RACE RESULTS (Full Results Here)
Carol Strock, 21:31.9, 38^th
Emily Murphy, 21:37.9, 42^nd
Caitlin Swanson, 21:47.3, 49^th
Nora Raher, 21:58.4, 59^th
Nicole Goff, 22:58.6, 135^th
Erica Jackson, 23:13.8, 153^rd
Madelynn Knight, 23:38.2, 170^th

COACH RINKER'S REMARKS
"This was a tough race, with all of the great teams competing. We did not follow the race plan as much as I would have liked to but now we have to get ready for the ECAC Championships next week and learn from this."

UP NEXT
James Madison will head up to New York, N.Y. for the ECAC Championships with the women's race set for 10 a.m.