GWU Cross Country Competes at Blue Ridge Open Cross Country Meet
October 16, 2009 | Cross Country
Boone, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb women's and men's cross country teams participated in the Blue Ridge Open Cross Country Meet on Friday afternoon in Boone, N.C., with women competing in the 5k event and the men in the 8k run.
The Lady Bulldogs finished15th overall with 418 points, while Duke
University won the event with 18 points, having five runners finish
in the top-six for the event.
GWU was paced by junior Laura Scott, as Scott crossed the finish
line with a time of 19:50.03, good enough to finish 70th overall
out of 133 runners.
Freshman Ariel Zimmerman was the next Lady Bulldog to cross the
finish line, as Zimmerman turned in a time of 20:32.55, placing her
just outside of the top-100 at 101st-place.
GWU's Elisabeth Sawyer finished with a time of 21:39.89, while
Cherish Richardson and Lia Hudak finished back-to-back with times
of 22:12.13 and 22:35.17, respectively.
Rounding out the scoring for the Lady Bulldogs was Holly Scott, as
the sophomore crossed the finish line with a time of 23:12.04.
On the men's side, the Bulldogs finished 17th overall, finishing
ahead of both UNC Greensboro and Radford University.
For the second straight meet, freshman Colby Witt led the Bulldogs
with his time of 27:25.90, giving him a 102nd-place finish.
Sophomore Nick Kelly, who has been battling injuries all season
long, finished with a time of 27:30.38, while freshman Josiah
Stanton-Brooks crossed the finish line with a time of 29:26.34.
GWU junior Jason Wenzel and sophomore Jacob Hoyle finished in a
group together, as Wenzel crossed the finish line with a time of
29:42.75, less than two seconds ahead of Hoyle's time of
29:44.01.
Both the men's and the women's team will return to action on
October 31st, as Gardner-Webb will compete in the 2009 Big South
Conference Meet hosted by High Point University in High Point,
N.C.
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| Blue Ridge Open Cross Country Meet Results - Women's Complete Results |
| Blue Ridge Open Cross Country Meet Results - Men's Complete Results |
