Villanova Men Win Big at Mid-Atlantic RegionalTiernan and McEntee Go 1-2 as Cats Beat Princeton

Patrick Tiernan broke the field by the 8K mark (above) and won by 7 seconds

The Villanova men put on a dominating performance today at Lehigh to win the NCAA Cross Country Mid-Atlantic Regional over Princeton and Georgetown, earning their 6th consecutive trip to Nationals.  The race was won by freshmen Patrick Tiernan, followed 7 seconds later in second place by Sam McEntee.  Overall, Villanova placed its top 5 men in the top 12 finishers to generate a team score of 34 places and displayed a very tight 35 second spread over the 10K course.

Patrick Tiernan leads, with Sam McEntee taking over second

  "It has been a really good season," Tiernan said. "Everyone on the team is in the best shape of their lives. We ran well at BIG EAST and after today I think we look good for Nationals next week. It makes it comfortable for me to have the other guys up there with me. At the end of the day it is a team game and everyone is trying to run a good race. This has been a great team for me to be a part of."

Villanova's Patrick Tiernan was grinning and winning at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional

Top 5 Team Results

1.  Villanova     1-2-9-10-12-(23)-(39)     34  
2.  Princeton     6-7-11-17-19-(20)-(49)    60
3.  Georgetown    3-13-14-15-18-(28)        63
4.  Penn          5-24-26-46-(51)-(56)     152
5.  Penn State    4-31-35-43-62-(77)-(80)  175 

Individually for Villanova, the results looked like this:

Villanova Men

 1.  Patrick Tiernan       29:37
 2.  Sam McEntee           29:44
 9.  Rob Denault           29:58
10.  Jordy Williamsz       30:10
12.  Brian Basili          30:12
23.  Alex Tully            30:37
39.  Harry Warnick         31:12

2013 NCAA Regional Champions: Basili, Warnick, Tiernan, Williamsz, McEntee, Denault, Tully

The full results of the men's race are HERE.

Congratulations to Marcus and the Villanova men. Off to Nationals.