October 23, 2009
CHARLOTTE, NC — The Barton College men's and women's cross country teams finished 10th and 12th, respectively in the 2009 Conference Carolinas Cross Country Championships on Friday at McAlpine Park.
Redshirt freshman Sammy Serem paced the Barton men with a 31st-place finish in the 82-runner field. His time was 28:36 over the 8-kilometer course. The winner was senior Oscar Ogwaro of Queens University in 24:18. He won by just three seconds over a teammate as the Royals dominated the men's race, winning with the minimum 15 points. Lees-McRae took second with 79 points and Anderson was third with 114 points. Barton amassed 269 points to finish 10th of 11 schools.
Other competitors for Barton were sophomore Chris Mizelle (31:38, 54th), sophomore Chris Free (32:25, 62nd), sophomore Phillip Averre (35:08, 74th) and freshman Hunter Newcombe (38:48, 81st).
The women's race was a nailbiter, with Queens University edging Lees-McRae College 50 to 52. Anderson University sophomore Whitney Bishoff repeated as league champ with a blistering run of 18:00 on the 5-K course. Second place was 28 seconds back. Barton totaled 315 points.
The Lady Bulldogs were paced by freshman Alexa Tovella, who finished 54th in 23:06. Junior Brittany Cowan took 58th of 91 runners at 23:21 and senior Saybah Reed was 65th in 23:42. Rounding out the Barton contingent were senior Amber Fletcher (28:46, 88th), freshman Jessica Hutcherson (29:57, 89th), freshman Cynthia Burroughs (30:14, 90th) and senior Helen Urie (32:23, 91st).
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October 9, 2009
MOUNT OLIVE, NC — Both Barton cross country teams finished sixth of seven teams on Friday in the Mount Olive College Cross Country Invitational.
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke seized both the team titles. The women won the 5-kilometer race easily with 28 points, followed by Belmont Abbey with 52 and St. Andrews Presbyterian College with 81 points. Barton logged 155 points. UNCP prevailed in the men's 8K race with 39 points, followed by Mount Olive and SAPC at 61. Barton had 190 points.
The women's champ was Emily Boggs of Belmont Abbey in 20 minutes, six seconds, which was 46 seconds better than the runner-up. Doug Holt of SAPC won the men's race in 27:01, which was 16 seconds ahead of second place.
Sammy Serem paced the Barton men with a 29th-place finish in 27:01. Chris Free (31:53, 30th), Chris Mizelle (34:05, 38th), Chris Lassiter (38:26, 45th) and Hunter Newcombe (44:03, 48th) completed the Barton scoring.
The Barton women's team was missing its top runner, Alexa Tovella, who is injured, but Brittany Cowan stepped up to finish 19th overall in 24:27. Saybah Reed (26:50, 27th), Chrisy Bofill (26:51, 28th), Cynthia Burroughs (31:55, 40th), Jessica Hutcherson (32:19, 41st) and Helen Urie (34:37, 42nd) rounded out the Barton contingent.
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September 21, 2009
CARY, NC — Freshmen Alexa Tovella (Bartlett, IL) and Sammy Serem (Nindi Hills, Kenya) each turned in solid runs Friday to pace the Barton College cross country teams in the 2009 Reebok Wolfpack Invitational at WakeMed Soccer Park.
Tovella covered the 5-kilometer course in 21 minutes, 47 seconds to finish 22nd overall. Brittany Cowan was 34th in 24:02 and Saybah Reed came in 39th in 24:43. Alona Lawson (27:11, 51st), Amber Fletcher (27:36, 53rd), Cynthia Burroughs (30:20, 57th) and Jessica Hutcherson (32:22, 60th) also competed for the Lady Bulldogs, who finished 7th out of 10 teams.
The University of Maryland won the women's race with 24 points, followed by host N.C. State with 38 and North Carolina A&T with 80. Brittany Tensley of the University of North Carolina captured the individual title in 17:30.
In the men's race, Serem covered the 5K course in 17:41, good for 24th place. Chris Mizzelle was 35th in 19:19 and Phillip Averre placed 41st in 21:10. Also running for the Bulldogs were Hunter Newcomb (21:55, 44th) and Chris Lassiter (21:56, 45th).
Barton, coached by Sheryl Neff, finished with 174 points, which was 7th of eight competing colleges. N.C. State rolled to the men's title with 24 points by placing five runners in the top eight spots. Ryan Hill of NCSU, who was running unattached, set the course record at 14:35, edging Maryland's Greg Kelsey by five seconds.
