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GOLDEN SUNS RUN SECOND AT HARDING'S LADY BISON STAMPEDE;
BAILEE MILLER TAKES HOME FIRST PLACE HONORS AGAIN
SEARCY, Arkansas –
Arkansas Tech Women’s Cross Country returned to action
here Saturday following a nearly three week layoff by
finishing second out of six teams at the 2009 Harding
Lady Bison Stampede held near the intramural fields on
the Harding campus.
While Tech finished second as a team, freshman Bailee
Miller (Dover, Ark.) continued her hot running as
she ran the 5,000-meter rain-soaked course in a time of
19:26 to take home first place honors. It was Miller’s
third first place finish out of four races this season
in her first season as a collegiate runner.
Tech, who is ranked third in the latest USTFCCCA NCAA
D-II South Region Poll, scored 51 points to finish 15
points in front of third-place Memphis (66 points).
Harding, the meet’s host and the No. 2 ranked team in
the latest USTFCCCA South Region poll, won the meet as
the Lady Bison had all five of their runners finish in
the Top 7 for a team score of 23.
The meet was Tech’s first since competing at the
Missouri Southern Stampede on Sept. 21 in Joplin, Mo. At
that meet, Tech scored 446 points to finish 13th out of
41 teams.
In addition to Miller, senior Melissa Pollreis
(Gravette, Ark.) ran the 5,000-course in a time of 19:47
to finish in fourth place overall, while junior
Michelle Pollreis (Gravette, Ark.), Melissa’s twin
sister, ran the course in a time of 21:20 to finish in
14th place overall. Junior Lauren Karnitz (DeSoto,
Kan.) ran a time of 21:41 to finish in 17th place, while
junior Stormi Richardson (Lumberton, Texas) ran
the course in time of 22:24 to finish in 22nd place and
sophomore Jenna Siebenmorgen (Fort Smith, Ark.)
ran the course in a time of 23:38 to finish in 26th
place overall.
Tech will return to action next Saturday, Oct. 17, when
they travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to compete at the
21st-Annual Chile Pepper Cross Festival hosted by the
University of Arkansas.
TECH WOMEN – INDIVIDUAL
Place
Name Time Team Points
1 Bailee Miller
19:26 1
4 Melissa Pollreis
19:47 4
14 Michelle Pollreis
21:20 13
17 Lauren Karnitz
21:41 15
21 Stormi
Richardson 22:24 18
26 Jenna Siebenmorgen 23:28
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Complete 2009 Harding Lady Bison Stampede results
-- Tech Athletics
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