Saturday, November 4th, 2006

Cross Country Teams Finish Third & Fourth At GSAC Championship Meet

The Piedmont College men's and women's cross country teams competed in the 2006 Great South Athletic Conference championships today in Decatur, GA. The Lady Lions finished fourth out of six teams while the Lions finished third out of three teams.

Leading the way for the women was freshman Erin McAllister who finished the 6K run in 31:20. Following McAllister was Jennifer Gathercoal and Leah Della Torre who crossed the line in 31:40 and 31:44 respectively. Rounding out the team was Kris Pratt and Catherine Gearhart who both finished in under 38 minutes. The women finished 58 points behind Maryville College who took the championship.

On the men's side, Jordan Hubbard was the top Lion runner completing the 8K run in 35:48. Wally Smith crossed the line in 37:58 and Jeremy Bishop finished in 41:28. Rounding out the field for PC was Alex Edwards and Chris Chesterman who completed the run in under 46 minutes. The men finished 68 points behind the champion Scots from Maryville College.

Additionally, six PC cross country athletes were honored in the league's year-end honors. For the women, Della Torre, Gathercoal, Jillian Pratt, and Joanna Moye were each honored as All-Academic selections while Bishop and Smith each garnered the academic honor on the men's side.