The Barton cross country teams are back in action this Saturday at Hagan-Stone Park in Greensboro.
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September 12, 2009
Wingate, N.C.—-The Anderson (S.C.) University cross country teams swept the team titles at the 2009 Wingate University Invitational Saturday morning at the Wingate University cross country facility. The Trojans topped host Wingate by 18 points to win the women's crown, with the Barton women finishing sevneth out of 10 teams. In the men's event, Anderson edged Wingate by a mere two points. Barton fielded just three runners because of injuries, thus did not earn a team score.
The race serves as the pre-regional meet for the 2009 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional that will be hosted by Wingate on Nov. 7.
Women's 6K
Anderson had four runners in the top 10, led by sophomore Whitney Bishoff with her event-winning 6K time of 24:07. Bishoff has good memories of the Wingate course, as she qualified for the NCAA national meet with a third-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional (23:15 6K time).
Bishoff was not a one-woman show, as juniors Lynne Flint (second-place, 25:28) and Chelsea Rogers (eighth, 26:16) and freshman Emily Eckroth (ninth, 26:24) secured spots in the top 10. Freshman Isabel Berry (21st, 28:19) completed the scoring for the AU Trojans.
Wingate senior Brittany Vish (Raleigh, N.C.) made her cross country debut one to remember, as the Sanderson High School product finished fourth with a time of 25:31. The Bulldogs placed five runners in the top 16 to secure second place on the team charts.
On the team leaderboard, Pfeiffer University (81 points), USC Aiken (101) and Catawba College (110) rounded out the top five. Pfeiffer freshman Lindsey Phillips led the Falcons, finishing third with a time of 25:28. USC Aiken had two runners in the top seven. Junior Nicole Maitland led the USCA Pacers with a fifth-place finish (25:39). Catawba senior Maleah Cole paced the Catawba Indians, placing sixth with a 25:47 time.
Barton was paced by freshman Alexa Tovella (Bartlett, IL), who finished 18th in the 71-runner field in a time of 28 minutes. Sophomore Brittany Cowan (Chesterfield, VA) was Barton's second-best runner on the day, clocking in at 31:24 for 41st. Freshman Chrisy Bofill (Raleigh, NC) was 47th in 32:00, freshman Sandy Dickerson took 53rd in33:02; junior Alona Lawson (Ellicott City, MD) was 62nd in 34:33; and senior Amber Fletcher (Navarre, FL) placed 66th in 36:34.
"Alexa was flying around there today," Barton head coach Sheryl Neff said. "She ran well…and she can go faster. She was running on a sore foot. Brittany also had a nice run for us. I thought they all ran well. We beat three teams, so that was a good start. We are looking good…and getting better."
Men's 8K
Anderson had five runners finish in the top 15 to edge Wingate for the team title. Tusculum's ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Simon Holzapfel won the men's 8K race with a time of 26:38. The Pioneer junior outdistanced his nearest competitor by a whopping 50 seconds.
Senior Alex Jordan led the AU Trojans, claiming second place with a time of 27:28. Anderson freshman Matt Shaffer claimed seventh place with a time of 28:49. Other finishers for the Trojans include sophomore Jonathan Stephens (13th, 29:37) and freshmen Nigel Reynolds (14th, 29:39) and Alex Pena (15th, 29:43).
Two All-South Atlantic Conference runners led the host Bulldogs Saturday. Senior David Sanctis (Charlotte, N.C.) was sixth with an 8K time of 28:46. Senior Doug Coats (Durham, N.C.) was eighth with a 28:52 clocking. Wingate placed five runners in the top 17 Saturday.
On the team charts, Mount Olive College (72 points), Francis Marion University (123 points) and Pfeiffer University (125 points) claimed the third, fourth and fifth spots.
Sophomore James Maloney led the MOC Trojans with his fourth place finish (28:16). FMU senior Hillary Kiprop was third with a time of 28:16. Pfeiffer senior Matt Tyndall led the Falcons, placing fifth with a time of 28:20.
Freshman Chris Free (Virginia Beach) led Barton with a 36th place finish (out of 72) in 32:37. Teammate Chris Mizzel was close behind in 38th spot in 32:51 and sophomore Phillip Averre (Wake Forest, NC) placed 65th in 37:29.
"I was very pleased with Chris Free and Chris Mizzel for running in the 32s in their first big race at Barton. Phil made a huge improvement, so he was excited as well."
