Villaver, Willis, and McCarthy Pace Mountaineers at 5K Duals – Mount St. Mary’s University

EMMITSBURG, Md. (August 29, 2025) – Mount St. Mary’s cross country hosted their home meet to kick off the 2025 season, earning a fifth place finish for the men and seventh for the women at the Mount 5K Duals.   The men’s side were led by the duo of EJ Villaver and Nicholas Willis , who crossed the finish line within a second of each other. Villaver crossed at 17:05.68 followed by Willis at 17:06.75. After them, Duke Ebert finished in 17:21.46, Evan DeVoe in 17:23.55, and Diego Herrera in 17:31.82 to complete team scoring.   Chloe McCarthy – running cross country for the first time in two years – paced the women’s side with a time of 19:51.31. Fellow teammates factoring into the scoring were Alyssa Pongracz at 20:23.78, Riley Bell at 21:07.10, Isabella Pla at 21:35.78, and Audrey Musmeci at 22:34.43.   Post Meet interviews with Mount’s top finishers in the men’s EJ Villaver and Nicholas Willis , and the women’s Chloe McCarthy !!!#GoMount pic.twitter.com/Tg3HBrG62l — Mount Athletics (@MountAthletics) August 29, 2025 UMBC won the men’s race in a clean 1-5 sweep while Delaware took the women’s race with 30 points. Daniel Danilovitz and Alexis Tepper of UMBC
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