Cross Country/Track & Field

Montreat Cross Country competes well at Furman Invitational

Lining up against the Universities of Miami, Charlotte, East Tennessee State, Furman, and many other larger schools, Montreat ran a very competitive race this Saturday at the 35th annual Furman Cross Country Invitational. “Again, some runners felt a bit out of place lining up against many larger universities… some may have been a bit overwhelmed, but that is the great thing about small college programs like ours. We have the opportunity to line up against the most premier athletic programs in the country- in the end, we are all racing individual races,” said Head Coach Jose Larios, “our runners will need to get used to lining up against larger schools. They also need to learn that they put on their shoes exactly the same way we do and we have to want to compete at a higher level.”

Due to Fall Break, the Cavaliers were represented with a smaller team and no team scores were met. However, Montreat still had some great individual achievements. Running her best race of the season was freshman Elyse Gildernew (Lookout Mt, Ga) with a time of 22:45. Sr., Megan Riser had another fine performance with a 99^th place finish in 21:17. Julie Hetu almost matched her best time of the season with a 24:00 run. Talisa Bishop (19:59) once again led the Lady Cavs with a 56^th place finish out of 177 runners.

The men were represented by Ben Hall and Justin Edwards. As if it were not enough that the men have to run a longer race than the women (5K vs. 8K), the men were misdirected during their race and ran an estimated extra 350 meters- which equates to nearly 60-70 extra seconds. That being said, Hall and Edwards ran solid races. Ben Hall completed the longer 8,000m course in 29:30, while Justin Edwards ran a possible personal best race in 30:29.

Both teams will travel to Nashville, TN to compete in the prestigious Southeastern Classic where they will square off against many of their conference and regional competition. The race will be held at the Percy Warner Park and is scheduled to begin at 9:30am.

Women's 5K results can be found at: http://furmanpaladins.cstv.com/sports/c-xctrack/stats/2007-2008/collegewomen.html

Men's 8K results can be found at:
http://furmanpaladins.cstv.com/sports/c-xctrack/stats/2007-2008/collegemen.html

Written By: Jose Larios
Posted By: Jose Larios
Date Posted: 10/14/2007
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