What: Princeton Invitational

When: Saturday, October 18 starting at 10:30 a.m.

Host: Princeton University

Where: Princeton Battlefield, Princeton, New Jersey

Race Times:
Women's 6k Open Race 10:30 a.m.
Women's 6k Championship Race 11:15 a.m.
Men's 6k Championship Race 12 p.m.
Men's 8k Open Race 12:45 p.m.

Participating Teams:
More than 50 collegiate teams of 1300 athletes will be competing including those from: Adelphi, American, Binghamton, Bridgewater (Va.), Brookdale CC, Bucknell, Buffalo, Cabrini, Chestnut Hill, Columbia, Cornell, Dominican, Elizabethtown, FDU, Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, Georgian Court, Hartford, Harvard, Haverford, Hofstra, Iona, Johns Hopkins, La Salle, Lehigh, LIU Brooklyn, LIU Post, Loyola (Md.), Marist, Maryland, Mercer County CC, Monmouth, Moravian, Mt. St. Mary's, NJIT, Penn, Philadelphia University, Ramapo, Richmond, Rowan, Rutgers, Rutgers-Camden, Sacred Heart, Scranton, St. Francis (Pa.), St. John's, St. Joseph's (Pa.), Stony Brook, Susquehanna, Swarthmore, TCNJ, U of Sciences, UMBC, Villanova, Virginia Tech, Widener and Wilmington (Del.)

The George Mason men's and women's cross country teams most recently hosted the Mason Invitational at the Oatlands Plantation on October 4.  As a team, the women finished first and the men finished second. 

Freshman Bailey Kolonich won the 6k race for the women with a time of 23:46.2.  Following Kolonich was Jennifer Nakamura, who ran an impressive time of 23:49.7. 

Michael Conway led the way for the men's 8k race, finishing first overall with a time of 26:09.6. Stuart Lampen-Crowell crossed the finished line shortly after Conway with a time of 26:22.5.