Saturday, September 27, 2003
PRESBYTERIAN
WOMEN FINISH SECOND AND MEN SIXTH AT
FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL
PC women win Palmetto State Championship
FLORENCE,
S.C. — The Presbyterian College women’s team placed
three runners in the top 15 to finish second at the 16th-annual
Francis Marion University Invitational Meet, Saturday (Sept. 27)
morning in Florence, while the Blue Hose men finished sixth with
three runners placing in the top 30.
Participating schools from
South Carolina also simultaneously scored a Palmetto State
Championship Meet, with Spartanburg Methodist taking the men’s
title and Presbyterian College earning the women’s
championship. FMU was
third in the men’s race and fifth in the women’s event.
Travis
Smith of USC Spartanburg won the men’s individual
title as he toured the 8,000-meter course in 26:20.
Presbyterian’s freshman Thad
Palmer (Union, S.C.) led the Blue Hose by finishing 20th.
Francis Marion’s sophomore Nicole Hoeppner won the women’s 5,000-meter race in 19:52.
Presbyterian’s senior Tanith
Forrester (Lexington, S.C.) finished third with a time of
20:24.
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16th-annual
FMU Invitational Meet |
Palmetto
State Championship Meet |
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| Place | Pts | School | Place | Pts | School |
| 1 | 51 | Spartanburg Methodist | 1 | 51 | Spartanburg Methodist |
| 2 | 60 | Coker | 2 | 59 | Coker |
| 3 | 72 | Francis Marion | 3 | 67 | Francis Marion |
| 4 | 98 | USC Spartanburg | 4 | 92 | USC Spartanburg |
| 5 | 127 | North Greenville | 5 | 119 |
North
Greenville |
| 6 | 150 | Presbyterian | 6 | 137 | Presbyterian |
| 7 | 162 | UNC Pembroke | 7 | 158 | Southern Wesleyan |
| 8 | 179 | Southern Wesleyan | 8 | 200 | Newberry |
| 9 | 231 | Newberry | 9 | 235 | Limestone |
| 10 | 254 | Georgia College & State | |||
| 11 | 274 | Limestone | |||
| FMU Invitational Men’s Individual Results (8K) | |||
| Pl. | Name | School | Time |
| 20. | Thad Palmer | Presbyterian | 29:11 |
| 22. | Nate Price | Presbyterian | 29:23 |
| 30. | Lucas Faulkenberry | Presbyterian | 30:03 |
| 38. | Nick Williams | Presbyterian | 30:59 |
| 43. | Ryan Nobles | Presbyterian | 31:23 |
| 51. | Ben Rosebrock | Presbyterian | 32:26 |
| 59. | Tyler Goss | Presbyterian | 33:31 |
| 64. | T.J. Henning | Presbyterian | 34:22 |
| 69. | Jordan Bullard | Presbyterian | 35:08 |