Emory Men's And Women's Cross Country Teams Turn In Solid Efforts At Sewanee Invitational
Women's Results
The Emory University men's and women’s cross country teams
turned in successful performances at 31st annual Sewanee
Invitational, with both squads registering second-place
performances out of 11 teams.
The women’s team, ranked 24th nationally among
D-III programs, recorded 62 points and trailed only Division I
member Mississippi State’s top mark of 18 points.
Rhodes College took home third place with 76 points while Centre
College (95 pts.) and Tennessee Tech (152 pts.) rounded out the top
five finishers.
Battling unusually warm conditions, senior Sabrina Jeppson
spearheaded the women’s effort, crossing the finish in
10th position out of 133 entries with a personal-best 6K
time of 22:47. Right behind her in 11th place was
junior Melanie Frank who also clocked a personal-best showing of
22:48. Freshman Stephanie Crane enjoyed a memorable
collegiate debut with a performance of 23:17, good for
15th place, while sophomore Emily Caesar was the fourth
Eagle to score with a personal-best mark of 23:34 that placed
17th. Senior Sara Gelb rounded out the
squad’s scorers with a 23:39, good for the No. 18 slot.
All totaled, Emory had six runners come through with 6K personal
bests including sophomore Sarah Klass (24:08), senior Paulina
Belsky (25:51) and Meredith Lorch (25:54).
Sophomore Eddie Mulder, competing in his first race in an Emory
uniform, led the men’s side with an 8K showing of 27:44, good
for seventh place overall out of 118 contestants. The Eagles
had three of the race’s top-10 performers with senior Geraint
Davies (27:49) and junior Stephen Ellwood (27:50), coming in at
ninth and tenth, respectively. Ryan Callahan was the fourth
Eagle and No. 2 freshman overall to finish with a 28:01, ranking
him 15th in the field, while sophomore Alex
Fleischhacker closed out the team’s scoring with his showing
of 28:10 good for the No. 28 slot.
Emory returns to action next Saturday (Sept. 10) when it competes
at the Berry Invitational.
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