Infeld Runner-Up at NCAAs

Renee Tomlin put her hands over her face and shook her head in a mixture of joy with a touch of disbelief. The redshirt senior who decided to return to the Hilltop for her final year of eligibility was struggling to describe the emotions behind the fact that the Blue and Gray would soon be standing on the podium at the NCAA national championships to be honored as the fourth-place team after finishing 21st only a year ago.

“I have no words for this. Just incredible,” Tomlin said.

While the words may have been hard to come by, the Hoyas let quality performances up front do all the talking as Georgetown earned its best team finish since 2002 when the Blue and Gray also finished fourth. Georgetown used four All-American performances to separate themselves from most of the 31-team field, finishing fourth at the Lavern Gibson 6K championship cross country course in Terre Haute, Ind., with 167 points behind only Texas Tech, Florida State and national champion Villanova.