SEWANEE, Tenn. -- Sewanee hosted the Sewanee Fall Cross-Country Invitational Saturday and 13 teams competed at the Sewanee Golf Course in the 5k women's course and the 8k men's course.
For both the men and women, Sewanee finished in eigth place of 11 teams. Mississippi State led the back for both races. "I thought we raced very well with good times for our first race of the year. With some hard work this team should reach individual and personal goals by the end of the year," commented head coach Jeff Heitzenrater.
Chris Hague (Kensington, Md., Bullis) was the top male runner for the Tigers with a 14th place 27:09 followed by
Andrew Jolley (Morristown, Tenn., Morristown West) who had a 28:54, while
Mitzi Harrington (Warner, N.H., Dana Hall) led the Sewanee women's effort with a 20:52 (34th place). Senior
Kendra Tippens (Winston, Ga./RS Alexander) logged a 21:37, also. The Tigers had two runners (
John Gilmer and
Lilia Weber) suffer injuries mid-race and have several other runners with preventative injuries.
Full Men's Results
Full Women's Results
The Tigers will compete next at the Vanderbilt Invitational on September 19.