Appalachian's Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams Finish Second at Covered Bridge Open
BOONE, N.C.- Transfers Phil Mitchell (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Jenna Wrieden (Glendale, Ariz.) led Appalachian State University's men's and women's cross country teams to second-place finishes at the Covered Bridge Open on Friday, September 1, at the State Farm Fields in Boone. The ASU men's team finished in second place, behind Coastal Carolina. All five scorers for the Mountaineers placed in the top 20 out of a field of 82 competitors. Mitchell led the team with a third-place finish (26:14.34), followed by Ryan O'Keefe (Prospect Harbor, Maine) in 15th (26:45.83), newcomer Josh Houser (Alpharetta Ga.) placing 16th (26:51.94), Brendon Helms (Matthews, N.C.) coming in 17th (26:52.98), and Nathan Hernandez-Adams (Fayetteville, N.C.) rounding out the top five scorers for Appalachian with a 19th place finish (27:01.98). Coastal Carolina captured the team title by over 30 points, placing four runners in the top 10. John Heron led the team in fourth (26:17.88), followed closely by teammates Jamie McCarthy in sixth (26:21.58), Max Hacker placing seventh (26:28.28), and in ninth place, Doug Currie (26:33.21). In the women's competition, Appalachian State finished three athletes in the top 15. Arizona State transfer Wrieden crossed the line first for the Mountaineers with a sixth-place finish (18:34.56). Meghan Gaffney (Pompton Lakes, N.J.) finished thirteenth (18:54.26), followed by Hannah Parks (Kernersville, N.C.) in 14th (19:16.79). The ASU women's second-place performance put them ahead of conference-rival Davidson, who finished fourth. Florida State University finished as meet champions, with four runners in the top10. Amy Huss placed fourth (18:16.54), followed by Barbara Parker in fifth (18:32.95), Jessica Crate in ninth (18:40.11), and Kirsten Hager rounding out the top 10 (18:41.15). Appalachian's men's and women's teams will return to competition on Friday, September 15, when they travel to Cullowhee, N.C. to take on Western Carolina at 4 p.m.

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Licensed to Appalachian Track           Hy-Tek's Meet Manager 9/1/2006 07:17 PM

            Covered Bridge Open Collegiate Cross Country - 9/1/2006            

                     State Farm Fields - Appalachian State                     

                                   Boone,\NC                                   

                                    Results                                    

 

Men 8k Run CC

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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals  Points

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  1 O'Keefe, Brendan             Zap                            25:35.82  

