Cross Country

 
September 24, 2012

Grace England, Roanoke, Sophomore

England, a sophomore from Dublin, Va., won the Roanoke Invitational on Saturday.  She completed the five-kilometer course in 20:55.90, besting the second place time in the 41-runner field by 32.10 seconds at Salem's Mowles Spring Park, site of the 2009 ODAC Championshps.  England's win helped Roanoke to the team title in the event as the Maroons' had all five of their scoring runners place inside the top-11.

Women's Cross Country Honor Roll

Hannah Chappell-Dick, Eastern Mennonite - (Fr., Runner - Bluffton, Ohio)
Chappell-Dick helped EMU win the team title at Friday's Doc Jopson Invitational, topping two other ODAC teams who were also ranked in the region. Chappell-Dick crossed second on the 4k course in 15:14, coming in behind only All-American Sophia Stone from Mary Baldwin. The Lady Royals easily won the team title with just 26 points, ahead of both Lynchburg (55) and Bridgewater (56).

Ashley Saba, Lynchburg College - (Sr., Runner - Severna Park, Md.)
Saba ran a 16:02 on the 4K course Friday at the the Doc Jopson Invite, hosted by Bridgewater College at Turner Ashby High School. She finished fourth in the 41-runner field.