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.
|
FMU
Invitational Meet |
Palmetto
State Championship Meet |
||||
| Place | Pts | School | Place | Pts | School |
| 1 | 48 | Georgia College & St. | 1 | 78 | Presbyterian |
| 2 | 110 | Presbyterian | 2 | 82 | North Greenville |
| 3 | 114 | North Greenville | 3 | 88 | Lander |
| 4 | 122 | Lander | 4 | 111 | Francis Marion |
| 5 | 153 | Francis Marion | 5 | 112 | USC Spartanburg |
| 6 | 155 | USC Spartanburg | 6 | 119 | USC Aiken |
| 7 | 162 | USC Aiken | 7 | 134 | Southern Wesleyan |
| 8 | 183 | Southern Wesleyan | 8 | 135 | Spartanburg Methodist |
| 9 | 186 | Spartanburg Methodist | 9 | 246 | Newberry College |
| 10 | 191 | UNC Pembroke | |||
| 11 | 242 | Augusta State | |||
| 12 | DNS | Coker Columbia, Allen, Limestone, Newberry | |||
| FMU Invitational Meet Women’s Individual Results (5K) | |||
| Pl. | Name | School | Time |
| 3. | Tanith Forrester | Presbyterian | 20:24 |
| 8. | Christina DeYoe | Presbyterian | 21:10 |
| 12. | Kate Whipple | Presbyterian | 21:50 |
| 47. | Essie Buxton | Presbyterian | 23:48 |
| 52. | Ashley Harris | Presbyterian | 24:16 |
| 68. | Chris Roberts | Presbyterian | 26:19 |
| 70. | Jessica Wilson | Presbyterian | 26:29 |
| 73. | Rebecca Kleinbach | Presbyterian | 27:17 |