  2 Padilla, Michael          SR West Florida                   26:04.22     1  

  3 Mitchell, Phil            FR Appalachian                    26:14.34     2  

  4 Heron, John               FR Coastal Carolina               26:17.88     3  

  5 Martin, Lewis                Unattached                     26:19.23  

  6 McCarthy, Jamie           FR Coastal Carolina               26:21.58     4  

  7 Hacker, Max               FR Coastal Carolina               26:28.28     5  

  8 Zins, Joey                   Unattached                     26:30.74  

  9 Currie, Doug              SR Coastal Carolina               26:33.21     6  

 10 Nickinson, Chris          JR Florida State                  26:35.11     7  

 11 Morris, Jake              JR Coastal Carolina               26:38.60     8  

 12 Andrews, Trey             FR Florida State                  26:39.65     9  

 13 Krock, Tony               FR Florida State                  26:40.26    10  

 14 McAneney, Lucus           JR Gardner Webb                   26:44.21    11  

 15 O'Keefe, Ryan             SO Appalachian                    26:45.83    12  

 16 Houser, Josh              FR Appalachian                    26:51.94    13  

 17 Helms, Brendon            SR Appalachian                    26:52.98    14  

 18 Orr, Brad                 JR Winthrop                       26:54.01    15  

 19 Hernandez-Adams, Nathan   SR Appalachian                    27:01.98    16  

 20 Paul, Blair               JR Coastal Carolina               27:07.46    17  

 21 Meyer, Alec               FR Appalachian                    27:08.49    18  

 22 Cruz, Javier              SO Florida State                  27:10.55    19  

 23 Teal, Blair               JR Appalachian                    27:12.05    20  

 24 Hudgins, Brandon          SO Winthrop                       27:22.88    21  

 25 Dobson, Matthew              Unattached                     27:26.55  

 26 Bailey, Gaies             JR Winthrop                       27:29.55    22  

 27 Noyes, Tommy              JR Florida State                  27:31.05    23  

 28 Gibbons, Sam              FR Florida State                  27:33.05    24  

 29 Cook, J.P.                JR Florida State                  27:34.28    25  

 30 Wilde, Todd                  Unattached                     27:35.36  

 31 Popple, Brad              FR Lenior Rhyne                   27:36.39    26  

 32 Hudson, Joshua            SO Gardner Webb                   27:37.75    27  

 33 Therkauph, Jordan         SO West Florida                   27:39.91    28  

 34 Miletich, Alex            FR Florida State                  27:44.74  

 35 Minor, Christian          FR Florida State                  27:56.52  

 36 Galloway, Bud             FR Appalachian                    27:58.82  

 37 Beesley, Trevor           JR Winthrop                       28:02.33    29  

 38 Desta, Asmeron            SO Appalachian                    28:04.11  

 39 Cochrane, David           FR Lenior Rhyne                   28:08.58    30  

 40 Gowin, Brian              JR West Florida                   28:11.80    31  

 41 Lakritz, Jason            FR Florida State                  28:15.74  

 42 Condon, Chase             FR Appalachian                    28:31.42  

 43 Bernal, Jon                  Lees-McRae                     28:38.94    32  

 44 Holstein, Chris              Lees-McRae                     28:40.34    33  

 45 DeVeau, Zach              FR Winthrop                       28:42.56    34  

 46 Dickieson, Justin         SR West Florida                   28:44.77    35  

 47 Beaman, Cody                 Lees-McRae                     28:46.46    36  

 48 Craig, Michael            FR Winthrop                       28:47.95    37  

 49 Sharp, Jon                SR Lenior Rhyne                   28:49.64    38  

 50 Mayes, Eric               SO West Florida                   28:53.27    39  

 51 Henderson, Ben            SO Winthrop                       28:55.67    40  

 52 Blanc, Josh                  Lees-McRae                     28:56.53    41  

 53 Waugh, Jefferson          FR Lenior Rhyne                   29:06.11    42  

 54 Stackhouse, Bennett       SR West Florida                   29:08.53    43  

 55 Collins, Brett               Unattached                     29:09.61  

 56 Wheeler, Josh                Unattached                     29:11.02  

 57 Meade, Justin             JR Winthrop                       29:12.25  

 58 Nimmo, Alex               JR Gardner Webb                   29:14.99    44  

 59 Kovaly, Adam                 Lees-McRae                     29:21.59    45  

 60 Haines, Andy              JR Lenior Rhyne                   29:22.08    46  

 61 Barrett, Matt                Lees-McRae                     29:26.34    47  

 62 Israel, Timothy           SO Gardner Webb                   29:52.13    48  

 63 Henry, Craig              SR West Florida                   29:53.17    49  

 64 Walker, Mike                 Unattached                     29:54.48  

 65 Stiltner, Sean               Va-Wise                        29:56.60    50  

 66 Stuckey, Josh             JR Lenior Rhyne                   30:05.31    51  

 67 Jessup, Sebron               Lees-McRae                     30:11.84    52  

 68 Chavira, Jose                Unattached                     30:12.74  

 69 Marion, Doug              JR Lenior Rhyne                   30:14.67    53  

 70 Gregory, Stephen             Va-Wise                        30:21.46    54  

 71 Horton, Erick                Va-Wise                        30:38.47    55  

 72 Mooney, Tyler             FR Lenior Rhyne                   30:43.16  

 73 Goodrum, Erin             SO Gardner Webb                   31:13.14    56  

 74 Steinke, Charles          SO Gardner Webb                   31:16.04    57  

 75 Keziah, Justin            SO Gardner Webb                   31:39.68    58  

 76 Alberto, Uriel               Lees-McRae                     31:51.12  

 77 Ramos, Kevin              JR Lenior Rhyne                   31:57.94  

 78 Collins, Seth                Va-Wise                        32:12.28    59  

 79 Bunch, Derek                 Va-Wise                        33:10.47    60  

 80 Olinger, Britten             Va-Wise                        35:00.83    61  

 81 Mauney, Stephen Justin    JR Gardner Webb                   35:57.89  

 82 Ayers, Ben                JR Lenior Rhyne                   39:49.86  

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Licensed to Appalachian Track           Hy-Tek's Meet Manager 9/1/2006 07:17 PM

