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FORDHAM MED. GREY FORDHAM MAROON FORDHAM BLACK PANTONE BLACK 30% PANTONE 209 C PANTONE BLACK cross country O c t o b e r 8 , 2 0 1 3 | A t l a n t i c 1 0 . c o m | T w i t t e r : @ a t l a n t i c 10 | #A10 | F a c e b oo k : / A t l a n t i c 1 0 CROSS COUNTRY CONTACTS upcoming schedule Atlantic 10 Tom Waterman [email protected] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 Fordham at Metropolitan Championship Dayton (M) Krystal Warren [email protected] Dayton (W) Ross Bagienski [email protected] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Duquesne George Nieman [email protected] at New England Championships Fordham Joe DiBari [email protected] at New England Championships George Mason Greg Piduch [email protected] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 George Washington Dan DiVeglio [email protected] George Mason at Blue Ridge Open La Salle Paul Hembekides [email protected] Rhode Island at Brown Invitational Massachusetts Carl Danoff [email protected] Saint Louis at Bradley Classic Rhode Island Mike Titus [email protected] SATURDAY,OCTOBER 19 Richmond Steele Thompson [email protected] Dayton at NCAA Pre-Nationals St. Bonaventure Corey Dieteman [email protected] Duquesne at Princeton Invitational Saint Joseph’s Nikki Philpot [email protected] Fordham at Princeton Invitational George Washington at Leopard Invitational Saint Louis Brian Kunderman [email protected] La Salle at Princeton Invitational VCU Scott Day [email protected] Massachusetts at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (M) Richmond at Santa Clara Bronco Invitational A-10 men’s Preseason Poll A-10 women’s Preseason Poll St. Bonaventure at Princeton Invitational No. Team (2012 A-10 Finish) No. Team (2012 A-10 Finish) Saint Joseph’s at Princeton Invitational 1. La Salle (3rd) 1. Richmond (3rd) VCU at Christopher Newport Invitational 2. Saint Joseph’s (2nd) 2. La Salle (2nd) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 T3. Duquesne (5th) 3. Saint Louis (4th) Massachusetts at CCSU-Short Course (W) T3. George Mason (CAA 2nd out of 5) 4. Duquesne (7th) Rhode Island at CCSU-Short Course 5. Dayton (6th) 5. Dayton (6th) 6. Richmond (7th) 6. Saint Joseph’s (8th) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 7. Fordham (T8th) 7. George Mason (CAA 4th out of 8) Atlantic 10 Conference Championships 8. Massachusetts (T8th) 8. Massachusetts (12th) 9. Saint Louis (11th) 9. Rhode Island (11th) recent results 10. VCU (12th) 10. George Washington (10th) 11. George Washington (13th) 11. Fordham (13th) Friday, OCTOBER 4 Dayton at All- Championship (M) - 6th/7 12. Rhode Island (15th) 12. VCU (16th) Dayton at All-Ohio Championship (W) - 1st/8 13. St. Bonaventure (16th) 13. St. Bonaventure (15th) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 Duquesne at Paul Short Invitational (M) - 16th/47 A-10 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Duquesne at Paul Short Invitational (W) - 14th/48 George Mason at Mason Invitational (M) - 1st/4 George Mason at Mason Invitational (W) - 1st/4 George Washington at Paul Short Invt.* (M) - 32nd/46 2013 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS George Washington at Paul Short Invt. (W) - T47th/48 La Salle at Paul Short Invitational (M) - 6th/47 DATE: Saturday, November 2, 2013 La Salle at Paul Short Invitational (W) - 30th/48 Massachusetts at Paul Short Invitational (M) - 23rd/47 TIME: Men’s Race – 10:00 a.m. Massachusetts at Paul Short Invitational (W) - 36th/48 Richmond at Paul Short Invitational (M) - 28th/47 Women’s Race – 10:50 a.m. Richmond at Paul Short Invitational (W) - 10th/47 St. Bonaventure at Paul Short Invt.* (M) - 41st/45 SITE: Pole Green Park – Mechanicsville, VA St. Bonaventure at Paul Short Invt.* (W) - 10th/45 Saint Joseph’s at Paul Short Invitational (M) - 12th/47 HOST: Saint Joseph’s at Paul Short Invitational (W) - 28th/48 Saint Louis at Greater Louisville Classic (M) -10th/19 Saint Louis at Greater Louisville Classic (W)- 16th/20 VCU at Paul Short Invitational (M) - 45th/47 VCU at Paul Short Invitational* (W) - 45th/46 2013 CROSS COUNTRY WEEKLY NOTEBOOK | OCTOBER 8, 2013

