Cross Country Release - Old North State XC Championships - Guilford College

 

      Greensboro, NC (10/15/05) -- UNC-Pembroke's men's and women's cross country teams swept the team competitions in the Old North State Cross Country Championships at Hagan Stone Park hosted by Guilford College in Greensboro, NC on Saturday, October 15. 

      In the men's competition, UNC-Pembroke clinched the team title with a score of 20, with all five scorers finishing in the top 12 runners.  Leading the way for the Braves was freshman Stanleyh Maritim who paced the team victory in a time of 27:40.2 on the 8-kilometer course.  The individual men's champion was Eric Mack running unattached from North Carolina State University finishing with a time of 26:02.2.  The Quakers finished third out of four teams with 66 points.  Sophomore Kevin Smith posted Guilford's best time coming in at 31:06.9.


      On the women's side, the UNC-Pembroke also took the victory with a team score of 22.  Junior Katerina Matousova scored the Braves top time finishing the six-kilometer course in a time of 25:25.5.  North Carolina State University's Ann Wheatley, also running unattached, claimed the women's individual victory in a time of 23:09.3.  The Guilford women's team finished fourth out of eight squads with 95 points.  Junior Laurie Henninger once again led the Quakers posting a time of 28:09.2.

 

      The top runners in both the men's and women's races were awarded 'All-State' Honors after Old North State Collegiate Cross Country Championships by virtue of their Top 10 finish.

 

Men's All-State Honors
1. Husein Nasiro Sigo - Methodist College
2. Stanley Maritim - UNC-Pembroke
3. Giovanni Bilotta - UNC-Pembroke
4. Doug Holbrook - Greensboro College
5. Antione Stanley - UNC-Pembroke
6. Michael Barnard - Greensboro College
7. Justin Gordon - UNC-Pembroke
8. Grant Karshner - UNC-Pembroke
9. Brad Herron - Catawba College
10. Kevin Smith - Guilford College

Women's All-State Honors
1. Katerina Matousova - UNC-Pembroke
2. Charity Duran - Meredith College
3. Tierra McIntosh - UNC-Pembroke
4. Rachel Fichthorn - Salem College
5. Laura Clark - UNC-Pembroke
6. Melissa Moore - UNC-Pembroke
7. Adriana Yanez - UNC-Pembroke
8. Christina Moore - UNC-Pembroke
9. Laurie Henninger - Guilford College
10. Michele Jackson - Meredith College


      Guilford's cross country teams will have next week off before hosting the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships on October 29 at Hagan Stone Park.  The men's race will begin at 10:00 a.m. with the women's race immediately following at 11:00 a.m.