JONESBORO, Ark. (9/1/06) - Arkansas State's men's and women's cross country teams each finished fourth in Friday's ASU Invitational cross country meet at the course on the ASU campus.
Arkansas-Little Rock captured the women's team title with 27 points, followed by Ole Miss with 62, Central Arkansas came in third with 63, ASU had 81, Arkansas Tech was fifth with 107 and Christian Brothers had 138. For the men, Ole Miss was the winner with 34, UALR had 40, UCA 80, ASU finished with 98, and CBU had 109.
“Our women really came along,” said ASU head coach Jay Flanagan. “We'll get better as the season goes. I thought Toshia Bauer did a nice job and Stacy Papageorge ran very well in her first collegiate race. This group will run well as a bunch.”
Bauer, a junior from Tipton, Mich., finished ninth individually with a time of 16:37.18 over the 4,000-meter course. Papageorge followed at 12th with a time of 17:10.76. Veteran Candice James ran well at 15th in 17:26.91 and Janna Ferguson and Meghan Dean were 22nd and 23rd, respectively, with times of 18:11.34 and 18:24.76. Freshman Mary Edwards was 25th in 18:32.39.
The remaining ASU women finished from 39th to 46th.
“Our men are running thin,” continued Flanagan. “But, Brad Reach ran very well as did Nathan Mattox. Mike Miller got better at the end of the race and he ran a very good race for his first collegiate meet.”
Individually, Reach was eighth over the 6,000-meter course with a time of 21:20.00 and Mattox and Miller were 17th and 18th with respective times of 22:23.74 and 22:33.68. Sophomore Chris Pickle came in at 24:16.64 and Eddie McNeill ran a time of 28:21.78.
ASU's next meet is Sept. 15 at the Alabama Invitational in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
ASU INVITATIONAL RESULTS
ASU Invitational Cross Country Meet
Sept. 1, 2006, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Distances: Women, 4,000-meters
Men, 6,000-Meters
WOMEN'S RESULTS
1. Arkansas-Little Rock 27
2. Ole Miss 62
3. Central Arkansas 63
4. Arkansas State 81
5. Arkansas Tech 107
6. Christian Brothers 138
INDIVIDUAL
1. Whitney Keith UALR 14:42.96
2. Katarine Lovrantova UALR 15:31.66
3. Eimear O'Brien Arkansas Tech 15:45.67
4. Lauren Merritt UCA 15:55.45
5. Samantha Mazer Ole Miss 16:09.53
6. Andrea Rumpza UALR 16:22.69
7. Anna Adams Ole Miss 16:27.16
8. Leigh Ann Moore UALR 16:29.04
9. Toshia Bauer ASU 16:37.18
10. Katie Bartz UALR 16:53.10
11. Whitney Welch UCA 17:07.57
12. Staci Papageorge ASU 17:10.76
13. Cassie Kipper Ole Miss 17:14.24
14. Christine Pitoniak UCA 17:21.41
15. Candice James ASU 17:26.91
16. Rene Hooper UCA 17:30.13
17. Micah Pioreck Ole Miss 17:41.52
18. Michelle Pitoniak UCA 17:46.83
19. Kayla Waldrup Arkansas Tech 17:59.46
20. Carolyn Hill Ole Miss 18:05.00
21. Brianna Greene Arkansas Tech 18:09.61
22. Janna Ferguson ASU 18:11.34
23. Meghan Dean ASU 18:24.76
24. Lindsey Doucett Ole Miss 18:29.23
25. Mary Edwards ASU 18:32.39
26. Kelly Summons Christian Brothers 18:43.69
27. Jessica Miller Arkansas Tech 19:29.00
28. Charlene Yeung Christian Brothers 19:41.63
29. Kristen Kirkland Christian Brothers 19:43.84
30. Adrea Coley UALR 19:46.19
31. Felicia Prince UCA 19:46.51
32. Alicia Scarborough Christian Brothers 20:04.14
33. Heather Gosnell Christian Brothers 20:54.02
34. Callie Masserelli UCA 21:01.63
35. Ashley Prevast Christian Brothers 21:32.80
36. Emily Wong Christian Brothers 22:28.16
37. Molly Fleming Arkansas Tech 22:38.68
38. Samantha Wildhaber Christian Brothers 22:54.89
39. Amy Fleddermann ASU 23:22.48
40. Caitlin Winey ASU 23:22.95
41. Brittany Bell ASU 27:24.67
42. Kristina Alatalo ASU 28:34.13
43. Brittany Leftwich ASU 30:21.34
44 Brittney Shaw ASU 30:21.64
45. Kelsey Mitchell ASU 35:30.21
46. Lesly Hale ASU 35:32.21
MEN'S RESULTS
1. Ole Miss 34
2. Arkansas-Little Rock 40
3. Central Arkansas 80
4. Arkansas State 98
5. Christian Brothers 109
1. Barnabas Kirui Ole Miss 19:42.65
2. Ondrej Puskar UALR 20:13.66
3. Gabriel Ngwiri Ole Miss 20:20.29
4. Kyle Lewis Ole Miss 20:20.98
5. Stephen Hill Christian Brothers 20:49.56
6. Ben Knoernschild Unattached 21:02.31
7. Danny McBride UCA 21:07.47
8. Brad Reach ASU 21:20.00
9. Rex Hamel UALR 21:25.82
10. Aaron Batey UALR 21:31.47
11. Derek Allen UALR 21:34.06
12. Charlie Cox UALR 21:43.94
13. Seth Conerly Ole Miss 21:56.35
14. Vladmir Findra UALR 22:09.76
15. Devin Darnall Ole Miss 22:19.71
16. Luis Flores UCA 22:23.07
17. Nathan Mattox ASU 22:23.74
18. Michael Miller ASU 22:33.68
19. Matt Brozak UCA 22:52.81
20. John Waldorf Christian Brothers 22:55.26
21. Chris Roberts UCA 23:01.88
22. Michael McCullough UCA 23:05.16
23. Chad Berry Ole Miss 23:11.30
24. Josh Allen UCA 23:13.41
25. Brendan Sickles UALR 23:15.90
26. Bryce McKay Ole Miss 23:25.85
27. Jimmy Whitaker Christian Brothers 23:44.21
28. Chris Pickle ASU 24:16.64
29. Ross Kramer UCA 24:16.64
30. Andrew Hayden Christian Brothers 24:30.04
31. Igor Vuceta UCA 24:41.67
32. Justin Smith UCA 25:10.25
33. Ryan Ross Christian Brothers 25:14.35
34. Johnathan Martin Unattached 27:03.16
35. Eddie McNeill ASU 28:21.78
END
Courtesy: ArkansasState
