Athletics News at Mary Baldwin College

Mary Baldwin Cross Country Season Outlook

Mary Baldwin finished second in the USA South Cross Country Championships last year.  Returning runners and incoming freshman report a good summer of running, and all runners look forward to setting PR’s this season. 

Returning from last season are Holly Breen and Kathryn Stephens who were 2nd team all conference runners in 2007.  Christian Romeo returns from last season as well.  Kristen Messina and Christina Diette return this year after a year’s lay off.  Kristen has recovered from an injury, and should be a scorer for the team. Diette rejoins the team after a tough junior year as a Marine ROTC student.  She spent 8 weeks in Marine Training this summer.  Rosa Moran was hooked on running in the spring and hopes improve as a runner and racer.

Incoming students include Jessica Snead, a local from Wilson Memorial High School.  Jessica was a three sport athlete competing in cross country, track and field and a tough competitor on the boys wrestling team.  Samantha McNair joins the team from Quantico High School.  She had a strong senior season finishing 3rd in the Delaney Athletic Conference.  Stephanie Reed hails from Mayde Creek High School in Houston Texas.   Her PR is 20:58 for the 5K and is a two time qualifier in the Division III Texas Region.  New runner Elizabeth Drummond also will be coming out for the team.

The Squirrels will compete at the Shenandoah Invitational, the Roanoke Invitational and the Virginia State Meet.  The Conference meet in Greensboro, NC is November 1st.  Finally the top 7 runners will compete at the NCAA South/South East Regional in Seguin, Texas on November 15th.