Women's Cross Country Places 15th at NCAA Regional
11/14/2004 12:00:00 AM
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The University of Alabama women's cross-country team finished in 15th place at Saturday's NCAA South Regional held at Harry Pritchard Golf Course in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Alabama's top finisher was sophomore Julia Hicks. Hicks ran the course in 22:46.96 and placed 61st.
The Crimson Tide's top four runners finished within 23 places and 21 seconds of each other. Virnetta Greene placed 70th with a time of 22:56.61 while teammate Megan Carnes followed just behind in 72nd at 22:57.32. Elizabeth Wancowicz was the Tide's fourth runner to cross the finish-line and came in with a time of 23:07.05 and in 81st place. Junior Blair Davis rounded out the scoring for Alabama. She ran a time of 24:13.56.
"We grouped together well and we try to emphasize that," said Alabama head coach Steve Keith. "Now we just have to work on placing ourselves better in the first mile of the race. We finished about where I expected."
Auburn's Angela Homan took home the girls championship. Homan completed the course in 20:25.83, two seconds ahead of second place Shannon Wommack of Chattanooga.
The Tennessee women won the team championship by two points over Southeastern Conference foe Georgia, 78-80. Both Tennessee and Georgia will advance to the NCAA Championships.
Auburn's Homan, Chattanooga's Wommack and Kathleen Turchin, and Samford's Lauren Blankenship also advanced to the NCAA Championship meet with their individual performances on Saturday.
PHOTO GALLERY:
The Tide at the the starting line.
(Photo by Michelle Lepianka)
Coach Steve Keith watches his squad compete.
(Photo by Michelle Lepianka)
