ATLANTA (October 14) – The Georgia Tech men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Iowa State Classic on Saturday in Ames, Iowa. The meet was held at the same course that the NCAA Cross Country Championships will be held at on November 20.
The Yellow Jacket men’s team finished in 42nd place with 1,018 points, as Colorado captured the team title with 64 points, and had the event’s individual champion, Jorge Torres, who completed the 10K circuit in a time of 30:31.1.
The top Tech men’s finisher was freshman Brendan Mahoney (Cumming, Ga.), who finished in 124th place out of 360 runners with his time of 32:34.20. Junior Joe Stegall (Rydal, Ga.) followed Mahoney in the individual standings, and his time of 33:02.70 put him in 185th place. Rookie Neil McDonagh (San Francisco, Calif.) was the next Yellow Jacket in the field as he placed 196th with a time of 33:07.90.
The remaining Yellow Jackets in the field included junior Phillip Gable (Kennesaw, Ga.) in 267th at 33:51.60, freshman Kyle Rabbitt (Red Oak, Ga.) in 274th with a time of 33:56.10, and junior Brent Johnson (Fayetteville, Ga.) in 289th with his time of 34:14.00. Also competing for Georgia Tech was senior Brent Williams in 308th place with a time 34:32.90.
Tech junior Matt O’Brien (Marietta, Ga.) competed in the Iowa State Classic “B” run, and finished 70th with a time of 35:01.40.
Georgia Tech’s women’s harriers did not figure in the team standings, but sophomore Amy Dock (Charlotte, N.C.) turned in another solid performance, as she finished 45th with a time of 22:05.10 over the 6K women’s course.
The Yellow Jacket cross country teams will take a week off before heading to Raleigh, N.C., to compete in the ACC Championships hosted by NC State on October 28.
