Emory Women's Cross Country Takes Home First Place at Berry Invitational
The Emory University women's cross country team, ranked
35th nationally, won its second consecutive meet on
Saturday as it took home first place out of 14 teams at the Berry
College Invitational.
The Eagles of head coach John Curtin finished with 53 points and
topped runner-up Lee University’s 70 points. Berry
College was third (77 pts) and rounding out the top five were
Shorter University (102 pts.) and Blue Mountain College (158
pts.).
Emory had two runners among the top 10 finishers and three in the
top 12 en route to its first-place showing. Senior Natalie
Fenn paced the Emory pack and was fifth overall in the 124-runner
field with a 5k time of 19:08. Junior Sara Gelb crossed the
finish line in 10th place with a showing of 19:41 while
sophomore Melanie Frank held down the No. 12 spot with a time of
19:48. Sophomore Calley Edwards was solid as well with her time of
20:11 enabling her to nail down 15th place.
Emory returns to action on Oct. 2 when it competes at the
Louisville Classic.
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