Spider Sports Recap: Week of Oct. 22
Oct. 27: First Place, Atlantic 10 Championships, Mechanicsville, Virginia
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Oct. 27: First Place, Atlantic 10 Championships, Mechanicsville, Virginia
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Oct. 13: Win 27-24 at University of Albany
Sept. 29: Loss 63-10 vs. James Madison University
A sporting counterculture has formed at the University of Richmond, creating a visible lack of students present at sporting events, a divide between the athletes and their classmates and a problem for UR athletics that remains unsolved, students and athletes said.
Richmond scored two touchdowns in the final minute to complete a dramatic comeback against Saint Francis. Redshirt junior quarterback Kevin Johnson completed a 65-yard drive with a pass to senior receiver Tyler Wilkins to cut the Saint Francis lead to 29-27 with only two seconds left on the clock. In the game’s final play, Saint Francis attempted to lateral the ball multiple times, which resulted in a fumble. Junior Spider defensive end Maurice Jackson recovered the ball and ran it 29 yards for the touchdown and the victory.
The 30th World Mountain Running Championship was hosted Sept. 14 in Massa, Italy, where a University of Richmond cross-country runner secured a silver medal for the United States team by the smallest of margins.
The men’s cross-country team has added four new members to its roster this season, despite challenges that emerged with the removal of the men’s track and field program in 2012.
The University of Richmond men's and women's cross country teams finished eighth and second, respectively, in the Atlantic 10 conference championship meet at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va., Saturday.
Just over a year, to date, University of Richmond men's cross country coach Steve Taylor can tell you the exact moment he realized the track and field program was in jeopardy.
Men's cross country runner Jordan Chavez is the 13th University of Richmond Spider to compete for the United States in the World Mountain Running Championships in the last eight years.
Freshman Maddie Wittich, a member of Richmond's women's cross country team, was 15 feet away from the second bomb when it detonated at the Boston Marathon last April. Wittich, along with her mother and two sisters, was waiting for her father to cross the finish line when chaos ensued, she said.
The men's and women's cross country teams began their season with second and third place finishes, respectively, at Friday's Spider Alumni Open at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va.
Richmond track and cross country alumnus Jeff Watson, who graduated in 2003, ran in Monday's Boston Marathon and was unharmed despite two explosions near the finish line that killed at least three people and injured hundreds more.
A number of people with University of Richmond track and cross country connections were present either as runners or spectators during Monday's Boston Marathon, where two explosions near the finish line killed at least three and injured hundreds more.
Robert Agaba is not a typical University of Richmond student; he is a 28-year-old sophomore from Rwanda, who is about to become a father.
The men's and women's cross country season ended with the NCAA Southeast Regional in Charlotte, N.C., where the women's team finished 13th out of 37 teams, and the men's team finished in 21st place out of 34 teams.
Despite the announcement that their team will be eliminated at the end of the 2012-2013 season, the six men who are on the University of Richmond track team, but do not also hold spots on the cross country team, have decided to finish out their education at the university.
Despite the graduation of several runners from last season, men's cross country coach Steve Taylor said there was a strong team returning this year, as well as promising new freshmen.
Q: What were your expectations before the race?