Saturday, November 05, 2005

BLUE HOSE CROSS COUNTRY FINISH 13^th IN NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONALS

WINGATE, N.C. – The Presbyterian College men’s and women’s cross country teams both finished in 13^th place in the 2005 NCAA Southeast Regional Championships that were held on the campus of Wingate University Saturday morning.

Mars Hill College took home both team championships as they had two of the first ten finishers in both races.

Matthew Elliott (Green Sea, SC) was the first to finish for the PC men as he finished in 48^th place with a time of 37:19.  Thad Palmer (Union, SC) was right behind Elliott as he came across in 55^th place with a time of 37:46.

On the women’s side, Kari Koch (Conyers, Ga.) was the first to finish for the Lady Blue Hose as she finished in 60^th place with a time of 27:31. Morgan Bennight (Charlotte, NC) was next to finish with a time of 27:52, good for 67^th place.

Other PC Finishers:

MEN

74^th Nate Price – 39:22

94^th Nicholas Williams – 41:06

107^th Jordan Bullard – 45:23

WOMEN

82^nd Amanda Garvin – 28:46

87^th Ashley Harris – 28:57

98^th Ashley Kieffer – 30:11

100^th Chris Roberts – 30:35

107^th Emily Skinner – 31:02