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August 28, 2009
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. - Kerry "Bear" Maloney finished first out of 23 runners and Mount Olive had the top five finishers as the Trojans defeated Barton in a men's cross country dual meet Friday at Mount Olive College.
The event marked the first-ever intercollegiate cross country event to take place on the MOC campus. Mount Olive totaled the minimum 15 points, while Barton finished with 46 points. Points are based on where each team's top five finishers placed.
Maloney ran the 5k course in a time of 16:27, while Paul Hoffman finished second with a time of 16:48. Both Maloney and Hoffman transferred from Keystone College (Pa.), where they ran for current Trojan head coach Matt van Lierop.
"It feels good to get the season off to this kind of a start," said Maloney, a sophomore from Scranton, Pa. "It helped a lot having people cheering us on. It was a good crowd."
Kevin Ryan finished third with a time of 17:23, four seconds ahead of Ronnie Sturgill, who finished fourth. Reshaad Nelson placed fifth with a time of 17:38.
Sammy Serem was Barton's top finisher in 6th place with a time of 17:53. Chris Free was eighth for the Bulldogs with a time of 18:29. Barton head coach Sheryl Neff said Serem lost some time on the course when he took a wrong turn.
Friday's individual times won't count towards the Conference Carolinas rankings since the official distance for men's races is 8k. But Hoffman says Friday's race will help ease into the 8k races.
"This was a good start. It gets our confidence up," said Hoffman, a sophomore from Lakeview, N.Y. "Running a 5k gives you a good idea where your 8k time should be."
First-year Mount Olive College President Dr. Philip Kerstetter fired the starting gun for both the men's and women's races.
Friday's dual meet was the first of two cross country events to take place on the Mount Olive College campus. The Trojans play host to the Mount Olive Men's and Women's Cross Country Invitational October 9. The field is expected to include a number of Conference Carolinas teams.
Mount Olive College vs. Barton College
Individual Results
1 Bear Maloney MOC 16:27
2 Paul Hoffman MOC 16:48
3 Kevin Ryan MOC 17:23
4 Ronnie Sturgill MOC 17:27
5 Reshaad Nelson MOC 17:38
6 Sammy Serem BC 17:53
7 Jackie Kirby unattached 18:03
8 Chris Free BC 18:29
9 Chris Menjares MOC 18:47
10 Marc Holaday MOC 18:53
11 Cort McCombs MOC 19:52
12 Brandon Dixon MOC 19:59
13 Chris Etienne unattached 20:14
14 Thiago Dualiby unattached 20:22
15 Chris Mizelle BC 20:37
16 Mario Aguilar MOC 20:57
17 Phillip Averre BC 20:59
18 Richard Ruffin unattached 21:43
19 Christopher Bertrand MOC 22:03
20 Dorian Chadwick unattached 22:19
21 Hunter Newcomb unattached 22:22
22 Chris Lassiter BC 22:28
23 Ian Hodges MOC 22:50
Team Results
Place Team Place of Finishers Score
1 Mount Olive 1 2 3 4 5 15
2 Barton 6 7 10 11 12 46
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August 25, 2009
High Point, NC — After taking the conference title two years ago, Queens University of Charlotte looks to return to the top of the Conference Carolinas podium for 2009. The Royals have been selected to the No. 1 spot in this year's Men's Cross Country preseason poll as voted on by league head coaches.
The Royals sat out the 2008 conference tournament but dominated the NCAA Southeast Region meet and finished seventh at the NCAA National Championships. The Royals will be led by junior Michael Crouch who took the bronze at the NCAA meet before winning NCAA 5,000- and 1500-meter national titles in the spring. Returning for Queens will be individual region champion Oscar Ogwaro and All-Region runners Futsum Mebrahtu and Matt Rowell. Adding depth for the Royals will be newcomers Edgar Santoyo, Simon Stuetzel, Alex Schilling and Nelson Mwangi."We hope to continue our progression this year," said Coach Scott Simmons, "and with added depth we should be more competitive at the conference, regional and national levels. Across the board on this team, we are seeing solid development from good consistent work."
The Lees-McRae College men's cross country team brings back their top seven runners and looks excited for what the 2009 season will bring. Reigning Freshman of the Year Craig Simpkins, and All-Conference performers Nathan Trimble and Chris Holstein will lead the way for the experienced Bobcat squad. Michael Davis and Jordan Gillespie are also expected to make a significant impact with Sondre Thorbergsen joining the team to add more quality depth for the Bobcats.
