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 10th 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

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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