Monday, September 13, 2004

SAINTS FINISH NINTH AND 11TH AT
UAH CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL

Huntsville, Ala. - The North Georgia men's team finished ninth overall and the women's team finished 11th overall in the first meet of the season on Saturday at Sharon Johnston Park. University of Alabama-Huntsville hosted the meet and took first place in both the men's 8k and women's 5k.

The field of teams was composed of 13 NCAA schools, two NAIA schools, and one junior college.

In the men's race, junior Lucas Ridley of Sewanee won the race with a time of 26:23. Sophomore John Kungu of Alabama State and sophomore Brandon York of UAH finished second and third with a time of 26:59 and 27:06.5 respectively. UAH won the overall men's competition followed by Valdosta State in second and Sewanee in third.

For the Saints, sophomore Bryan Harris (Cleveland, Ga.) was the top finisher for the men with a time of 29:28 and finished in 27th place. Freshman Alan Schmitz (Warner Robins, Ga.) finished in 38th place with a time of 29:53 followed by freshman Matt Ueltzen (Blairsvile, Ga.) who finished in 45th place. Juniors Kelly Parr (Maysville, Ga.) and Matt Temples (Cumming, Ga.) rounded out the scorers for North Georgia finishing in a time of 30:47 and 31:12 respectively.

The women's race was won by sophomore Emry McKay of North Alabama with a time of 18:18.6, followed by UAH sophomore Caitlin Heider and junior Megan Fairclough . UAH once agian took the team title with Delta State and West Florida taking second and third.

Junior Irina Watkins (Varkaus, Finland) was the top runner for the North Georgia women, finishing with a time of 19:10 good for sixth place overall. Watkins was followed by junior Anna Roller (Commerce, Ga.) and freshman Katie Inhulsen (Powder Springs, Ga.) for the Saints who ran 23:54 and 23:58. Freshman Tara Alexander (Grayson, Ga.) and sophomore Maricola Jacobo (Dalton, Ga.) finished with times of 24:08 and 24:46.

North Georgia will be back in action this weekend as they head to Lee University for the Flames Invitational. The women's race begins at 9:00 a.m. followed by the men's race at 9:45 a.m.

2004 University of Alabama-Huntsville Cross Country Invitational

NGCSU Women's Results – 5k
Place	Name	Time
6	Irina Watkins	19:19.8
78	Anna Roller	23:54.4
79	Katie Inhulsen	23:58.4
85	Tara Alexander	24:08.5
89	Maricola Jacobo	24:46.9
95	Anna Rau	25:31.7
97	Patricia Faulkner	25:43.3
NGCSU Men's Results - 8k
Place	Name	Time
27	Bryan Harris	29:28.5
38	Alan Schmitz	29:53.6
45	Matt Ueltzen	30:09.7
56	Kelly Parr	30:47.8
66	Matt Temples	31:32.3
67	Tommy Stapleton	31:46.5
88	Mikhail Bondarew	34:23.2

Women's Overall
Place	School	Points
1	UAH	26
2	Delta State	96
3	West Florida	103
4	Sewanee	127
5	Valdosta State	134
6	North Alabama	153
7	Carson-Newman	155
8	Covenant College	191
9	Southern Arkansaw	199
10	Alabama State	309
11	North Georgia	311
12	Montevallo	319
13	Gadsden State	400
14	Alabama A&M	402
15	West Alabama	420
Men's Overall
Place	School	Points
1	UAH	43
2	Valdosta State	113
3	Sewanee	119
4	North Alabama	123
5	Southern Arkansaw	125
6	Austin Peay	157
7	Alabama State	185
8	Carson-Newman	211
9	North Georgia	221
10	Covenant College	254
11	Northwest Shoals	270
12	West Alabama	271
13	Alabama A&M	407

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