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Cross Country Season on Flotrack 2013

LIVE STREAM: Spider Alumni Open 2013

LIVE STREAM: Spider Alumni Open 2013

Sep 6, 2013 by FloTrack Staff
LIVE STREAM: Spider Alumni Open 2013
 LIVE STREAM: Spider Alumni Open 2013
University of Richmond | Pole Green Park
September 6th, 2013

Watch live on SpiderTV
 The meet starts at 5pm ET
Cross Country Opens Season With Spider Alumni Open
Courtesy: Richmond Athletics

 
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. -  The Richmond men's and women's cross country teams will open the 2013 season on Friday when they once again host the Spider Alumni Open. The 12th annual running of the event will be held at Mechanicsville's Pole Green Park in suburban Richmond.

The men's 5k race will begin at 5:00 p.m., with the women's 2-Mile race to follow at 5:30 p.m. In addition to current Spiders and a number of the program's alumni who will return for the race, Richmond will also welcome George Mason, VCU, Duquesne, Hampton and William & Mary to Friday’s event.

 
After finishing third at last year's Atlantic 10 Championship, the Richmond women were ranked first in a preseason vote by the league's 13 head coaches. The Spiders returns it’s top two finishers from last year's team that turned in a third-place finish at the conference championship, including senior standout Jill Prentice who finished third overall last year and became the Spiders' first-ever top female conference finisher when she won the individual title in 2011. Joining Prentice on the starting line will be junior Clare Moretz who is coming off her 21st overall finish at last years Championship.
 
The Richmond men, who were projected to finish sixth in the league, return junior Andrew Valenski who led the Spider men placing ninth overall in the A-10 Championships and senior Ryan Lee who was the second Spider to cross the finish line, placing 36th.

Additionally, for the first time we will be streaming the races live.  Can’t make it to Pole Green Park on Friday?  Watch the live video stream here.

Stay updated on all the latest Richmond Cross Country news on RichmondSpiders.com and by accessing Spider Athletics' mobile apps on your Smartphone or tablet. More in-depth coverage can be found by following Head CoachSteve Taylor on Twitter and by reading his blog. The Spiders also have their own Facebook page and have launched their own YouTube Channel as well.

   

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