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Mary Kate DuBard and Garad Soderman were the top finishers for their respective teams

Sept. 4, 2008

ATHENS, GA. - - The Georgia Tech men's and women's cross country teams fell to Georgia in the season opening Georgia-Georgia Tech Dual meet Thursday evening in Athens, Ga.

Tech freshman Mary Kate DuBard opened her collegiate campaign by finishing third in the women's individual 3200-meter run with a time of 11 minutes and 17 second, just six seconds off the winning pace of Georgia All-American Natalia Picchetti.

The Jacket women scored 44 points, 25 behind Georgia's 19. Also pacing the Tech runners were freshmen Annie Martin (11:30) and Betsy Kim (11:39), finishing sixth and eighth, respectively.

Rounding out the top-five for the Tech women was sophomore Sarah Anderson with a time of 11:57 and junior Lindsey Pickens finishing the course with a mark of 12:01.

The Tech men totaled 35 points, falling to Georgia's 24. They were led by junior Garad Soderman (19:31), who finished third in the 6200-meter run, while senior E.C. Gibbs (19:33) came in fifth and senior Nazar Trilisky (19:40) crossed the line for seventh soon after. Junior Matt Hickey (20:07) and senior Casey Gramling (20:10) rounded out the top-five for the men's scoring in Thursday's meet.

Women's Results

3200-meter
3 DuBard, Mary Kate Georgia Tech 11:17
6 Martin, Annie Georgia Tech 11:30
8 Kim, Betsy Georgia Tech 11:39
12 Anderson, Sarah Georgia Tech 11:57
15 Pickens, Lindsey Georgia Tech 12:01
16 Keck, Ashley Georgia Tech 12:03
19 Kinard, Veronica Georgia Tech 12:05
21 Brower, Felicity Georgia Tech 12:07
23 McMeekin, Maureen Georgia Tech 12:13
25 Kownack, Mary Georgia Tech 12:21
27 Bulger, Kaity Georgia Tech 12:30
Men's results

6200-meter
3 Soderman, Garad Georgia Tech 19:31
5 Gibbs, E.C. Georgia Tech 19:33
7 Trilisky, Nazar Georgia Tech 19:40
11 Hickey, Matt Georgia Tech 20:07
14 Gramling, Casey Georgia Tech 20:10
15 Mateker, Billy Georgia Tech 20:24
16 McMillan, D.J. Georgia Tech 20:26
18 Johnson, Greg Georgia Tech 20:30
21 Taylor, James Georgia Tech 20:40
22 Mendrek-Laske, Mark Georgia Tech 20:44
23 Fulton, Joe Georgia Tech 20:49
25 Arends, Kevin Georgia Tech 21:12
29 Tew, Nathan Georgia Tech 21:49
31 Himedan, Mohamed Georgia Tech 23:32