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Saturday, October 6, 2001 ERSKINE
COLLEGE AND USC SPARTANBURG WIN 2ND
ANNUAL CLINTON,
SC — Erskine College women’s team and USC Spartanburg
men’s team won their respective races at the second annual
Presbyterian College Cross Country Invitational Saturday
morning. The Erskine College
women’s team outpointed second place Lander University 76 to
84. The Flying Fleet placed four runners in the top 20 led by Perri
Hiott who finished 7th and Jessica
Martin finished 10th. Lander University’s Emily
Keith was the individual medalist winning the 5K race with
a 21:37 time. Georgia College
& State University’s Bethany
Loushine finished second (21:50) and Catawba College’s Rebecca Defoe placed third with a time of 22:02. Presbyterian College, the
host school, finished sixth as sophomore Tanith
Forrester (Lexington, SC) finished ninth with a 22:59 time
while freshman Katie
Whipple (Lexington, SC) was 22nd with a time of 23:48. The men’s race was
dominated by the Rifles of USC Spartanburg who placed six
runners in the top seven and outpointed second place Newberry
College 20 to 76. The Rifles Travis
Smith led the way finishing second with a 28:04 time on
the 8K course. Finishing right behind Smith was teammates Travis
Vaughn (28:12), Clark
Davis (28:18), and Tim
Gibbons (28:25). Individually, Newberry
College’s Brandon
Downey won the race with a time of 28:03. Presbyterian College, who
finished in fifth place, was led by junior Jack
Carmody (Atlanta, GA) and junior Drew
Brannon (Knoxville, TN) who finished 20th and 21st
respectively. Carmody finished with a time of 31:10 and
Brannon right behind at 31:17.
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