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GOLDEN SUNS FINISH TIED FOR SEVENTH WITH WEST FLORIDA
AT NCAA D-II SOUTH REGIONAL MEET
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama –
Arkansas Tech’s Women’s Cross Country team concluded its
2007 season here Saturday by finishing tied for seventh
with West Florida at the NCAA South Regional Meet hosted
by the University of Alabama-Huntsville and held at
Sharon Johnston Park.
Tech, who entered the meet ranked ninth in the latest
NCAA South Region poll, scored 255 points to finish 15
points in front of Southern Arkansas (270 points) and 33
points behind sixth-place Columbus State (222 points).
Tampa won the 23-team meet with 40 points, while
Harding, the GSC Champion, finished second with 55
points and UAH, the host team, ran third after scoring
79 points.
“I am really pleased with the way our team ran today,”
Golden Suns Cross Country Coach Tom Aspel said.
“All of our runners ran season-best times and this is a
good way to close out the season.”
Leading the way for Tech was freshman Lauren Karnitz
(DeSoto, Kan.), who ran the 6,000-meter course in a
season-best time of 23:38 to finish in 28th place
overall.
Harding’s Janee Jones took home individual medalist
honors as she ran a time of 21.17, while Tampa’s Laura
Woznicki finished second after running the course in a
time of 21.19.
Other finishers for Tech were Melissa Pollreis
(Gravette, Ark.), who ran the course in a career-best
time of 24:26 to finish in 48th place overall, while
freshman Carrie Sowers (Dardanelle, Ark.) ran a
season-best time of 24:27 to finish in 51st place
overall. Junior Kayla Waldrup (El Dorado, Ark.)
ran a season-best time of 24:48 to finish in 67th place
and junior Brianna Greene (Harrison, Ark.)
finished in 72nd place after running a season-best time
of 24:55. The final two finishers for the Golden Suns
were freshman Amber Tury (Heber Springs, Ark.)
and freshman Julia Huie (Clinton, Ark.). Tury ran
a season-best time of 25:27 to finish in 90th place,
while Huie ran a season-best time of 25:43 to finish in
102nd place.
Complete NCAA D-II South Regional
Team results
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