George Washington University Athletics
Friday, October 2
Richmond, VA
George Washington University
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Richmond Invitational
Cross Country Proves Successful at Richmond Invitational
10/2/2026 12:34:00 PM | Men's Track/Cross Country, Women's Track/Cross Country
In their first competition in three weeks, both the men's and women's cross country teams secured top-three finishes at the Richmond Invitational on Friday, placing among the top three teams out of 20 competitors. Both squads also finished as the highest-performing teams from the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The men's team placed third overall, led by Charles Mwangi, who claimed his third-consecutive individual victory. Mwangi also set a personal best in the 8k, improving his time from 24:35 to 24:17.6, a 17-second improvement.
On the women's side, Hadley Mahoney continued her strong start to the season with a fourth-place finish in the women's 6k. The performance marked Mahoney's third top-five result in as many races this season. The women took second over all with 77 points in a tiebreaker against Richmond.
The full breakdown of the GW racers and their times are as follows:
Men's 8k:
The men's team placed third overall, led by Charles Mwangi, who claimed his third-consecutive individual victory. Mwangi also set a personal best in the 8k, improving his time from 24:35 to 24:17.6, a 17-second improvement.
On the women's side, Hadley Mahoney continued her strong start to the season with a fourth-place finish in the women's 6k. The performance marked Mahoney's third top-five result in as many races this season. The women took second over all with 77 points in a tiebreaker against Richmond.
The full breakdown of the GW racers and their times are as follows:
Men's 8k:
- Charles Mwangi- 24:17.6 (1st)
- Joe Fahrney- 25:17.1 (10th)
- Otto Erhart- 25:25.2 (14th)
- Diego Eseverri- 25:49.2 (25th)
- Aidan Doherty- 26:01.7 (33rd)
- Declan Mansbridge- 26:39.9 (51st)
- Jimmy Gildea- 26:41.0 (53rd)
- Cole McCue- 27:11.1 (65th)
- Wesley Kaukas-Quinn- 27:47.8 (86th)
- Greer Shorr- 28:15.9 (98th)
- Hadley Mahoney- 21:14.0 (4th)
- Claire Bohan- 22:03.1 (9th)
- Lola Dinneen- 22:31.1 (19th)
- Amelia Ogawa- 22:42.0 (26th)
- Julia Shanes- 22:45.9 (29th)
- Deirdre Kenny- 22:52.1 (30th)
- Erin Wallwork- 22:53.0 (32nd)
- Shannon Hieber- 22:54.5 (33rd)
- Alexandra Otto- 23:06.4 (42nd)
- Olivia Teates- 23:11.0 (48th)
- Emma Ward- 23:15.3 (52nd)
- Meghan McEleney- 23:33.4 (67th)
- Molly Weber- 24:00.3 (82nd)
- Emma Friedrich- 24:12.2 (89th)
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