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Men's Cross Country 9/16/2022 11:11:00 PM

Keydets Finish Strong at VT Alumni Invite

Complete Results

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Competing in its second race of the year, the VMI men's cross country team earned an eighth-place finish Friday evening at the Buford Meredith Cross Country Course in Blacksburg, Virginia.

VMI finished the 8K men's race with 229 points. Liberty took the crown with 30 points, while ETSU logged 48 and host Virginia Tech came in third with 50 points.

Senior Trent Whittaker led the way for the men with a 48th-place finish in 26:30.2 and was followed by sophomore Brian Tavenner in 71st in 27:11.7. D. Alex Fiorillo finished third for VMI in 73rd overall in 27:19.9, and freshman Nicholas Ligday was the fourth VMI runner to cross in 77th in 27:26.8. Andrew Hirneisen also scored team points with his 83rd-place mark in 27:46.6.

Six other Keydets competed for VMI in the men's race.

VMI Head Cross Country Coach Danielle Gray
"Today we came up a little short with our results as a team on both sides. As a whole we were off, but I know this racing experience will better prepare the team for the championship portion of our season come October."

Men's Team Results – 8K Race
1 - Liberty - 30
2 - ETSU - 48
3 - Virginia Tech - 50
4 - High Point - 103
5 - Augusta - 127
6 - Marshall - 186
7 - Radford - 205
8 - VMI - 229
9 - Longwood - 286

VMI Individual Results – 8K Race
Trent Whittaker - 48th - 26:30.2
Brian Tavenner - 71st - 27:11.7
D. Alex Fiorillo - 73rd - 27:19.9
Nicholas Ligday - 77th - 27:26.8
Andrew Hirneisen - 83rd - 27:46.6
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Zach Diller - 88th - 28:00.6
Benjamin Hagerich - 89th - 28:01.0
Craig Swain - 97th - 28:38.1
Stephen Kelley - 98th - 28:44.3
John Gibson - 102nd - 28:50.3
Patrick Kiernan - 104th - 28:54.6

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Players Mentioned

Zach Diller: Senior

D. Alex Fiorillo: Senior

Andrew Hirneisen: Junior

Stephen Kelley: Junior

Patrick Kiernan: Sophomore

Craig Swain: Sophomore

Brian Tavenner: Sophomore

Trent Whittaker: Senior

Nicholas Ligday: 6' 0"; Freshman

John Gibson: 5' 10"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Zach Diller
: Senior

D. Alex Fiorillo
: Senior

Andrew Hirneisen
: Junior

Stephen Kelley
: Junior

Patrick Kiernan
: Sophomore

Craig Swain
: Sophomore

Brian Tavenner
: Sophomore

Trent Whittaker
: Senior

Nicholas Ligday
: 6' 0"; Freshman

John Gibson
: 5' 10"; Freshman