Kayley Byrne Wins Cavalier Open

Freshman Times 18:37.30 For Victory

11/04/06 1:45PM

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - With only one week to go before the NCAA Regional Championships, William and Mary’s women’s cross country sent several runners to Charlottesville today to compete against James Madison and Virginia.

True freshman Kayley Byrne (Oak Hill, Va.) won the 31-runner race with a 6K time of 18:37.30. It is Byrne’s first collegiate victory, and second for the Tribe this season. Sophomore Rebecca Ward (Midlothian, Va.) was third in 18:49.70, and junior Abby Booker (Haddonfield, N.J.) claimed fifth in 18:59.30. Freshman Emily Anderson (Golf, Ill.) led a string of eight-straight Tribe finishers in seventh place, a run that included Meghan Burns (Coopersburg, Penn.), Emily Arena (Manassas, Va.), and Karin Ohman (Arlington, Va.) in eighth, ninth, and tenth, respectively.

Keely Murphy (Owings, Md.) was 11th with a time of 19:25.50, and was followed in the total span of eight seconds by Katie Endres (Sterling, Va.), Ashley Davies (Whitehouse Station, N.J.), and Ellen Childress (Arlington, Va.). Sallie Ford (Lynchburg, Va.) was 20th, and Kate Willever (Pennington, N.J.), Rachel Ohm (West Coxsackie, N.Y.), and Kelly McElroy (Wyomissing, Penn.) rounded out the Tribe effort in 24th, 25th, and 26th places, respectively.

William and Mary will attempt to make history next weekend and qualify for the NCAA Championships for a second-consecutive year, when it runs at the Southeast Region Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.

Cavalier Open – 6K
Panorama Farms

Top Five Individuals
1. Kayley Byrne (W&M) 18:37.3
2. Stephanie Garcia (UNAT) 18:47.8
3. Rebecca Ward (W&M) 18:49.7
4. Ariane Sloan (UNAT) 18:54.8
5. Abby Booker (W&M) 18:59.3

Other Tribe Individuals
7. Emily Anderson 19:00.3
8. Meghan Burns 19:12.5
9. Emily Arena 19:16.0
10. Karin Ohman 19: 24.2
11. Keely Murphy 19:25.5
12. Katie Endres 19:31.1
13. Ashley Davies 19:32.7
14. Ellen Childress 19:38.8
20. Sallie Ford 19:55.9
24. Kate Willever 20:25.3
25. Rachel Ohm 20:34.2
26. Kelly McElroy 20:37.1null