New to the Bobcats this year will be Head Coach Thomas Cason. After a brief retirement from coaching he returns with a passion to help continue the tradition of the Lees-McRae College Cross Country program.
"I am thrilled to see what this team can do, with the talent, hard work, dedication, and commitment; to go along with Coach Cason's guidance, this group can attain a lot of goals this fall," Lees-McRae College Athletic Director and assistant coach Craig McPhail said.
St. Andrews Presbyterian College is the defending Conference Carolinas men's cross country champions and will be looking for a large group of veteran runners to fill the vacancy left by two-time Conference Carolinas Runner of the Year, Mitch Cooper, who graduated in May.
The Knights have a veteran team that will consist of seven harriers that are either in their junior or senior campaign. Junior Doug Holt, a two-time All-Conference honoree, will look to pace the Knights scoring five runners. The experience from a cluster of letter winners, along with this year's freshman class, should give St. Andrews the opportunity to be competitive both in league and in the Southeast Region.
"It definitely will be a competitive season, but these guys have put in a lot of miles this summer, building up their base and I feel confident that they will be up for the challenge," said reigning Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year, Jim Walters, who enters his second season at the helm of the St. Andrews cross country program.
Erskine finished fourth in the poll with Anderson fifth followed by Limestone, Coker, Mount Olive, Pfeiffer, Belmont Abbey, and Barton respectively rounding-out the poll standings.
Conference Carolinas Men's Cross Country Preseason Poll
(# of First Place Votes in Parenthesis)
1. Queens (9) 98
2. Lees-McRae (1) 89
3. St. Andrews (1) 79
4. Erskine 69
5. Anderson 62
6. Limestone 52
7. Coker 46
8. Mount Olive 35
9. Pfeiffer 30
10. Belmont Abbey 29
11. Barton 16
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November 9, 2008
WINGATE, NC - As has been the case all season, seniors Corey Winner and Gina Castro were the frontrunners for the Barton men and women, respectively, in the 2008 NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning.
Winner covered the 10-kilometer course at Wingate University in 35 minutes, 10 seconds to place 40th of 140 runners. Queens University of Charlotte captured the team championship easily by putting all five of its runners among the top seven. Finishing 1-2-3 for the Royals were Oscar Ogwaro (30:54), Michael Crouch (31:07) and Futsum Mebrahtu (32:05). LMC notched 19 points, while Columbus State was a distant second with 87 points.
Barton did not have a team score in either race. Also running for the Bulldog men were Austin Higgins (129th in 42:24) and Charlie Healy (136th in 44:24).
Castro concluded her career with a time of 26:12 in the women's 6K race, good for 56th of 155. Allison Kreutzer of Clayton State made it 7-for-7 in individual wins with a scintillating run of 22:24, which was 39 seconds ahead of runner-up Ashley Morris of Carson Newman (23:03). The Conference Carolinas' top runner, Whitney Bischoff of Anderson (SC), took third in 23:15.
Conference Carolinas champ Lees-McRae won the women's regional title with 85 points, followed by Augusta State at 110 and Lenoir-Rhyne with 158. Carla Swart paced LMC at 23:54, good for sixth place.
Also competing for the Barton women were Christina Roberds (140th in 30:38), Brittany Cowan (143rd in 31:23) and Saybah Reed (145th in 31:41).
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October 18, 2008
DURHAM, NC - Barton College senior Corey Winner covered the 6-kilometer course at Forest Hills Park in 25 minutes, 23 seconds on Saturday to finish runner-up in the N.C. Central Eagles Cross Country Invitational.
James Kukat of NCCU won in 24:54, leading his teammates to 38 points and a 12-point win over N.C. A&T, the team runner-up.
Sophomore Austin Higgins (29:47) finished 28th, freshman Charlie Healy (29:57) took 31st and freshman Phillip Averre (33:42) was 38th to round out the Barton runners. The Bulldogs did not earn a team score since they fielded only four runners.
Senior Gina Castro (Newport, NC) finished 7th overall, and third among NCAA D-II runners, in the women's 5-k race.
Castro completed the 5-kilometer course in 20 minutes, 49 seconds. The winner was NCCU's Desinia Johnson in 19:51. Sisters Stephanie Rynas (20:42) and Samantha Rynas (20:47) of Pfeiffer University were the only D-II runner to beat Castro across the line.
