Emory Women's Cross Country Second At NCAA Regionals -- Earns Spot At Nationals
Results
The No. 27-ranked Emory University women's cross country team
turned in a solid showing at the 2010 NCAA South/Southeast Division
III Regional Championships on Saturday, posting a second-place
finish out of 25 teams. The Eagles’ second-place
performance enabled the squad to earn an automatic bid to next
Saturday’s (Nov. 20) national championship in Waverly,
Iowa.
Emory finished with 54 points, just four behind Rhodes
College’s top mark of 50 points. Christopher Newport
held down the third spot with 177 points while Centre College (186
pts.) and Lynchburg (198 pts.) rounded out the top five. The
Eagles had two of the top three individual finishers and four of
the top 13 overall.
Junior Tess Gallegos highlighted the Emory effort, claiming first
place in the 191-runner field with a 6k time of 21:51. Her
effort marked the fifth time that an Emory runner had captured the
top spot in the event and the first since 2006 when Amy DiBianca
accomplished that feat. Senior Natalie Fenn was the second
Emory entry to cross the finish line and third overall with a time
of 22:19. Sophomore Melanie Frank (22:50) and junior Sara
Gelb (23:00) came through with 11th and
13th-place finishes, respectively, while Sabrina
Jeppsson rounded out the team’s scorers with her time of
23:19 placing her 27th in the field. All of
Emory’s scorers earned all-region honors as did Calley
Edwards who finished 33rd with an effort of 23:26.
Emory has now finished second or higher in the NCAA Regionals in
each of the last 20 seasons.
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