2005 Men's Results
2005 Women's Results
STATESBORO, Ga. ? The Appalachian State men and Davidson women’s teams were able to hold off defending conference champion Chattanooga, Sunday (Oct. 30th) at Southern Links Golf Club, to claim first place in the 2005 Southern Conference Cross Country Championships.
The Mountaineers captured five of the top ten spots in the men’s 8K race to post a total score of 46. Senior Adam VanNortwick led the way with a time of 24.45.00 for second overall. Juniors Nathan Hernandez-Adams (6th), Brian Deal (7th), Brendon Helms (9th) and Mike Mitchell (10th) all followed.
Davidson’s women posted a score of 46 to narrowly edge out Chattanooga’s 47 to earn the conference title. Davidson placed three runners in the top ten, led by sophomore Brenna Burns, who finished second overall with 17:48.93 in the 5K race. Sophomore Allie Martin followed Burns for third and freshman Megal Atias took the fifth spot.
Despite team runner-up finishes in both races, UTC runners Ian Mayne and Shannon Wommack took the top spots in their respective events to earn 2005 Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Year honors. Mayne won the men’s race with a time of 24:37.25 and Wommack blew through the women’s race, posting a time of 16:53.47 to win by nearly a full minute.
Following Chattanooga in the men’s standings, Furman placed third with 84 points, Davidson took fourth with 106 points and UNC Greensboro came in fifth, totaling 151.
Appalachian State took third place in the women’s run with 75 points, followed by Furman with 105 and Elon rounded out the top five with 130 total points.
Freshman of the Year awards were handed out to Lance Harden of Davidson, who posted 25:56.07 for 16th overall in the men’s race and Anna Mae Flynn of Elon who ran 18:45.87 for 11th overall in the women’s race.
Michael Curcio of Appalachian State was named Men’s Coach of the Year for 2005 and Jen Straub of Davidson took the 2005 Women’s Coach of the Year honors.
The 2005 Southern Conference Cross Country Championships were hosted by Georgia Southern University.