CARSON-NEWMAN
WOMEN, MARS HILL MEN
CLAIM SAC CROSS COUNTRY TITLES
Women's
Race Results | Men's Race Results
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Several records were established as the Carson-Newman
women and Mars Hill men claimed the team titles at the 2005 Food Lion South
Atlantic Conference Cross Country Championships, held Saturday morning at
the Greene Valley Development Center.
The
Lady Eagles recorded 47 points, edging second place Mars Hill by one point
in the narrowest margin of victory in the 13-year history of the women's championship.
C-N placed four runners in the top 10 as it captures its fifth SAC
title and first since 2002, the last time the championship was contested in
Greeneville.
MHC's Rachel
Retallick finished first with a time of 19:01.52
on the 5,000-meter course to claim SAC Runner of the Year honors. Retallick, who was
also named the 2005 SAC Scholar Athlete for Women's Cross Country for a third
time in her career, joined teammate Kate
Prichard on the All-SAC First Team.
C-N's
Marqaux Cowan-Banker finished third with a time
of 19:26.05, while teammate Vanessa
Gibson placed fourth at 19:31.05. C-N
rookie Aubrey Morris rounded out
the top five at 19:44.40 and was named SAC Freshman Runner of the Year.
Wingate's Natalie Creech (19:48.55) and Lenoir-Rhyne's
Whitney Heavner
(19:59.31) complete the All-Conference First Team.
Ashley Condrey of Wingate finished eighth,
followed by Gennilee Eisenmann (Lenoir-Rhyne),
Lisa Massey (Carson-Newman), Rori Godsey (Catawba), Erin
McKee (Mars Hill), Amber Hines
(Wingate), and Karen Porter (Wingate)
make up the All-SAC Second Team.
In the team competition,
Wingate finished third with 58 points, followed by Lenoir-Rhyne
(98), host
Carson-Newman
head coach Whitney Lee was named SAC Women's Cross
Country Coach of the Year for the second time in his career.
Joining Morris
on the five-person SAC All-Freshmen squad are Condrey,
Eisenmann, Hines and
In the men's
championship, Mars Hill recorded the top four runners and five of the top
six as the Lions claimed their ninth consecutive SAC title.
Mars Hill tied a championship record with 16 points,
matching the best score which the Lions posted in 1998 SAC meet.
MHC's Daniel Amick was named the SAC Runner of the Year as he won the 8,000-meter race with a course-record time of 25:44.87. SAC Scholar Athlete of the Year Jon Stoehr finished second for the Lions with a time of 25:49.86, which also bested the previous course record.
MHC's
James Thompson (26:08.56) and Dustin Whitlow (26:31.25) finished third
and fourth, respectively.
Carson-Newman's
Ryan Althaus
finished fifth, followed by Mars Hill's Elliott
Austin and Matthew Elliott
of Presbyterian to round out the All-SAC First Team.
The All-SAC Second
Team consists of Jose Zavala (Lenoir-Rhyne), Jayce Watson (Wingate),
Tyler Wilkinson (Mars Hill), Adam
Stewart (Lenoir-Rhyne), Brandon DiBianca (Wingate), Dave Jaeger (Mars Hill) and Jon
Sharp (Lenoir-Rhyne). Watson was also the top rookie finisher in the
men's championship and was named SAC Freshman Runner of the Year.
Joining Watson
on the 2005 SAC All-Freshmen Team are Jaeger, John
Halter (Mars Hill), David Sommers (Wingate) and Brad Johnson (Lenoir-Rhyne).
For an incredible
10th consecutive time, Mars Hill's Mike
Owens was named the SAC Coach of the Year.
Lenoir-Rhyne
finished second with 65 points, followed by Wingate (79), Presbyterian (126),
Carson-Newman (130),
- SAC -
2005 SAC Women's Championship
All-South Atlantic Conference
First Team
Rachel Retallick, Mars Hill
Kate
Prichard, Mars Hill
Maqaux Cowan-Banker, Carson-Newman
Vanessa Gibson,
Carson-Newman
Aubrey Morris,
Carson-Newman
Natalie Creech,
Wingate
Whitney Heavner, Lenoir-Rhyne
Second Team
Ashley Condrey, Wingate
Gennilee Eisenmann,
Lenoir-Rhyne
Lisa Massey,
Carson-Newman
Rori Godsey,
Catawba
Erin McKee, Mars
Hill
Amber Hines,
Wingate
Karen Porter,
Wingate
SAC All-Freshmen Team
Aubrey Morris,
Carson-Newman
Ashley Condrey, Wingate
Gennilee Eisenmann,
Lenoir-Rhyne
Amber Hines,
Wingate
Alicja Dembna,
SAC Runner of the Year: Rachel Retallick,
Mars Hill
SAC Freshman Runner of the Year: Aubrey Morris, Carson-Newman
SAC Scholar Athlete: Rachel Retallick,
Mars Hill
SAC Coach of the Year: Whitney Lee, Carson-Newman
2005 SAC Men's Championship
All-South Atlantic Conference
First Team
Daniel Amick, Mars Hill
Jon Stoehr, Mars Hill
James Thompson,
Mars Hill
Dustin Whitlow,
Mars Hill
Ryan Althaus, Carson-Newman
Elliott Austin,
Mars Hill
Second Team
Jose Zavala,
Lenoir-Rhyne
Jayce Watson, Wingate
Tyler Wilkinson,
Mars Hill
Adam Stewart,
Lenoir-Rhyne
Brandon DeBianca, Wingate
Dave Jaeger,
Mars Hill
Jon Sharp,
Lenoir-Rhyne
SAC All-Freshman Team
Jayce Watson, Wingate
Dave Jaeger,
Mars Hill
John Halter,
Mars Hill
David Sommers, Wingate
Brad Johnson,
Lenoir-Rhyne
SAC Runner of the Year: Daniel Amick,
Mars Hill
SAC Freshman Runner of the Year: Jayce Watson,
Wingate
SAC Scholar Athlete: Jon Stoehr,
Mars Hill
SAC Coach of the Year: Mike Owens, Mars Hill