UMW Roundup: Eagles run well at meet

FROM STAFF REPORTS

CROSS COUNTRY

Scott Plunkett finished in fourth as the University of Mary Washington men’s cross country team took second place overall at the 40-school Paul Short Run at Lehigh University Friday.

Plunkett, who clocked in at 26:28, was followed by Corey Lyons (27:13, 21st place), Sean Healy (27:26, 28th), Jeff Branson (27:30, 35th) and Julian Menk (27:32, 37th).

Tara Landy (23:50, 99th place) paced UMW as the Eagle women finished 30th in the meet. She was followed by Liz Green (24:22, 152nd place), Lauren Braney (24:24, 156th), Colleen Boyle (24:28, 163rd) and Trinity Smyth (24:37, 178th).

Both teams will compete in the Goucher College Invitational in Towson, Md., next Saturday.

SWIMMING

The Eagles’ men’s and women’s teams swam against Division I competition at the American University Relays in Washington.

The Eagle men took third-place finishes in the 200-yard medley (Thomas Rinaldi, Peter Slattery, Andrew Cole, Andrew Garstka; 1:40.90), the 800 free relay (Nick Eckhoff, Jack McHugh, Andrew Garafolo, Andrew Cole; 7:02.64); the 300-yard backstroke relay (Michael Yelmgren, Eckhoff, Alex Anderson; 2:42.11), and the 200-yard free relay (McHugh, Garstka, Sean Mayer, Anderson; 1:29.04).

The women saw a third-place finish in the 300-yard backstroke relay (Lindsay Ancellotti, Robin Brazier, Meredith Thompson; 3:09.52); a fourth place in the 200 free relay (Tara Banks, Thompson, Jessica Singer, Stephanie Hallock; 1:43.36), a fourth in the 800 free relay (Abby Cox, Brazier, Singer, Alex Parrish; 8:20.82), and a fourth in the 200-yard medley relay (Ancellotti, Amber Kerico, Elizabeth Lewan, Thompson; 1:55.86).

The teams will host Howard University next Saturday at 1 p.m.

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