JMU Men & Women Roll To Victory At Home Meet

NEW MARKET, VA - The James Madison University men\'s and women\'s cross country teams rolled to victories at their team hosted JMU Open Invitational, held at the New Market Battlefield. The Dukes were led by race winners C.W. Moran (25:41 8K) and Shannon Saunders (18:54 5K).

Moran, a sophomore, led a pack of JMU men that placed their entire top five in the first 10 places for a team score of 24 points. JMU junior Allen Carr (4th, 25:53), freshmen Teddy Stevenson (6th, 26:02), sophomore Bryan Buckaldn (7th, 26:03), and junior Nick Noe (10th, 26:11) rounded out the Dukes\' top five runners.

Lynchburg College had a strong showing for a DIII school with a fourth place finishing performance (120 points). The Hornets were led by 2003 NCAA Nationals qualifier Brian Flynn, who finished 15th individually in a time of 26:25.25. The remaining top five for Lynchburg consisted of an impressive group of freshmen in Travis Wray (24th, 26:49), Brad O\'Neil (32nd, 27:26), Matt Carlton (33rd, 27:30), and Brian Kirby (42nd, 28:05).

Radford University finished fifth in the team scoring with 127 points as they were led by three underclassmen with sophomore Mike Meehan (19th, 26:31), freshmen Joel Hanlon (20th, 26:35) and freshmen Sean Bossman (27th, 27:13).

JMU junior Shannon Saunders won the women\'s 5K race by 27 seconds to cross the finish line in a time of 18:54. The JMU women finished with a team score of 23 points as Lady Dukes Nelly Anderson (3rd, 19:36), Michelle Beardmore (4th, 20:03), Dena Spickard (6th, 20:09), and Kelly Baker (9th, 20:26).

Virginia Commonwealth University women\'s team finished third in the team standing with a total of 89 points as top 15 finishers Elizabeth Boit (11th, 20:49) and Emily Thompson (12th, 21:07).