Thursday
September 2, 2004
BLUE
HOSE CROSS COUNTRY SET TO OPEN
2004 SEASON SATURDAY
CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College Blue Hose men’s and women’s cross country teams open the 2004 season this Saturday as they travel to Spartanburg, S.C. to take part in the 2004 Eye Opener Meet.
The Blue
Hose, led by first year head coach Stephanie
Allen, return six
letter winners on the men’s side, including senior Luke
Faulkenberry, and seven letter winners on the women’s side,
including seniors Kate Whipple and
Jessica Wilson.
After the
meet this weekend, PC will take part in the Lander University
meet on September 11 followed by the Wingate University meet
on September 18, Winthrop College meet on September 25, Carson-Newman College meet on October 9, and
the Erskine College Invitational on October 14 before taking
part in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Championships on
October 23.
The
women’s squad looks to repeat last year as they finished
first in the PC Invitational and finished fifth place or
better in every regular season meet. They also qualified for
the NCAA Division II Regional Championship, where they
finished 11th
The men finished last season with a seventh place finish in the SAC meet after recording two second place finishes during the regular season.