Bohlke, Brotemarkle, Fahrney Claim Victory at JMU Invitational

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Oct 3

Men's Track/Cross Country

at Paul Short Run

Oct 17

Men's Track/Cross Country

at Princeton Invitational

Nov 1

Men's Track/Cross Country

at Atlantic 10 Championship

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Men's Track/Cross Country

at NCAA

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Men's Track/Cross Country

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Harrisonburg, Va. - The GW outdoor track team enjoyed three event victories in a successful afternoon competing at the JMU Invitational on Saturday afternoon, making a showing in a combined 13 events for the GW men and women.

Beginning the afternoon in the 1,500m, the women earned three top-10 finishes. Hadley Mahoney earned third (4:40.29), Claire Bohan clocked in at fifth (4:44.73) and Amelia Ogawa notched a tenth-place finish (4:47.00). On the men's side, Mike Bohlke won the event in 3:53.32. Cole McCue (3:59.94) and Jimmy Gildea (4:01.33) also earned top-10 finishes in their first event of the day.

As the sole contestant for GW in the women's 100m hurdles, Kamryn Holness earned a 15^th place time of 15.76, just .04 shy of her existing program record. Holness also made a showing in the 400m hurdles, clocking in at 1:08.46, good for 13^th overall.

Moving to the 400m, Dami Oyatayo led the GW women and finished third overall in 56.64, while for the men, Nic Rodgers led the GW Revs in 52.09 to complete the event 15^th overall.

The 100m dash was led by Janae Russell (12.50). In the final short distance event of the afternoon, Madison Hardamon led GW in the 200m, finishing in 25.22.

In the 800m, Rita Mazumder collected a top-10 finish to lead the GW women, finishing in 2:18.83. In the men's race, Matt Rooney led the way in 1:57.71. Olivia Syftestad (10:23.22) and Julia Shanes (10:27.57) finished third and fourth respectively in the 3,000m, and Austin Brotemarkle (8:45.75) won the 3,000 for the men. Wesley Kaukas-Quinn (8:46.30) earned second behind Brotemarkle, and both Andrew McCabe (8:55.92) and Aiden Williams (9:10.03) finished in the top-10 of the men's 3,000 field.

Joe Fahrney claimed the afternoon's top finish in the men's 3,000m steeplechase in 9:32.01, edging out the other contestants by at least six seconds to close out the invitational in style for the Buff & Blue.

GW will return to action next Friday in Charlottesville, Va. as the Revolutionaries prepare to compete in the UVA Challenge. The schedule for the Buff & Blue will be available on GWsports.com before the meet.

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