September 12, 2004

MEMPHIS ---- The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns finished 11th in a 16-team field in the annual running of the Memphis Twilight Cross Country Classic last Saturday evening.

Coach Tom Aspel's runners garnered 310 points in a fall cross country affair that included nine Division I club.

The Suns were led by Ireland freshman Aoife Cooke, who covered the 3-mile distance in 18:37.71 for 31st place among the 130 individual runners. Senior Irish teammate Fiona Kehoe was three places behind Cooke at 18:43.38.

Mississippi State University won the Twilight race with 58 points, followed by Alabama-Birmingham with 61 points, Eastern Kentucky 87, Southern Illinois 88, Harding 91, Arkansas-Little Rock 215, Memphis 225, Birmingham Southern 244, Arkansas State 253, Union 289, Arkansas Tech 310, Tennessee State 321,
Tennessee-Martin 333, Christian Brothers 443, Freed-Hardeman 445 and Lyon 449.

Other Tech runners included Brittany Knight, 74th at 21:08.42; Taesha Young, 84th at 21:56.99; Natalie Dawson, 87th at 22:19.12; Jessica Miller, 89th at 22:24.82; Lindsey White, 90th at 22:34.71; and Jessica Findley, next at 22:41.02.

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