Saturday, September 18, 2004

SAINTS CROSS COUNTRY FINISH FIFTH AT FLAMES INVITATIONAL
Irina Watkins Finishes in First Place in the 5k

Dahlonega, Ga. - After being washed out of Cleveland, Tenn. because of Hurricane Ivan, the Flames Invitational was moved to Berry College in Rome, Ga. Saints junior Irina Watkins (Varkaus, Finland) ran the course in 19:29.34, 45 seconds faster than the second finisher, to win the women's 5k race. For the men, junior Kelly Parr (Maysville, Ga.) took ninth overall with a time of 29:32.30 and the Saints finished 5th overall.

With only four runners the North Georgia women were unable to compete for the team competition, but ran a very strong race. Following Watkins first place finish was junior Anna Roller (Commerce, Ga.) who ran a personal best 23:03.00 and past three runners at the finish to place 21st overall. Freshman Katie Inhulsen (Powder Springs, Ga.) used a strong finishing kick to giver her a time of 24:10.33, good for 30th place overall. Rounding out the women's results was freshman Patricia Faulkner (Kennesaw, Ga.) who finished 37th overall with a personal best time of 25:16.53.

The Saints men's team finished fifth overall and were led by Parr's ninth place finish. Coming in at 12th place with a time of 29:40.92 was sophomore Bryan Harris (Cleveland, Ga.). Freshman Matthew Ueltzen (Blairsville, Ga.) and junior Matt Temples (Cumming, Ga.) finished in 19th and 20th overall in times of 30:16.14 and 30:16.85 respectively. Junior Jordan Hembree (Carrollton, Ga.) finished in 37th place in a time of 33:22.25 followed by sophomore Jason Geiger (Sugar Hill, Ga.) who finished in 44th place with a time of 36:05.55 to round out the men's team.

The Berry College won both the women's and men's team overall title. Johnny Clemons won the men's race for Lee University in a time of 26:02.61.

North Georgia will be running again next Saturday as they head to Louisville, Ky. for the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic. The men's race begins at 9:30 am with the women running at 10:30 am.

Flames Invitational at Berry College

NGCSU Women's Results – 5k
Place	Name	Time
1	Irina Watkins	19:29.4
21	Anna Roller	23:03.0
30	Katie Inhulsen	24:10.3
37	Patricia Faulkner	25:16.5
NGCSU Men's Results - 8k
Place	Name	Time
9	Kelly Parr	29:32.3
12	Bryan Harris	29:40.9
19	Matthew Ueltzen	30:16.1
20	Matt Temples	30:16.8
37	Jordan Hembree	33:22.2
44	Jason Geiger	36:05.5

Women's Overall
Place	School	Points
1	Berry	46
2	Lee	47
3	Covenant	74
4	Reinhardt	80
5	TN Wesleyan	104
Men's Overall
Place	School	Points
1	Berry	24
2	Reinhardt	61
3	Lee	79
4	Covenant	88
5	NGCSU	93
6	TN Wesleyan	162

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