Today was a good day to be a member of the CNU men's and women's cross country teams as both teams came away with team titles at the Mason-Dixon Conference Championships held in Williamsburg. Also, CNU senior Aimee Gibbs and freshmen Brandon Miles earned individual conference titles.
Very quite weekend as teams prepare for their championship season races with only the Jefferson Forest hosted Runnin' With The Wolves Invitational and Georgetown Prep Invitational in Maryland being run off.
A very busy weekend for Virginia schools with the NCAA Pre-National Meet in Iowa having many of the state's best teams in attendance, while back at home the Tribe Open and Mason-Dixon Championships were held on the same course on the same day in Williamsburg.
Busy weekend of racing action before teams get in two weeks of quality training before their district meets. The MileStat.com Invitational, Albemarle Invitational, Chesapeake Invitational, Glory Days Grill Invitational, and Metro Invitational all drew strong fields to disperse the state\'s talent among them for exciting races. Meanwhile, other squads took lenghty trips out of state to compete at the Manhattan Invitational (NY) and Disney Classic (FL).
Virginia was well represented by two teams who made the journey north this past weekend to the Manhattan College Invitational, where the teams competed on the one of the nation
The Virginia DII-III state meet was held this past weekend, while Lynchburg traveled north to Indiana to compete in the DIII Pre-Nationals race and Richmond went south to Disney World to compete at the Disney Classic in Orlando, Florida.
The William & Mary Invitational and Octoberfest Invitational were big draws this past weekend in terms of quality teams and individuals as a number of top ranked teams and individuals gathered in Williamsburg and at Great Meadows.
Plenty of fast times were posted this weekend by Virginian collegiates on the speedways known as the Paul Short Invitational and Pirate Invitational (held by East Carolina University). Meanwhile, the University of Richmond men and women had impressive showings at the LaSalle Invitational.
Quite a handful of collegiate teams competed in this past weekend's two big cross country festivals on the East Coast at Great American and Maymont, while the George Washington Invite saw a strong field assembled on the battlefield of Bull Run and the Bridgewater Invitational drew a small field of division III schools.
The Maymont Cross Country Festival kicked off in it's inaugrual year with flying colors, while previously established meets such as Bristol Cross, Great American, and Lee-Davis Invitational had plenty of action happening this past weekend.
Virginia Tech, James Madison University, and Roanoke college all hosted home invitationals this weekend, while Mary Washington traveled to New York City to compete at Van Courtland Park.
In the wake of Hurricane Isabel\'s destruction, many weekend invitationals were cancelled or postponed, but several invites in the Southwestern part of the state were able to go off as the area was not hit terribly hard by the storm.
A floodgates opened this past Friday across the state of Virginia as the state was drenched by a storm system that rolled through leaving many of the cross country courses for this past Saturday\'s invitationals in a muddy, sloppy, and slow mess.
Mary Washington College and Roanoke College headed northward to duel it out in Pennsylvania, while the University of Virginia hosted a highly competitive home meet that included the likes of Duke University and William & Mary. Washington & Lee University also was host to a number of schools at their home invite.
Virginia teams saw action at Virginia Tech and in Greensboro, North Carolina this past weekend.
College weekend meet action included Lynchburg College hosting their own home invitational, while CNU traveled north to compete in Salisbury, Maryland.