GOLDEN SUNS CROSS COUNTRY CONCLUDES SEASON WITH A 19TH PLACE FINISH AT SATURDAY'S NCAA SOUTH REGIONAL MEET

        MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Arkansas Tech’s Women’s Cross Country team concluded its 2006 season here Saturday with a 19th place finish at the NCAA South Regional Meet held hosted by Christian Brothers University at Plough Park.

The Golden Suns scored 461 points to finish 15 points behind 18th place finisher Francis Marion (446 points). Harding, the GSC champion, won the 22-team meet with 37 points, while Tampa was second with 88 points and Florida Southern was third with 132 points.

Leading the way for Tech was freshman Melissa Pollreis (Gravette, Ark.), who ran the 6,000-meter course in a season-high 6K time of 25:31 to finish in 72nd place overall.

North Alabama’s Emry McKay took home individual medalist honors as she ran a time of 21:38, while Harding’s Janee Jones, the GSC’s individual champion, finished second with a time of 21:41.

Sophomore Brianna Greene (Harrison, Ark.) was the next Tech finisher as she ran a time of 25:36 to finish 75th overall. Greene’s time was her best 6K performance of the season. Junior Jessica Miller (Van Buren, Ark.) ran a season-best 6K time of 26:43 to finish 110th place, while freshman Jessica Jervis (Cabot, Ark.) ran a time of 26:54 to finish in 113th place. Jervis’ time was also a season-best 6K time.

The final two finishers for the Golden Suns were freshman Michelle Pollreis (Gravette, Ark.), who ran a time of 27:55 to finish in 127th place and junior Molly Fleming (Cabot, Ark.) ran a season-best 6K time of 31:42 to finish in 145th place.

         Complete NCAA South Region Meet results

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