Fairfax- George Mason women's cross country overcame 7 other teams and placed 2nd at the CNU Cross Country Invitational. 

Nourene Nabbus took charge for the women's team and kept pace with the front of the pack, fighting to finish among the best of the best. Nourene Nabbus placed 4th with a time of 22:38.10 and right by her was Sarah Clark who finished the race 5th with a time of 22:41.14. Both runners stayed together and encouraged each other to finish among the top spots.

Katryna Aulenbach was able to place among the Top 10 of the race finishing in 10th with a time of 23:20.27. Brenna Elchenko was close by and finished 12th with a time of 23:25.34. Another newcomer, Aiko Galvin also made it into the top 20 (23:48.71).

"Nourene and Sarah worked very well together until deep into the race as did a number of the other pairs of women" stated Coach Gerard. "Overall a positive race that will help us in the coming weeks.For both genders, we had fairly conservative race plans. We emphasized packing up and working together closely until pretty late in each race and then working on closing hard so it was good to see the positive results despite folks holding back through a good portion of each race" 

George Mason cross country will be back in action, September 30th at Bethlehem, Pa.

1. VCU (31)                            
2. George Mason (45)
3.Salisbury (111)
4. CNU (113)
5. Bridgewater (119)
6. Hampton (162)
7. EMU (177)
8. Virginia State (193)
9.Virginia Wesleyan (245)