USTFCCCA RANKINGS - MEN MEN’S PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Nico Greco | La Salle Rank Team Points 1. Oklahoma State (12) 360 Senior | Terryville, Conn. 2. Colorado 341 Greco paced the Explorers to a sixth-place team finish at the ultra-competitive Paul 3. Northern Arizona 335 Short Invitational, which featured three of the nation’s top-20 programs along with 4. Oregon 326 several A-10 programs., with a time of 24:09 (8k). His individual eighth-place finish was 5. BYU 308 the highest of any Atlantic 10 Conference runner at the event. 6. Arkansas 295 7. Portland 280 8. Columbia 267 9. Tulsa 260 10. Princeton 233 WOMEN’S PERFORMER OF THE WEEK 11. Syracuse 229 Margo Richardson | Saint Louis 12. Indiana 203 Senior | Mount Vernon, Ill. 13. 198 14. Texas 166 Richardson recorded a sixth-place overall finish at this past weekend’s Greater Lou- 15. Colorado State 154 isville Classic with a time of 17:26.14 (5k). As a team, the Billiken women turned in a 16. Eastern Kentucky 153 seventh place finish out of 20 teams. 17. Providence 145 18. Iona 143 19. Boise State 140 20. Wisconsin 130 21. UCLA 113 MEN’S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK 22. Minnesota 110 23. Villanova 106 Blake Croteau | Massachusetts 24. Georgetown 100 Freshman | Westfield, Mass. 25. New Mexico 99 Croteau recorded his second consecutive A-10 Rookie of the Week award after record- 26. Florida 80 ing a time of 25:37 (8k) at the Paul Short Invitational. The Westfield, Mass., native has 27. Dartmouth 72 finished in the top three among UMass in each of the meets he’s competed in this 28. Notre Dame 56 season. 29. Stanford 41 30. Arizona State 32 USTFCCCA RANKINGS - woMEN WOMEN’S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Rank Team Points Marisa Ruskan | Richmond 1. Providence (11) 359 Freshman | Bound Brook, N.J. 2. Florida State 342 3. Arizona (1) 340 Ruskan was one of three Spider runners to finish in the top 100 of the prestigious Paul 4. Washington 315 Short Invitational. Ruskan recorded a time of 21:39 (6k) en route to a 79th-place finish 5. Georgetown 313 out of a field of 406 competitors. 6. Oregon 299 7. New Mexico 275 8. Arkansas 272 9. Michigan State 243 10. San Francisco 224 11. Stanford 223 12. Colorado 206 13. Dartmouth 200 14. Michigan 184 15. Cornell 178 16. 171 17. Duke 166 Past weekly award Winners 18. Villanova 161 19. Oklahoma State 144 Date Men’s Performer Women’s Performer Men’s Rookie Women’s Rookie 20. Butler 135 Sept. 3 Bob Gasior, DUQ Carly Seymour, DUQ Daniel Savage, SJU Megan Baritot, DUQ Sept. 9 Jason Skipper, UR Angela Ryck, GW Ethan Louis, UD Megan Baritot, DUQ 21. William & Mary 128 Sept. 16 Zach Sullivan, LAS Elizabeth Barrett, SJU Francis Ferruzzi, LAS Shanna Heaney, FOR 22. Minnesota 104 Sept. 23 Jason Skipper, UR tara Hanley, UR Neal Fitzpatrick, SLU Marisa Ruskan, UR 23. Princeton 80 Margo Richardson, SLU 24. College 75 Sept. 30 John Holt, MASON Bethany Sachtleben, MASON Blake Croteau, UM Meghan Blackstone,MASON 25. Vanderbilt 59 26. BYU 57 Oct. 6 Nico Greco, LAS Margo Richardson, SLU Blake Croteau, UM Marisa Ruskan, UR 27. Penn State 55 28. Iowa State 48 29. Texas 39 30. Notre Dame 37