Pittsburgh Opens Season at West Virginia
9/11/2000 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Sept. 2, 2000
Morgantown, W.V. - The University of Pittsburgh men's and women's cross country team traveled to Morgantown, W.V., for the Hillbilly Shootout to open their 2000 season.
The men's team defeated Youngstown State, but fell to host West Virginia on the 8,100-meter course, one point behind runner-up Youngstown State. Senior Mike Head (New Kinsington, Pa./Valley) had a strong outing with a fourth-place finish with a time of 27:43, which is his highest career finish. Others to crack the top 10 were freshman Michael Diano, who ran 28:01.10 to finish sixth, and senior Justin Wiley (Bala Cynwyd, Pa./Lower Merion), who placed eighth with a time of 28:15.90.
The women's team dropped a pair to the Penguins and Mountaineers also placed third with a total of 76 points, running a 4,800-meter course. Junior Amanda Schmidt (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) paced the Panthers with a ninth-place finish (19:28).
Hillbilly Shootout West Virginia University Morgantown, W.V. Sept. 2, 2000Men: 1-1 (8,100 meters) Pittsburgh (28) def. Youngstown State (29) West Virginia (20) def. Pittsburgh (36)
4th Mike Head 27:43.00 6th Mike Diano 28:01.10 8th Justin Wiley 28:15.90 14th Lucas Dunlap 29:58.50 19th Jesse Chalfant 31:16.70 20th Clinton Kotuby 21:26.00 Women: 0-2 (4,800 meters) West Virginia (15) def. Pittsburgh (40) Youngstown State (22) def. Pittsburgh (33)
9th Amanda Schmidt 19:28.00 11th Sarah McMillian 19:54.00 17th Misha Bilyeu 21:16.00 19th Beth Rocks 22:02.00 20th Katie Weeks 22:02.10 21st Neema Payne 22:03.00 22nd Dee Cole 22:04.00