Cornwall earns all-region honors at NCAA Southeast Regional

November 14, 2009

Hokie men finish eighth, women 15th

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Wake Forest	65
Virginia Tech	94

Team Results

Men's Team Results

1, William & Mary, 49, 2, NC State, 99, 3, Louisville, 121, 4, Duke 131, 5, Virginia, 133, 6, North Carolina, 204, 7, Eastern Kentucky 218, 8, Virginia Tech, 238, 9, Liberty, 282, 10, George Mason, 340, 11, Appalachian State, 360, 12, Davidson, 362, 13, Kentucky, 449, 14, Charlotte, 472, 15, Clemson, 476, 16, High Point, 510, 17, Wake Forest, 513, 18, Norfolk State, 519, 19, UNC Greensboro, 521, 20, Elon, 533

Women's Team Results

1, Duke, 69, 2, Virginia 113, 3, NC State, 135, 4, William & Mary, 145, 5, North Carolina, 167, 6, James Madison, 225, 7, Louisville, 234, 8, Kentucky, 256, 9, Richmond, 309, 10, Eastern Kentucky, 332, 11, Western Kentucky, 335, 12, Clemson, 339, 13, Charlotte, 364, 14, South Carolina, 466, 15, Virginia Tech, 474, 16, George Mason, 476, 17, Davidson, 480, 18, Liberty, 494, 19, Wake Forest, 497, 20, Elon, 499

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Senior Devin Cornwall earned all-region honors and helped the Virginia Tech men’s cross country squad to an eighth-place finish to highlight the Hokies’ day at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday. The Tech men tallied 238 points at the meet, while the Hokie women recorded 474 points en route to a 15^th-place effort.

Cornwall placed 18^th individually, out of 231 runners, with a 10,000-meter time of 30:49.81. The finish earned the Culpeper, Va., native his first all-region honor in cross country.

Junior Matt Kroetch and sophomore Brian Welch followed Cornwall as the second and third Hokies across the finish line, respectively. Kroetch placed 30^th, while Welch took 45^th. Sophomore Michael Hammond and senior Paul LaPenna rounded out the Hokie scoring with 62^nd and 84^th-place showings, respectively.

William & Mary won the NCAA Southeast Region with 49 points, followed by NC State in second with 99 points. Louisville notched third, Duke took fourth and Virginia came in fifth. North Carolina and Eastern Kentucky finished sixth and seventh, respectively.

On the women’s side, junior Jessica Trapeni led the Hokies, clocking 22:16.26 in the 6,000-meter race for 55^th place out of 237 athletes. Several underclassmen also received some valuable experience at the regional meet. Sophomore Sammy Dow, who won ACC Women’s Performer of the Week last week, came in 66^th. Sophomore Lauren Pinkston earned 105^th, and freshman Lauren Lemieux followed her in 107^th. Fellow freshman Kelly Kavanaugh closed out the Hokie scoring, finishing in 153^rd.

Duke won the women’s team competition, registering 69 points, while Virginia totaled 113 points for second. NC State, William & Mary and North Carolina took third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

Complete results can be found at www.uoflsports.com.

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