Saturday, September 8, 2007

KING CROSS COUNTRY SWEEPS TUSCULUM INVITATIONAL

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The King College cross country team captured both the men and women’s titles at the 2007 Tusculum College Invitational, held Saturday morning at the Greene Valley Development Center.

In the women’s meet, King had seven of its runners finish in the top 10 as the Tornado posted 22 points. Host Tusculum was second with 51 points, while Tennessee Wesleyan College placed third with 61 total points, led by Laura Womac, who won the individual title with a time of 18:61.1. King had runners finish second through fifth including Amy Wallace (18:23.2), Carrie Nelson (18:39.5), Helania Masters (18:42.4) and Solange Adams (18:43.8).

Tusculum’s Brooke Underwood finished sixth with a time of 18:55.7, followed by teammate Alicja Dembna in seventh with 18:56.5.

In the men’s meet, King had six of the top seven finishers, including Daniel Hamilton, who placed first with a time of 27:48.9 on the 8,000-meter course. Tusculum rookie Simon Holzapfel finished second with 27:52.6, followed by King’s Jeremy Faulk (27:55.2), Derrick Parker (28:02.2) and Joseph Pair (29:13.7) to round out the top five.

Tennessee Wesleyan finished second in the team competition with 50 points, while the Tusculum men didn’t score.

Tusculum’s Donald White placed 10^th with a time of 31:36.1 to round out the top 10 finishers.

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Women’s Meet (5,000 meters)
Team
Pl.	Team	Pts.
1	King (Tenn.)	22
2	Tusculum	51
3	Tennessee Wesleyan	61

Individual
Pl.	Runner	Team	Time
1	Laura Womac	Tennessee Wesleyan	18:16.1
2	Amy Wallace	King	18:23.2
3	Carrie Nelson	King	18:39.5
4	Helania Masters	King	18:42.4
5	Solange Adams	King	18:43.8
6	Brooke Underwood	Tusculum	18:55.7
7	Alicja Dembna	Tusculum	18:56.5
8	Emily Felty	King	19:28.7
9	Beredu Teressa	King	19:48.1
10	Brittany Henderson	King	20:35.2
11	Jenny Dold	Tusculum	20:48.6
12	Tulli Cole	Tennessee Wesleyan	21:07.8
13	Khirstin Two Crow	Tusculum	21:18.6
14	Kendall McGill	King	21:28.4
15	Cassy Melnike	Tusculum	21:48.8
16	Faith Lee	Tennessee Wesleyan	21:56.3
17	Rachel Cornett	Tennessee Wesleyan	22:11.5
18	Candace Cain	Tennessee Wesleyan	22:40.6
19	Courtney Cox	Tennessee Wesleyan	23:26.7

Men’s Meet (8,000 meters)
Team
Pl.	Team	Pts.
1	King (Tenn.)	15
2	Tennessee Wesleyan	50
-	Tusculum	DNS

Individual
Pl.	Runner	Team	Time
1	Daniel Hamilton	King	27:48.9
2	Simon Holzapfel	Tusculum	27:52.6
3	Jeremy Faulk	King	27:55.2
4	Derrick Parker	King	28:02.2
5	Joseph Pair	King	29:13.7
6	Adam Hawthorne	King	29:25.2
7	Josh Brewer	King	29:29.0
8	Trevor Howarter	King	30:10.2
9	Ryan Heming	Tennessee Wesleyan	30:35.0
10	Donald White	Tusculum	31:16.1
11	Dustin Pierce	King	32:15.7
12	Josh Boggess	Tennessee Wesleyan	32:35.5
13	Justin Busch	Tennessee Wesleyan	32:50.7
14	Wes Adams	Tennessee Wesleyan	35:35.8
15	Jesse Moore	Tennessee Wesleyan	36:56.7
16	Chris Alsip	Tennessee Wesleyan	41:19.7
17	Chris Black	Tennessee Wesleyan	42:35.1
18	Conner Graves	Tusculum	47:22.0