Central won the meet with 25 points, followed by N.C. A&T with 55 and Barton with 96. Mount Olive only fielded four runners.
Other competitors for Barton were sophomore Christina Roberds (18th in 23:22), sophomore Brittany Cowan (22nd in 24:17), freshman Saybah Reed (24th in 25:06), freshman Michole Brown (25th in 25:27), freshman Candy Capps (28th in 26:34), freshman Alona Lawson (33rd in 30:51) and freshman Brandi Fowler (34th in 32:04). Brown and Capps ran at Fike and Hunt, respectively.
Barton will compete in the Conference Carolinas Cross Country Championships next Saturday at Belmont Abbey College.
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August 27, 2008
THOMASVILLE, NC — The Queens University of Charlotte men's cross country team is excited to continue the success of the historic 2007 season and has been named the preseason favorite by Conference Carolinas coaches.
After capturing the conference title, all three major conference awards (Runner, Coach, & Freshman of the Year) and then moving on to claim the top spot at the regional competition, Queens advanced to its first ever NCAA Championship. The Royals finished 15th, respectively, and earned two All-American awards.
Barton was picked in the 11th and final spot, but has a host of new runners and expects to be much better.
Despite losing top-runners Daniel Kanyaruhuru and Philipe Araujo to graduation, Queens brought in ten new sets of legs to build on the new found success and has been ranked No. 1 in the Southeast region by the USTFCCCA preseason poll. In those 10 new runners Queens has four true freshmen and six transfers. Second-year head coach Scott Simmons said, "Last year was a significant step forward for both Queens and the conference, but we have a lot of work to do to become nationally competitive. We are hoping to continue progressing and to get closer to being one of the best teams in the nation."
Anderson University tied with Lees-McRae in the second spot in the preseason poll. Anderson's men won two meets, finished third in the Conference Carolinas championship meet, and finished in the top three five times last fall. Trojans head coach Randy Greer is looking forward to the upcoming season, "We've been strong one through seven the last couple of years," Greer said. "We're still going to be strong though we may not be as deep as we have been.
Coach Greer considers Nate Parsons, Jeremy Hunsaker, and Alex Jordan as the nucleus of the team. Last season, both Parsons and Hunsaker had two top-10 finishes and Jordan had one top-10. "I think we will be a good team," Greer said. "I think we can be as good as we were last year. We will be younger than we have been in a while."
Lees-McRae College was picked tied for second in this year's poll. There are a lot of new faces in Banner Elk, NC this fall as the Bobcats have eight freshmen and a transfer, to go along with four returnees to give Head Coach Craig McPhail his largest squad in 10 years. "We have some talented young men who have worked really hard over the summer. The development over the next two and a half months will determine a lot," McPhail said. "There is great team chemistry and a desire to be amongst the best teams in the Southeast."
Coach McPhail will look to freshmen Michael Davis, Luke Anton, Craig Simpkins and Cody Hodgins to help with University of Houston transfer Nate Trimble and returnees Chris Holstein, Jon Bernal and Matt Barrett.
St. Andrews finished fourth in the poll with Pfeiffer fifth followed by Erskine, Limestone, Coker, Belmont Abbey, Mount Olive and Barton respectively rounding-out the poll standings.
Conference Carolinas Men's Cross Country Pre-Season Poll
(# of First Place Votes in Parenthesis)
1. Queens (9) 98
T-2. Anderson (1) 83
T-2. Lees-McRae (1) 83
4. St. Andrews 79
5. Pfeiffer 54
6. Erskine 44
7. Limestone 43
8. Coker 39
9. Belmont Abbey 31
10. Mount Olive 30
11. Barton 21
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February 8, 2008
SAN DIEGO, CA — Former Barton College cross country runner Nathan Twomey, who recently relocated to San Diego, finished 9th in a field of 795 runners in the 27th annual San Diego Super 10K run on Saturday, Feb. 2.
Twomey, who ran for coaches John Hackney, Chad Reynolds and Sheryl Neff from 1998-2001, clocked a time of 36 minutes, 20 seconds to finish 2nd in his age group and 9th overall. He averaged 5:51 per mile.
Twomey, who hails from New Jersey, ran in several NCAA D-II Regional Championships and one NCAA D-II National Championship while a member of the Bulldogs. Following graduation, he was a teacher coached wrestling at Fike High School in Wilson. He also lended a hand to Coach Neff with the Barton Cross Country team.
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