Korir nets freshman honors as C-N concludes SAC Championships

Korir nets freshman honors as C-N concludes SAC Championships

Women's Results

Men's Results

COLUMBIA, S.C.— The Carson-Newman cross country teams wrapped up the South Atlantic Conference Championships Saturday morning with a fifth-place showing by the women and an eighth-place tally by the men in both the five and eight kilometer runs.

The women, who ran an average time of 29:12.12 on the day, came one-slot behind where the squad finished a season ago. Led by Hannah Green (Talbott, Tenn.) for the third time on the season, Carson-Newman had six runners finish within 15 slots from one another.

Green crossed the finish line with the 31st-best time of 20:28.5 while Jennifer Warren (Piney Flats, Tenn.) concluded the day for the Eagles with a 22:14.1 time for 68th-place overall.

Of the 89 women competing on the day, Queens' squad produced the best results as the Royals took home the top-prize with a combined 21 points. Wingate followed closely behind while Anderson, Catawba, C-N, Lenoir-Rhyne, Lincoln Memorial and Mars Hill rounded out the top-eight. Tusculum, Newberry, Coker and Brevard took up the final four spots in the standings.

On the men's side, the Eagles jumped two spots from a season ago into the the eighth-overall seeding following the meet. Carson-Newman was paced by Luke Greer (Abington, United Kingdom) with a time of 27:25.0 in the right-kilometer run. Saturday was the frist time on the season Greer finshed first for the Eagles.

Amos Korir (Eldorett, Kenya) came in right behind Greer to finish second on the team with a 27:27.9 time.  Antohy Jackson (Manchester, Tenn.), Nick Guerra (Richardson, Texas), Alec Bross (Charlotte, N.C.) and Rafael Adame also finished with qualifying times for Carson-Newman.

97 runners from 12 different teams took part in the eight-kilometer run on the men's squad Saturday morning with Mars Hill claiming the top-prize. Queens, Anderson, Lincoln Memorial, Wingate and Lenior-Rhyne finished second though sixth-place, respectively, while Catawba, C-N, Brevard and Coker rounded out the top-10.  

Following the race, Korir was named to the SAC All-Freshman team, making the runner the second in as many years for Carson-Newman as Jemeli brought home the honor a season ago for the women.

Carson-Newman will take a week off before taking part in the Southeast Regional Championships on Nov. 5 in Montevallo, Ala.

 

Women 5K Run : Carson-Newman 5th-place

Team

Total Points

C-N Runner

Time

1) Queens

21

31) Hannah Green

20:28.5

2) Wingate

47

33) Sky McCarter

20:36.1

3) Anderson

77

39) Bakah White

20:58.2

4) Catawba

127

46) Priscah Jemeli

21:11.4

5) Carson-Newman

181

55) Sarah Sharp

21:44.5

6) Lenoir-Rhyne

187

56) Sara Honaker

21:51.1

7)Lincoln Memorial

222

68) Jennifer Warren

22:14.1

8) Mars HIll

223

 

 

9)Tusculum

240

 

 

10) Newberry

267

 

 

11) Coker

279

 

 

12) Brevard

325

 

 

 

Men 8K Run : Carson-Newman 8th-place

Team

Total Points

C-N Runner

Time

1) Mars Hill

30

19) Luke Greer

27:25.0

2) Queens

60

20) Amos Korir

27:27.9

3) Anderson

100

48) Anthony Jackson

29:00.6

4) Lincoln Memorial

121

73) Nick Guerra

30:27.1

5) Wingate

125

86) Alec Bross

31:40.0

6) Lenoir-Rhyne

154

94) Rafael Adame

33:22.4

7)Catawba

201

 
 

8) Carson-Newman

227

 

 

9) Brevard

246

 

 

10) Coker

273

 

 

11) Tusculum

277

 

 

12) Newberry

280

 

 

 

-CN-