Sept. 6, 2008

BRONX, N.Y. -- Captains Andrea Florida (11th) and Will Rowland (seventh) led their respective teams at the Fordham Fiasco Cross Country Meet on Saturday afternoon. The women's side ran to an impressive third place finish, while the men placed 13th with a batch of young runners at New York's Van Courtlandt Park.

SJU placed its top five runners in the first 38 places in the women's race, with Florida leading the pack in a time of 19:31.42. She was followed closely by Aimee Chegwidden (19:45.91) and Kelsey Rose (19:48.50) in 17th and 19th place, respectively.

Kathleen Casey (27th), Amy Rhein (38th), Christina Morelli (20:18.97) rounded out the scoring, completing the five-kilometer trek in times of 20:00.88, 20:14.25, and 20:18.97, individually.

Rowland's time of 27:01.21 was good enough for seventh place and as the top Hawk on the five-mile course. Saint Joseph's put a green crew of harriers on the course, as Rowland was the only upperlassman to compete as Kevin Donnelly (29:05.20) was the best of the youngsters running to a 64th place showing.

SJU will be back in action next weekend as the squads will journey to Charlotte, N.C. for the Bojangles Invitational at UNC-Charlotte. The Hawks will run on the same course that will host the Atlantic 10 Championship November 1.

Men's Results (13th/16)
7. Will Rowland 27:01.21
64. Kevin Donnelly 29:05.20
96. Vince Collins 30:02.31
99. Murphy O'Donnell 30:05.85
117. Logan Hohs 30:42.94
137. Adam Drastura 31:33.65

Women's Results (3rd/20)
11. Andrea Florida 19:31.42
17. Aimee Chegwidden 19:45.91
19. Kelsey Rose 19:48.50
27. Kathleen Casey 20:00.88
38. Amy Rhein 20:14.25
41. Christina Morelli 20:18.97
48. Jessica Di Cicco 20:34.57
50. Anna Cushing 20:35.79
62. Elizabeth Lambright 20:56.11
69. Samantha Peters 20:58.95
84. Caitlin Reusche 21:08.01
86. Laura Faller 21:11.34
109. Carolyn Haggerty 21:39.85
113. Elizabeth Welsh 21:43.33
114. Jacqueline Stuppiello 21:46.13
125. Katie Barrett 22:01.73
151. Juli Stensland 22:40.16
175. Katie Pencek 23:16.02