Cross Country Set for Ivy League Championships
10/30/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown University men's and women's cross country teams will travel to Princeton's West Windsor Fields on Saturday, Nov. 1 for the 2014 Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. The women's race (6K) will start at 11 a.m. followed by the men's race (8K) at noon.
After the women's team took seventh at the Ivy Championship last season, the Bears feature a group of talented runners this time around, made up of veteran leaders and promising rookies.
Junior Lily Harrington (West Hartford, Conn.) finished fifth overall at the Iona Meet of Champions, leading the Bears to a first-place team finish, while senior Leah Eickhoff (Hanover, N.H.) has been a consistent top finisher for the team all season. Sophomore Lucy Van Kleunen (Philadelphia, Pa.) paced the Bears at the Paul Short Invite and the Rothenberg Run, while rookie Natalie Schudrowitz (Milwaukee, Wis.) led the way at the New England Championship.
The men's side finished eighth at the 2012 Championship last season, paced by then-junior Mark McGurrin who placed 46th overall, while Columbia claimed the top spot one year ago.
Senior Jordan Mann (St. Louis, Mo.) has been a bright spot for the Bears this season, leading the team to a third-place finish at the Iona Meet of Champions and the first-place showing at the New England Championships. Most recently, sophomore Tucker Hamilton (Colorado Springs, Colo.) turned-in a second-place finish at the Rothenberg Run, while junior Will Sheeran (Bellevue, Wash.), sophomore Martin Martinez (Waukegan, Ill.) and rookie Matt Mahoney (Swampscott, Mass.) will be in the mix for solid finishes on Saturday.
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After Saturday's competition, Brown will have two weeks to continue to prepare for the Northeast Regional Championships, which will take place on Friday, November 14 at Van Cortlandt Park in New York.