            Covered Bridge Open Collegiate Cross Country - 9/1/2006            

                     State Farm Fields - Appalachian State                     

                                   Boone,\NC                                   

                                    Results                                    

 

Women 5k Run CC

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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals  Points

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  1 Cretti, Caroline             Zap                            17:56.91  

  2 Pezzullo, Stephanie          Zap                            18:04.00  

  3 Viellehner, Julia         FR Coastal Carolina               18:10.43     1  

  4 Huss, Amy                 JR Florida State                  18:16.54     2  

  5 Parker, Barbara           JR Florida State                  18:32.95     3  

  6 Wrieden, Jenna            SR Appalachian                    18:34.56     4  

  7 Mensing, Felicitas        SO Coastal Carolina               18:35.39     5  

  8 Smith, Kasey              SR Appalachian                    18:38.58     6  

  9 Crate, Jessica            SR Florida State                  18:40.11     7  

 10 Hagen, Kirsten            JR Florida State                  18:41.15     8  

 11 Sanker, Caroline          SO Davidson                       18:41.83     9  

 12 Huss, Debbie              JR Florida State                  18:45.98    10  

 13 Gaffney, Meghan           JR Appalachian                    18:54.26    11  

 14 Parks, Hannah             SO Appalachian                    19:16.79    12  

 15 Milner, Michele           SR Gardner Webb                   19:20.12    13  

 16 Schamberger, Theresa      FR Coastal Carolina               19:29.09    14  

 17 Woytalewicz, Christina    FR Florida State                  19:30.86    15  

 18 Rogers, Lucy              SO Davidson                       19:32.18    16  

 19 Willemse, Lydia           SO Florida State                  19:35.41    17  

 20 Bergquist, Aubrey         JR Coastal Carolina               19:37.38    18  

 21 Atias, Megal              JR Davidson                       19:39.94    19  

 22 Kelley, Jennifer          SR Appalachian                    19:46.22    20  

 23 King, Emily               SO Davidson                       19:48.58    21  

 24 Baker, Anna               JR Appalachian                    19:50.79    22  

 25 Lindholm, Dana               Lees-McRae                     20:00.44    23  

 26 Urban, Meredith           SO Florida State                  20:03.66  

 27 Hand, Audrey              JR Florida State                  20:05.24  

 28 Povick, Jennifer          JR Appalachian                    20:08.57    24  

 29 Brooks, Lauren            JR West Florida                   20:11.71    25  

 30 Post, Christina           SO Appalachian                    20:14.95  

 31 Phillips, Carey           FR Winthrop                       20:16.09    26  

 32 Callahan, Abby            FR Gardner Webb                   20:17.35    27  

 33 McGranahan, Jennifer         Unattached                     20:22.22  

 34 Warden, Katherine         SR Gardner Webb                   20:23.83    28  

 35 Kopec, Melissa            FR Appalachian                    20:27.46  

 36 Hahn, Amanda              SO Florida State                  20:28.86  

 37 Coates, Shannon           SO Florida State                  20:30.53  

 38 Volkart, Megan            SO Winthrop                       20:34.51    29  

 39 Robertson, Kala           JR Appalachian                    20:35.87  

 40 Sitar, Diana              JR West Florida                   20:37.49    30  

 41 Witte, Claudia            JR Coastal Carolina               20:38.53    31  

 42 Vola, Julia               JR Florida State                  20:42.26  

 43 Norris, Ashley            SO Appalachian                    20:43.27  

 44 Horn, Leslie              SR Winthrop                       20:47.54    32  

 45 Swart, Carla                 Lees-McRae                     20:52.05    33  

 46 Ruhe, Allison             FR Davidson                       20:53.71    34  

