Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Cross Country Teams Run At Southern Cross Country Challenge

The Piedmont College men's and women's cross country teams competed in the Southern Cross Country Challenge this morning in Marietta, GA. The field including schools representing NCAA Division-III, NAIA and Junior College teams from around the southeast United States.

On the women's side Erin McAllister was the top Lady Lions' with a time of 23:31. Following her was Jennifer Gathercoal and Leah Della Torre who crossed the line at 24:46 and 26:45 respectively. Catherine Gearhart and Joanna Moye finished inside of 28 minutes and Jillian Pratt crossed inside of 31 minutes.

For the men Jordan Hubbard was the top Lion with a time of 33:24. Alex Edwards crossed the finish line in 37:42 while Wally Smith and Jeremy Bishop crossed with time of 37:45 and 38:01. Louis Cassamajor and Chris Chesterman rounded out the team with times of 45:42 and 46:04.

The cross country teams will return to action again on Friday, October 27th as they travel to the 4th Annual Brevard College Invitational hosted by Brevard College and starting at 5:45.