Host Lightning Men's Cross Country Finish 5th at GBC Fall Classic
Sophomore Stewart Reich (above) improved on the Carousel Park course by 20 seconds to play fifth overall a second straight year.
10/8/2011 10:13:00 AM
PIKE CREEK, Del. - The men's cross country team placed fifth of nine teams as it hosted the 10th annual Goldey-Beacom College Fall Classic on a beautiful Fall evening at Carousel Park on Friday, Oct. 7.
Holy Family University was crowned the Team Champion with a score of 52. The Lightning finished with a team score of 100, while last year's team champion, USciences, took fourth with 86 points. Ocean County College slipped past the Devils for third place with a score of 84, and Bloomfield was second at 73.
Sophomore Stewart Reich was GBC's top-finisher as he improved 20 seconds from his time at this race last year to once again place 5th overall with a time of 28:54. Next in for the Lightning was sophomore Hugo Morales at 30:53 to place 21st overall. Two more GBC runners came in after Morales in a span of 41 seconds as freshman Dan Weyant crossed at 31:13 and junior David Zartler ran his best race all season to finish at 31:34. Weyant and Zartler were 24th and 26th, respectively, overall.
Senior Ben Kinley, who had two top-10 finishes in this race the past two seasons, suffered an ankle injury during the first mile of the race and had to perservere through the extremely challenging hills that make up the Carousel Park course to finish in 33:13. Normally the Lightning's No. 2 runner, Kinley was the fifth man in and took 43rd overall.
Sophomore Jabari Chambers was next for GBC at 34:34 and senior Demetris Harding finished in an all-out sprint, side-by-side with Baltimore City College's Gabriel Nieba to cross at 45:12.
Next week, the Lightning will compete in the University of Delaware Cross Country Meet at White Clay Creek State Park.
Host Lightning Women's Cross Country Fifth at GBC Fall Classic
Junior Elizabeth Williams (above) shattered her own school record at Carousel Park.
Elizabeth Williams Shatters Her Own School Record
10/8/2011 10:46:00 AM
PIKE CREEK, Del. - The Lightning women's cross country team placed fifth of 10 teams as it hosted the 10th annual Goldey-Beacom College Fall Classic on a beautiful Fall evening at Carousel Park on Friday, Oct. 7.
USciences repeated as the team champion with an overall score of 45. GBC finished with a score of 133 behind fourth place Bloomfield (107), third-place Holy Family (87) and second-place Ocean County (63).
Junior Elizabeth Williams shattered her own Carousel Park course school record she set as a freshman in 2009 by 34 seconds as she finished 8th overall with a time of 22:19. This marked her second top-10 finish in the three years she has run this race.
Sophomore Symone Stewart was next for the Lightning at 25:04 to take 25th place overall. Close behind was junior Alyssa Murray, who crushed her 2010 time by 2:01 to cross at 25:50 and finish 34th. Also obliterating her time from last year was sophomore Cary Mitchell, who improved by 2:30 to finish in 26:29, 36th overall.
Also finishing under 30 minutes were sophomore Tigan Frisby (29:28) and Shanay Snead (29:52).
Next week, the Lightning will compete in the University of Delaware Cross Country Meet at White Clay Creek State Park.