College of Charleston
Will Wilson Citadel Invitational
Cougars Successful in Citadel Invitational
9/24/2011 4:52:00 PM | Men's Cross Country
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The College of Charleston men's and women's cross country teams had many runners close to the pack of leaders as the women were victorious and men finished runner-up in the Will Williams/Citadel Invitational Saturday at James Island County Park. Sophomore Dena O'Brien won the individual champion in the women's race.
O'Brien led most of the whole race and was part of a group of six CofC runners who finished in the top-10 as she finished first in 18:13 for the 5K race, nearly 36 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Joining O'Brien in the top-10 were Kristen Wolfe (3rd, 19:21), McKenna Nokes (5th, 19:49), Hayley McMahon (7th, 19:50), Danielle Sams (9th, 19:56), and Callen Powers (10th, 19:57). Tierney Willard, Danielle Hobbs, Dana Walsh and Elle Brewer, Allie Kowolenko and Rosemary Dungan finished in the top-25 for the Cougars.
The women finished with 25 points, 20 points ahead of second-place finisher Winthrop who finished with 45 points. The Citadel was third with 83 points.
On the men's side Ross Ochs finished third in 27:27 for the 8K race. Also in the top-10 were David Lamberson (6th, 27:41) and Andrew Nelson (7th, 27:46). The men finished with 45 points, just five points behind Winthrop.
CofC Head Coach Amy Seago said she was very pleased with the results.
"Everyone ran hard and battled out there today," she said. "This was a tough course and a slower course than many we run on. I thought a lot of people stepped up for us today."
College of Charleston Men
3 Ochs, Ross SO Col. of Charleston 27:27.25
6 Lamberson, David SR Col. of Charleston 27:41.32
7 Nelson, Andrew SO Col. of Charleston 27:46.06
15 Mactavish, Cameron FR Col. of Charleston 28:36.19
19 Toomes, Kelly JR Col. of Charleston 28:54.68
20 Miller, Manning JR Col. of Charleston 29:08.10
24 Boccard, Alex SO Col. of Charleston 29:26.57
34 George, Andrew SO Col. of Charleston 30:49.47
38 Luther, Steven SO Col. of Charleston 32:14.61
College of Charleston Women
1 O'Brien, Dena SO Col. of Charleston 18:13.99
3 Wolfe, Kristen SR Col. of Charleston 19:21.00
5 Nokes, McKenna SO Col. of Charleston 19:49.02
7 McMahon, Hayley FR Col. of Charleston 19:50.66
9 Sams, Danielle FR Col. of Charleston 19:56.91
10 Powers, Callen SR Col. of Charleston 19:57.59
11 Willard, Tierney SR Col. of Charleston 20:02.49
12 Hobbs, Dannielle SO Col. of Charleston 20:09.43
15 Walsh, Dana SO Col. of Charleston 20:19.03
16 Brewer, Elle SO Col. of Charleston 20:23.30
20 Kowolenko, Alyssa FR Col. of Charleston 21:00.92
23 Dungan, Rosemary FR Col. of Charleston 21:32.13
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