Cross Country Wins Wake Forest Invitational
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 3, 1998
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Wake Forest men's and women's cross country teams both finished in first place at the Wake Forest Invitational on Saturday, their lone home meet of the 1998 season. T
he women's squad, which is ranked 6th in the nation, finished in first place among the six teams competing after tallying 19 points. UNC Asheville finished second with 78 points while Delaware placed third with 98 points.
The squad was led by All-American junior Janelle Kraus, who claimed the individual title after clearing the 5,000 meter course in a personal-best time of 17:01. Kraus has now captured the individual title in each of the squad's first four races of the season and owns a school-record eight career titles.
The Demon Deacons finished the race by claiming seven of the top eight spots in the event. Junior Emily Selvidio placed third with a time of 17:54, while Jill Snyder, Kelly Brady, Becky Pollock, Allison Anibaldi and Amy Wallace took places four through eight. The men's team finished first among five teams competing after totaling 37 points. East Tennessee State finished second with 43 points and East Carolina placed third with 47 points. Wake Forest's Steve Trezvant placed second with a personal best time of 25:31.77 to pace the Demon Deacon runners. ETSU's Zack Whitmarsh won the 8,000 meter event with a time of 25:13.13. Matt Shady (6th), Josh Buffolino (8th), Joe DeGutis (9th) and Matt Altieri (10th) all posted top 10 finishes to lead the Deacs to their first team title in 1998.
The men's and women's cross country teams will return to action on Saturday, October 17 at the North Carolina Intercollegiate in Greenville, N.C.
1998 Wake Forest Invitational October 3, 1998 Women's 5000MTeam Points 1) Wake Forest 1-3-4-5-6 = 19 2) UNC Asheville 9-10-15-19-25 = 78 3) Delaware 12-14-21-22-29 = 98 4) UNC Greensboro 17-24-38-39-40 = 158 5) East Tennessee State 2-23-47-51-52 = 175 6) North Carolina A&T 53-54-55-56-57 = 275
Runner School Time 1) Kraus, Janelle WFU 17:02.34 2) Berry, Catherine ETSU 17:25.24 3) Selvidio, Emily WFU 17:54.22 4) Snyder, Jill WFU 17:55.59 5) Brady, Kelly WFU 17:59.13 6) Pollock, Becky WFU 18:00.22 7) Anibaldi, Ali WFU 18:09.75 8) Wallace, Amy WFU 18:14.18 9) Becker, Mandy UNCA 18:17.46 10) Harmuth, Katie UNCA 18:24.35 11) Haugh, Erin WFU 18:54.09 12) Marra, Caron DEL 18:56.60 13) Kuhnert, Kathleen WFU 19:04.27 14) Robins, Kristen DEL 19:08.00 15) Wilhelm, Julie UNCA 19:11.88 16) Guiney, Alison WFU 19:14.47 17) Aubel, Leslie UNCG 19:16.82 18) Forrest, Allison WFU 19:20.52 19) Mooney, Keelin UNCA 19:20.79 20) Murphy, Liz WFU 19:24.05 21) Johnson, Sarah DEL 19:26.53 22) Alexander, Aimee DEL 19:29.28 23) Campbell, Emily ETSU 19:34.53 24) Hollinsworth, Jamie UNCG 19:34.90 25) Grooms, Jess UNCA 19:37.92 26) Stackhouse, Britton WFU 19:44.23 27) Waldron, Valerie WFU 19:51.50 28) Moore, Liz WFU 20:03.74 29) Mackelcan, Katie DEL 20:17.64 30) Krisch, Jennifer DEL 20:19.10 31) Mentzer, Jae DE 20:22.10 32) Crocco, Jennifer DEL 20:29.71 33) Messner, Ann WFU 20:31.48 34) Wolff, Kelly WFU 20:33.98 35) Stanford, Dawn UNCA 20:50.99 36) Henthorn, Linsey UNCA 20:52.55 37) Hauser, Victoria UNCA 20:54.13 38) Furr, Emily UNCG 21:02.70 39) O'Connell, Brigid UNCG 21:12.56 40) Cutler, Terri UNCG 21:23.71 41) May, Lauren WFU 21:24.47 42) English, Kelly UNCG 21:27.96 43) Kaplan, Rachel WFU 21:29.58 44) Chirico, Stephanie DEL 21:38.51 45) Todd, Laura UNCA 21:43.70 46) Gantt, Kristy UNCG 22:37.60 47) Bradburn, Natalie ETSU 22:55.63 48) Gantt, Terry UNCG 23:02.73 49) Byerly, Erin UNCG 23:07.13 50) Walsh, Tara UNCG 23:12.67 51) Campbell, Lauren ETSU 23:18.79 52) Stuart, Amanda ETSU 24:27.26 53) Williams, Malaka NCA&T 27:20.95 54) Harris, Crystal NCA&T 29:09.09 55) Sunday, Natasha NCA&T 29:20.94 56) Stubbs, LaShonda NCA&T 31:11.90 57) Blake, Kitania NCA&T 31:12.30
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1998 Wake Forest Invitational October 3, 1998 Men's 8000M
Team Points 1) Wake Forest 4-6-8-9-10 = 37 2) East Tennessee State 1-5-7-14-16 = 43 3) East Carolina 2-3-12-13-17 = 47 4) UNC Greensboro 20-26-28-32-35 = 141 5) North Carolina A&T 38-39-42-44-45 = 208
Runner School Time 1) Whitmarsh, Zack ETSU 25:13.13 2) Will, Stuart ECU 25:21.58 3) England, Justin ECU 25:25.18 4) Trezvant, Steve WFU 25:31.77 5) Jones, Mitchell ETS 25:43.61 6) Shady, Matt WFU 25:44.03 7) Murphy, Derek ETSU 25:44.32 8) Buffolino, Josh WFU 25:52.11 9) DeGutis, Joe WFU 25:52.76 10) Altieri, Matt WFU 25:54.47 11) Bishop, Jack WFU 25:54.88 12) Arnold, Steve ECU 25:56.50 13) Welsh, Dan ETSU 25:57.70 14) Beil, Brian ECU 25:58.07 15) Penry, Jay WFU 26:21.34 16) Baird, Aaron ETS 26:23.39 17) Trant, Jason ECU 26:35.20 18) Worth, Andrew ECU 26:40.65 19) Poretti, Justin ECU 26:45.04 20) St. Onge, Brian UNCG 26:52.21 21) Nagorny, Sean WFU 26:55.54 22) Balon, David EC 27:14.81 24) Burrows, Derick ECU 27:23.25 25) Littlefield, Craig ECU 27:29.58 26) Ball, Rob UNCG 27:39.90 27) Demetra, Chris WFU 27:40.93 28) Mitchell, Leonard UNCG 27:47.20 29) Hertling, Todd WF 27:50.5 31) Butler, James WFU 27:56.20 32) Bullister, James UNCG 28:10.01 33) Bamard, Rusty ETS 28:41.83 34) Patterson, Robby ETSU 28:50.91 35) Simms, Allen ETSU 28:55.69 36) Pollard, Jeff UNCG 28:58.82 37) Farkas, Matt ETSU 28:59.87 38) Fries, Ryan WFU 29:01.66 39) Leboo, Prince NCA&T 29:10.50 40) Dash, Gordon NCA&T 29:30.87 41) Kavanagh, Tim WFU 30:01.42 42) Cody, Chris WFU 30:26.00 43) Lewis, Trevorr NCA&T 30:34.43 44) Johnson, Von ECU 31:21.14 45) Anderson, Terrence NCA&T 31:45.42 46) Atkinson, Alfred NCA&T 31:48.42
