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Sunday, October 3, 2004

SAINTS FINISH TENTH AND ELEVENTH AT
GEORGIA COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Rome, Ga. - On a hot Friday afternoon, the North Georgia College & State University cross country team competed in the 39th Georgia Collegiate Championship hosted by Berry College. The Saints women took home eleventh place out of 16 and the men tenth place out of 14 overall.

NGCSU women's squad was once again led by junior Irina Watkins (Varkaus, Finland) who improved her time at the Clara Bowl 5k course and finished in seventh place in a time of 19:09.19. Sophomore Anna Roller (Commerce, Ga.) finished in a time of 23:07.20 and was 81st overall followed by freshman Tara Alexander (Grayson, Ga.) who had a personal best time of 23:38.47. Finishing in fourth and fifth place for the Saints was freshman Katie Inhulsen (Powder Springs, Ga.) and sophomore Maricela Jacobo (Dalton, Ga.) in times of 23:54.87 and 24:10.78.

In the men's 8k, junior Kelly Parr (Maysville, Ga.) led the team with a personal best time of 28:22.69 and 39th place overall. Coming in second and third for the team was freshman Matthew Ueltzen (Blairsville, Ga.) and sophomore Bryan Harris (Cleveland, Ga.) with times of 28:42.62 and 29:07.83 and in 51st and 59th place. Freshman Alan Schmitz (Warner Robins, Ga.) ran a strong race and finished 62nd overall in a time of 29:15.86. Rounding out the top five Saints was junior Matt Temples (Cumming, Ga.) who posted his best time of the year and completed the course in 29:26.89 in 65th place.

Berry College's David Kawa was the first runner to cross the finish line in a time of 25:20.30, helping the Vikings win the men's race. Allison Kreutzer took home the women's title in a time of 17:50.27 and Kennesaw State University won the women's race.

Maricela Jacobo moves ahead in Friday's race
Alan Schmitz charges ahead with Matt Temples Close behind
The Saints will have their closest meet to Dahlonega this Saturday as they travel to Covenant College in Lookout Mountain to compete in the Mountain Top Classic. The women's race begins at 10:30 am with the men to follow at 11:15 am.
The Saints women and men charge out at the begining of the race

39th Georgia Collegiate Champhionships
Results

NGCSU Women's Results – 5k
Non-Division I Women's Results
Place
Name
Time
Place
School
Points
7
Irina Watkins
19:09.19
1
Kennesaw State
23
81
Anna Roller

23:07.20

2
Berry College
87
90
Tara Alexander
23:38.47
3
Clayton State
96
96
Katie Inhulsen
23:54.87
4
Savannah College
102
98
Maricela Jacobo
24:10.78
5
West Georgia
142
114
Anna Rau
27:14.40
6
Valdosta State
173
115
Trish Faulkner
27:17.35
7
Covenant College
233
NGCSU Men's Results - 8k
8
Reinhardt College
243
Place
Name
Time
9
Agnes Scott College
265
39
Kelly Parr
28:22.69
10
Emory University
275
51
Matthew Ueltzen
28:42.62
11
North Georgia
299
59
Bryan Harris
29:07.83
12
Augusta State
352
62
Alan Schmitz
29:15.86
13
Oglethorpe
384
65
Matt Temples
29:26.89
14
LaGrange College
389
80
Tommy Stapleton
31:20.75
15
Clark Atlanta
414
90
Jordan Hembree
32:22.92
16
Piedmont
417
96
Mikhail Bondarew
33:28.84
Non-Division I Men's Results
100
Jason Geiger
34:14.75
1
Berry College
37
106
Alan Pesti
36:12.01
2
Kennesaw State
43
 
3
West Georgia
70
4
Clayton State
101
5
Morehouse College
132
6
Valdosta State
151
7
Emory University
179
8
Savannah College
217
9
Reinhardt College
224
10
North Georgia
252
11
Covenant College
315
12
LaGrange College
372
13
Piedmont College
411
14
Oglethorpe
419

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