 47 Coburn, Samantha          FR Winthrop                       20:56.51    35  

 48 Pomfrey, Emily            SO Appalachian                    20:57.80  

 49 Eisenmann, Genna          SO Lenior Rhyne                   21:03.29    36  

 50 Pulmano, Jen              SR West Florida                   21:04.26    37  

 51 Lang, Kim                 SO Davidson                       21:06.14    38  

 52 Lowman, Macon             JR Appalachian                    21:07.73  

 53 Gallagher, Kim            JR West Florida                   21:09.68    39  

 54 Sickman, Lisa             FR Winthrop                       21:13.74    40  

 55 Tharpe, Bree              SO Gardner Webb                   21:14.98    41  

 56 Spurgeon, Jessica         SO West Florida                   21:16.92    42  

 57 Klein, Lisa               SO Davidson                       21:20.44    43  

 58 May, Ashley                  Lees-McRae                     21:35.52    44  

 59 Goldstein, Heather        FR Appalachian                    21:40.58  

 60 Valenti, Gina                Lees-McRae                     21:43.23    45  

 61 Thomas, Kristin           FR Winthrop                       21:48.34    46  

 62 Spencer, Brooke           SO Winthrop                       21:55.85    47  

 63 Lowe, Alyssa              FR Lenior Rhyne                   21:57.65    48  

 64 Harris, April                Unattached                     22:07.15  

 65 Kane, Dawn                JR West Florida                   22:15.10    49  

 66 Lankford, Amy             JR West Florida                   22:17.49    50  

 67 Willis, Casey                Lees-McRae                     22:20.60    51  

 68 Peeler, Bekah             SO Lenior Rhyne                   22:28.41    52  

 69 Galloway, Michelle        SO Appalachian                    22:30.93  

 70 Busbee, Peggy             FR Coastal Carolina               22:32.44    53  

 71 Long, Beth                SO Gardner Webb                   22:34.07    54  

 72 Cullen, Danielle          SO Appalachian                    22:36.97  

 73 Minard, Carrie            SO Gardner Webb                   22:39.35    55  

 74 Failing, Lindsey          JR West Florida                   22:45.17  

 75 Tucker, Christy           SO Davidson                       22:53.72  

 76 Bragman, Karyn               Lees-McRae                     23:18.27    56  

 77 Silleman, Rebecca         SO Gardner Webb                   23:26.02    57  

 78 Hurd, Jenny                  Lees-McRae                     23:34.02    58  

 79 Countryman, Kacey         SO West Florida                   23:45.85  



 80 Poremsky, Jessica         JR Gardner Webb                   23:52.40  

 81 West, Elisabeth           JR Lenior Rhyne                   24:05.12    59  

 82 Hoyt, Emily               JR Appalachian                    24:15.39  

 83 Zempel, Elycia            FR Lenior Rhyne                   24:17.37    60  

 84 Mullins, Brittney            Va-Wise                        24:19.57  

 85 Littrell, Allyson         SO Gardner Webb                   24:30.04  

 86 Seibold, Maureen             Va-Wise                        24:39.53  

 87 King, Janice                 Va-Wise                        25:19.32  

 88 Colson, Demarea              Lees-McRae                     25:20.90  

 89 Weeks, Claire                Lees-McRae                     26:36.98  

Covered Bridge Open ? 9/1/2006
State Farm Fields ??˘ Appalachian State ??˘ Boone, N.C.
Women
Team Scores: Points Total Time Average Time
1) Florida State 30 32:56.7 18:35.3
2) Appalachian 53 35:10.4 19:02.1
3) Coastal Carolina 69 36:30.8 19:18.2
4) Davidson 99 38:36.2 19:43.3
5) Winthrop 162 43:48.4 20:45.7
6) Gardner-Webb 163 43:50.3 20:46.1
7) West Florida 173 44:20.1 20:52.0
8) Lees-McRae 196 46:31.8 21:18.4
9) Lenoir-Rhyne 255 53:51.8 22:46.4
Men
Team Scores: Points Total Time Average Time
1) Coastal Carolina 26 12:19.6 26:27.9
2) Appalachian 57 13:47.1 26:45.4
3) Florida State 68 14:36.6 26:55.3
4) Winthrop 121 18:31.3 27:42.3
5) West Florida 134 19:34.0 27:54.8
6) Lenoir-Rhyne 182 23:02.8 28:36.6
7) Gardner-Webb 186 24:42.2 28:56.4
8) Lees-McRae 187 24:23.9 28:52.8
9) Virginia-Wise 278 36:19.3 31:15.9
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