CHATTANOOGA - Freshman Xiamar Richards finished in 19th
place to lead Austin Peay State University women's cross country team to a
sixth-place finish at the two-mile PowerAde Invitational hosted by Chattanooga,
Friday night, at Moccasin Bend Race Course.
The Lady Govs finished with 153 points in the eight-team
field. Host Chattanooga won its season-opening event with 41 points, just
edging second-place Middle Tennessee which posted 43 points.
Richards, a Clarksville High School graduate, finished the
two-mile course in 12:31, an APSU record for a freshman at that distance.
Kennesaw State's Mackenzie Howe won the individual crown with a time of 11:01.
The Lady Govs top four runners were all scored within 14
spots of each other, but their fifth-place runner was another 14 spots behind
the pace. Junior Janelle Avery was second on the team - and 28th overall - with
a time of 12:31. Freshmen Kendra Kirksey (12:45) and Miranda Week (12:47) were
33rd and 35th overall.
Rounding out Austin Peay's effort were junior Alyssa Molnar (59th, 14:52), freshman Megan Barbarotto (67th, 15:39) and freshman Shannon Christian (67th, 15:39).
"Xiamar ran a freshman record to
lead us today and our freshmen had a strong race," said APSU cross country head
coach Doug Molnar. "However, we will have to find someone to step up and run a
strong fifth for us. Until that happens, it will be our Achilles Heel in bigger
meets. That said, we have two or three freshmen surrounding our team MVP from
last season and that's a good place to start."
The Lady Govs next compete at the Old Timer Classic,
hosted by Western Kentucky, Saturday, Sept. 18.
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INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Place TmPl No. Name School Time
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1 1 327 Mackenzie Howe Kennesaw State 11:01
2 2 289 Anneli Uys Chattanooga 11:24
3 3 303 Deanna Brasz MTSU 11:27
4 4 484 Jennifer Cherono UAH 11:37
5 355 Erin Sutton Unattached-B 11:47
6 5 288 Tara Gietema Chattanooga 11:53
7 6 297 Carolyne Tanui MTSU 11:53
8 7 292 Shelley Taylor Chattanooga 11:54
9 8 338 Lacey Printz Lipscomb 11:56
10 9 296 Marla Bailey MTSU 11:57
11 10 290 Kathryn Stuart Chattanooga 11:58
12 11 330 Heather Morris Kennesaw State 12:02
13 12 302 Stephanie Smith MTSU 12:03
14 13 295 Rachel Islam MTSU 12:05
15 14 337 Cortney Thomas Lipscomb 12:07
16 15 301 Kristen Tithof MTSU 12:08
17 16 300 Alissa Ruggle MTSU 12:10
18 17 285 Lauren Anderson Chattanooga 12:11
19 18 469 Ximar Richards Austin Peay 12:15
20 19 291 Heather Stuive Chattanooga 12:15
21 20 475 Kristy Ulrich UAH 12:17
22 21 342 Priya Pappu Lipscomb 12:18
23 22 287 Mary Cumbee Chattanooga 12:22
24 23 339 Ali Keith Lipscomb 12:24
25 24 482 Jill Koch UAH 12:26
26 25 336 Caitlin Anderson Lipscomb 12:27
27 298 Autumn Gipson MTSU 12:29
28 26 473 Janelle Avery Austin Peay 12:31
29 27 481 Gwyn Kyser UAH 12:31
30 28 340 Katie Bunker Lipscomb 12:33
31 29 341 Miranda Klein Lipscomb 12:35
