Emory Cross Teams Shine At Berry Invitational
Women's Results
The Emory men’s and women’s cross country teams
continued the early portion of their seasons on Saturday by turning
in outstanding performances at the Berry Invitational.
The women’s squad, ranked 24th nationally, claimed
first place out of 13 teams registering 39 points, easily
outdistancing runner-up Shorter who totaled 91 points.
Rounding out the top five were host Berry (100 pts.), Lee
University (107 pts.) and Covenant College (154 pts.).
Emory dominated the field with seven of the top 13 overall
finishers, led by freshman Tamara Surtees who crossed the finish
line in fifth place overall out of 126 entries with a 5K time of
19:13. Senior Sara Gelb posted an effort of 19:32, placing
her eighth, while another freshman Shannon Palmer, turned in a
ninth-place showing with a mark of 19:46. Rounding out the
team’s scorers were freshman Stephanie Crane (19:47.1,
10th place) and sophomore Emily Caesar (19:47.5).
The men’s side came through with a second-place performance
out of 15 teams. The Eagles chalked up 70 points and trailed
only Shorter’s top mark of 40 points. Bryan College was
third (80 pts.) while Berry College (100 pts.) and Lee University
(134 pts.) closed out the top five. Keying
Emory’s effort was a strong underclassmen showing which saw a
pair of sophomores and freshmen account for four of the
team’s five scoring positions. Sophomore Hank Ashforth
was the first Eagle to cross the finish line with an 8K time of
26:40, good for 13th place out of 133 contestants.
Sophomore Alex Fleischhacker turned in a time 26:47 that ranked
15th in the field. Freshmen Ryan Callahan (26:55)
and Patrick Crews (26:56) came in 17th and
18th, respectively, while senior Tim Halinski rounded
out the team’s scorers with his time of 27:06 good for
22nd place.
The Emory teams have next weekend off before returning to action on
Sept. 24 when they compete in the prestigious Griak Invitational
hosted by the University of Minnesota.
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