PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne University men's and women's cross country teams are set to compete in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional on Friday afternoon.
MEET INFORMATION
November 10, 2023 | Goodman Campus Cross Country Course (Bethlehem, PA)
Live Results | Regional Website
Women's Race: 12:00 pm | 6k
Men's Race: 1:00 pm | 10k
THE DUKES
Men's: Roster | Schedule | Season Results
Women's: Roster | Schedule | Season Results
- The Dukes ran the same course earlier this season at the Paul Short Run in late September ... The women excelled taking second place out of 43 teams in the brown division, paced by Haley Hamilton with a 21:58.5 and nine runners in the top-80 out of 351 ... The men's team will look to rebound from a 36th place finish, Casey Padgett was the first to cross the line for the squad in 55th (out of 400) charting a 22:52.
- Duquesne finished sixth in the women's race and 13th in the men's race at the A-10 Championship on October 28.
- Haley Hamilton led the women's team with a 24th place finish (21:53.3) ... She has led the team in all five races she has competed in.
- Cydney Blahovec was named the A-10 Rookie of the Week - the first weekly award for the Dukes this season - after a ninth place finish at Schenley Park on Oct. 7.
- Zack Toth has paced the DU men's team in three races, including at the A-10 Championships ... Toth earned all-conference honors with an 11th place finish behind a PR (24:32.3), it was his second straight meet with a PR ... Casey Padgett has been the first to cross the line twice this season for Duquesne.
- Both Dukes teams won the season opener at Saint Francis and the November 5th Red Flash Rally … Toth and Padgett finished first and second in the opening meet and the men had four of the top seven finishers … Hamilton won the women's opening race and Gina Bolla came in third ... Mara Whalen took the top spot at the Red Flash Rally for the women, as five runners finished in the top-11, then freshman Jonah Nizami was the runner up in the men's race as four DU competitors filled up the top-9 spots on the leaderboard.
ABOUT THE REGIONAL
- The regional championships help teams advance to the Division I cross country championships each year. The top two teams in each regional secure automatic bids to the championship. The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships.
- If a team doesn't secure an automatic bid, it will have to rely on the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee to select it as one of the 13 at-large teams. Only two individual at-larges are selected, making a strong regional performance pivotal to advancing toward a national title.
- Last season, Villanova won the men's regional and Georgetown claimed the top spot on the women's side ... Duquesne finished 18th in both races ... Haley Hamilton was first to cross for Duquesne in 67th with a 22:05.8, while Zack Toth claimed 60th for the Dukes in the men's race with a 31:38.0.
FOLLOW THE DUKES
Follow Duquesne Cross Country all season online at GoDuquesne.com, as well as on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook (@DuqXCTF).