32 30 331 Stephanie Sawyer Kennesaw State 12:45
33 31 471 Kendra Kirksey Austin Peay 12:45
34 344 Missy Dowd Lipscomb 12:46
35 32 467 Miranda Weed Austin Peay 12:47
36 286 Morgan Buchanan Chattanooga 12:49
37 33 334 Alison Wald Kennesaw State 12:51
38 34 480 Allyson Pierce UAH 12:53
39 345 Anna Belner Lipscomb 12:55
40 347 Meredith McFarlin Lipscomb 12:56
41 35 479 Amber Powell UAH 13:00
42 36 333 Haley Carson Kennesaw State 13:04
43 348 Laura Stewart Lipscomb 13:08
44 353 Erin Colunga Unattached-A 13:10
45 37 483 Melanie Ferry UAH 13:13
46 38 326 Tera Woods Covenant College 13:14
47 39 325 Aften Whitmore Covenant College 13:15
48 40 321 Kelly Gillikin Covenant College 13:23
49 41 323 Hannah Matthews Covenant College 13:29
50 478 Heather Powell UAH 13:39
51 351 Emily Wilson Lipscomb 14:11
52 349 Reba Francisco Lipscomb 14:11
53 42 279 Brittney Washington Tennessee State 14:16
54 43 277 Tiffany Harris Tennessee State 14:22
55 44 332 Naomi Mack Kennesaw State 14:31
56 476 Amanda Smith UAH 14:34
57 474 Maegan Walker UAH 14:44
58 45 284 Anna Rowe Tennessee State 14:47
59 46 470 Alyssa Molnar Austin Peay 14:52
60 47 329 Victoria Jackson Kennesaw State 14:53
61 48 283 Charita Harris Tennessee State 14:57
62 49 468 Kayla Satterly Austin Peay 15:04
63 50 320 Sarah Boone Covenant College 15:21
64 51 278 Breanna Adams Tennessee State 15:31
65 52 281 Gabby Todd Tennessee State 15:36
66 53 318 Stephanie Ammons Covenant College 15:38
67 54 466 Megan Barbarotto Austin Peay 15:39
68 472 Shannon Christian Austin Peay 15:40
69 55 322 Catherine Kercher Covenant College 15:40
70 324 Heather Waldroup Covenant College 16:43
71 56 280 Kya Riley Tennessee State 16:58
72 282 Martinique Guice Tennessee State 17:51
73 335 Suzee Mills Kennesaw State 18:49
74 319 Lydia Boone Covenant College 18:51
TEAM RESULTS
1. Chattanooga
2 5 7 10 17 (19) (22) = 41
Anneli Uys, Tara Gietema, Shelley Taylor, Kathryn Stuart,
Lauren Anderson, Heather Stuive, Mary Cumbee
2. MTSU
3 6 9 12 13 (15) (16) = 43
Deanna Brasz, Carolyne Tanui, Marla Bailey, Stephanie Smith,
Rachel Islam, Kristen Tithof, Alissa Ruggle
3. Lipscomb
8 14 21 23 25 (28) (29) = 91
Lacey Printz, Cortney Thomas, Priya Pappu, Ali Keith, Caitlin Anderson,
Katie Bunker, Miranda Klein
4. UAH
4 20 24 27 34 (35) (37) = 109
Jennifer Cherono, Kristy Ulrich, Jill Koch, Gwyn Kyser, Allyson Pierce,
Amber Powell, Melanie Ferry
5. Kennesaw State
1 11 30 33 36 (44) (47) = 111
Mackenzie Howe, Heather Morris, Stephanie Sawyer, Alison Wald,
Haley Carson, Naomi Mack, Victoria Jackson
6. Austin Peay
18 26 31 32 46 (49) (54) = 153
Ximar Richards, Janelle Avery, Kendra Kirksey, Miranda Weed,
Alyssa Molnar, Kayla Satterly, Megan Barbarotto
7. Covenant College
38 39 40 41 50 (53) (55) = 208
Tera Woods, Aften Whitmore, Kelly Gillikin, Hannah Matthews,
Sarah Boone, Stephanie Ammons, Catherine Kercher
8. Tennessee State
42 43 45 48 51 (52) (56) = 229
Brittney Washington, Tiffany Harris, Anna Rowe, Charita Harris,
Breanna Adams, Gabby Todd, Kya Riley
