Chattanooga Men Third, Women Eleventh
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ---
Senior distance runner Chris Berry (Mufreesboro, Tenn.) ran to a fourth place
finish at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic to lead the University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga men’s cross country team to a third place finish at Percy Warner
Park Saturday morning.
Berry ran the 8-kilometer
course in a time of 24:59.20 and teammate, sophomore Lucas Cotter
(Collierville, Tenn.) was 10th overall with a time of 25:33.20. Mocs’ junior Nathan Wanuch
(Mississauga, Ontario) was 12th and sophomore Mark Cole (McKenzie, Tenn.) placed 24th in the scoring results.
Cincinnati claimed the
team title with 75 points and had the overall champion in Eric Finan who paced
the field of 190 runners with a time of 24:25.90. The Bearcats placed three
runners in the top 20 with Brock Oliver finishing fifth overall with a time of
25:12.10.
Alabama was second in the
men’s race 85 points led by second place finisher Carrison Kemei with a time of
24:35.60. Middle Tennessee’s Justus David was third overall with a time of
24:40.10. The Blue Raiders finished fifth with a score of 143 behind instate
foe Belmont’s score of 131 points.
Lipscomb placed sixth
overall followed by Memphis, Nashville Harriers, host Vanderbilt in ninth and
Florida Gulf Coast 10th out
of 22 teams.
Senior Tara Gietema
(Knoxville, Tenn.) placed 17th overall in the women’s 5-kilometer race with a time of 18:39.70.
Newcomer Sarah White-Woerner (Ooltewah, Tenn.) was the Lady Mocs’ second
finisher in 52nd place
with a time of 19:44.00. Morgan Buchanan placed 68th for Chattanooga with a time of 20:16.60 in a field of
194 runners.
Alabama claimed the team
title in the women’s race with 45 points, placing all five scoring runners in
the Top 15. Middle Tennessee’s Lucy Kapkiai ran unattached and paced the field
with a time of 17:53.40 followed by Lipscomb’s Tessa Hoefle at 18:05.40 and
Ashley Lehman at 18:08.10. The Bisons placed second in the team scoring with 51
points. Belmont finished third with 80 points followed by Vanderbilt’s B-team
in fourth. Cincinnati was fifth followed by Jacksonville State, Memphis,
Rhodes, Florida Gulf Coast and Marshall in 10th out of 23 teams.
The women will return to
action Friday, Sept. 30 at the Tennessee Tech Invitational in Cookeville,
Tenn., while the men will run at the Greater Louisville Classic the following
day in Louisville, Ky. Check the official website of Mocs Athletics,
GoMocs.com, for complete information on the Running Mocs.
Appalachian State
women second, men second
BOONE, N.C.--Senior Olivia Jacobs picked up a top-ten
finish as the Western Carolina women’s cross country team finished fourth overall,
while the men took sixth in the Mountaineer Open at the State Farm Fields on
the outskirts of the campus of Appalachian State University Friday evening. The
finish for Jacobs is her first top-ten finish of the season. In the dual
portion of the meet, Appalachian State retained the Old Mountain Jug.
On the women’s side, Ohio State swept the top five, with
Jordan Jennewine placing first in the 5K with a time of 18:11.2. Jacobs placed
ninth overall with a time of 18:28.9. Junior Morgan Turner, the Catamounts’ top
finisher in the WCU Invitational two weeks ago, finished just outside of the
top ten with a time of 18:37.1. Junior Mara Smith rounded out the Catamounts in
the top-20 placing 16th, crossing the finish in 18:43.0.
Overall, the team rankings behind Ohio State were
Appalachian State in second, followed by Queens, Western Carolina, East
Tennessee State and UNC Asheville.
The men’s 6400m run team top three were the same as the
women’s results with Ohio State, Appalachian State and Queens taking the top
three spots. WCU placed sixth overall. Ohio State’s Jake Edwards won the race
in 19:28.1. Western Carolina’s top finisher was junior Nolan Clark, who placed
18th with a time of 20:15.4. Jake Swimmer finished in 20:31.1 and
freshman Travis Alfaro in 20:52.2.
Cross country will be back in action in two weeks as the
Catamounts will travel to the 38th Annual Paul Short Run in
Bethlehem, Pa. on the campus of Lehigh. The women will participate in a 6K
while the men will compete in an 8K run.
Davidson finishes third
CLEMSON, S.C. – Davidson senior Ryan Hopkins completed the 8K course at
Clemson’s Musser Farms in a Wildcat record time of 24:06.54, to place second at
the Clemson Invitational Friday evening.
Davidson placed third in the highly competitive
field that included several ACC teams. Virginia Tech won with 108 points and
was followed by No. 9 Florida State with 114. The ‘Cats were third with 155 and
followed by Southern Conference foe Furman (203) and Wake Forest (213). Georgia
Tech, ranked 11th in the South Region by the USTFCCCA, placed sixth with 218
points.
Hopkins, who now owns the five fastest 8K times in
Davidson history, was just 10 seconds off the pace of race winner Ty McCormack
of Clemson.
Junior Demetrios Pagonis placed fifth in 24:18.16
to give the ‘Cats two runners in the Top Five. Senior Ian Tupper was 20th in 24:49.54.
Freshman HenryFalotico (35th place, 25:10.05) and sophomore Andrew Lantz (36th
place, 25:11.34) rounded out the ‘Cats scoring group. Juniors Wes
Reynolds (38th, 25:14.97) and Vincent Weir (42nd place, 25:22.00) were the
‘Cats sixth and seventh finishers.
The Wildcats will next compete Friday, Sept. 30 at
the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational at McAlpine Park.
Furman women finish third
CLEMSON, S.C. -- The
Furman women’s cross country team placed third with 111 points at the Clemson
Invitational in Clemson, S.C., Friday night, while the Paladins took fourth
place in the men’s meet with 118 points. Clemson won the women’s meet
with a score of 45 points, edging out Florida State by nine points. The
Seminoles won the men’s meet with a score of 28 points.
On the women’s 5K course,
senior Erin Barker placed sixth to lead the Paladins with a time of 21:08.65.
Senior Brooke Mosteller finished 18th with a time of 21:40.91, followed
by freshman Sinead Haughey in 19th place with a time of 21:42.23.
Sophomore Kacie Shoen placed 41st with a time of 22:46.95, and fellow
sophomore Erika Shaver rounded out the Paladin scorers after taking 45th place
at 22:51.09.
Senior Lee Gilmer led the
Furman men’s team, placing eleventh with a time of 24:43.20 on the 8K course,
followed by junior Wilkerson Given in 21st place with a time of 24:54.31.
Freshman Stuart Graham took 25th place with a time of 24:59.82, and
senior Chris Caldwell finished 38th after turning in a time of 25:12.03.
Caldwell was followed by freshman Tripp Hurt, who placed 39th with a time
of 25:14.34 to complete the Paladin scoring slate.
Furman will compete at the
Clemson Invitational on September 16.