Meet: Spider Alumni Open
Location: Mechanicsville, Va. (Pole Green Park)
Distance: 6k (3.73 miles)

Team Scoring: 1—Virginia 20, 2— Georgetown 59, 3— Richmond 119, 4— William & Mary 120, 5— American 124, 6— George Mason 140, 7— VCU 192, 8— Washington and Lee 227, 9— VMI 234, 10 Longwood 310
 
The short story: Senior Kyle Weldon secured a top-20 finish to lead the Rams at Pole Green Park. Kendall Phillips and Jadeen Luczak both finished in the top 40 to come in seventh as a team. 

THE FINISH LINE

• Kyle Weldon was the top Ram from the opening gun, crossing the line in 17^th place. Beating his time last year with a finish of 18:28.1 for 6k.
• Junior  Kendall Phillips was second to cross the finish for the Rams finishing 33^rd, with a 19:00:0 finish time.
• Junior Jadeen Luczak was on Phillips' heels, coming home 38^th in a time of 19:10.0.
• Freshman Cole Dawson (73^rd/19:45.6) and Sophomore Hudson Barth (80^th/19:58.3) round out the top 5 for the Rams.
• The remaining Rams runners: Freshman Hudson Finocchio (87^th/ 20:06.7), Freshman Jaiden Lockhart (96^th/20:20.3), Sophomore Curtis Boykin Jr. (99^th/20:24.2), Sophomore Dominic Wilkins (102^nd/20:27.9), Sophomore Bryan Ly (124^th/21:11.2)

HEAR FROM THE RAMS
"Feeling good, our work is better, we're a better team, our mindsets a lot better so I'm excited to move up… and get a little more time to push through and see where we can race at." – Director of Cross Country Austin Savage 
 
UP NEXT
The VCU cross country teams take to the course again in two weeks when they travel to the CNU Regional Preview meet at Lee Hall Mansion in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Sept. 15.