Friday, September 22, 2006

TUSCULUM WOMEN FIFTH, MEN SEVENTH AT L-R INVITATIONAL

NEWTON, N.C. --- Tusculum College cross country runners Winston Curry and Alex Frary posted top 10 finishes at the 2006 Lenoir-Rhyne College Invitational, held Friday afternoon at Southside Park.  The Tusculum women posted a fifth place finish, while the men’s squad accounted for a seventh place showing.

Curry finished third in the 8,000-meter men’s race with a time of 27:40. Stephen Jones finished 25^th with a time of 29:47, while Joe Norton accounted for a time of 30:36 to place 36^th.  Scott Howard finished with a time of 36:37 while Ben Morgan tallied a time of 46:44 in his first collegiate race.

Frary, the SAC Women’s Runner of the Week, was Tusculum top harrier, finished eighth with a time of 21:09 on the 5,000-meter layout.  Sarah Alston finished 10^th (21:27), while Alicja Dembna placed 15^th (22:10). Danielle Hutson recorded a time of 24:41 to finished 40th, while Marci Moore (24:52) and Emmy Johnson (25:27), placed 42^nd and 46^th respectively.

The Pioneers will compete at next Saturday’s Volunteer Invitational in Knoxville.

- TC -

Men’s Team Results
Pl.	Team	Pts.
1	Lenoir-Rhyne	40
2	Lees-McRae	41
3	King	72
4	Catawba	151
5	North Greenville	156
	Warren Wilson	156
7	TUSCULUM	170
8	Carson-Newman	190
9	Livingstone	241
Individual Results
Pl.	Runner	Time
3	Winston Curry	27:40
25	Stephen Jones	29:47
36	Joe Norton	30:36
56	Scott Howard	36:37
65	Ben Morgan	46:44
Women’s Team Results
Pl.	Team	Pts.
1	Lees-McRae	36
2	Lenoir-Rhyne	73
3	Catawba	88
4	King	105
5	TUSCULUM	110
6	Warren Wilson	115
7	North Greenville	131
8	Livingstone	235
Individual Results
Pl.	Runner	Time
8	Alex Frary	21:09
10	Sarah Alston	21:27
15	Alicja Dembna	22:10
40	Danielle Hutson	24:41
42	Marci Moore	24:52
46	Emmy Johnson	25:27