Cross Country Weekly Release
9/25/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Sept. 25, 2002
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The Wake Forest women and men's cross country teams go seperate ways this weekend to participate in their third meet of the season. The men will travel to Minnesota to compete in the Roy Griak Invitational. The women will head up north to New York to run in the Iona Invitational. Both meets will take place the morning of Sept. 28.
SEASON RECAPS
WAKE FOREST HARRIERS PERFORM WELL
IN FIRST RACE OF SEASON
Mountaineer Open - September 1, 2002
The Demon Deacon Cross Country team participated in their first meet of the season at the Mountaineer Open in Boone, NC. Both Wake teams dominated the course, as seven women and two men finished in the top ten.
Anne Bersagel led all women runners to finish with a time of 17:27.40 while Mike Altieri finished the race in 20:29.50, placing him seventh. Jill Miller came in behind Bersagel in second with a time of 17:40.00. For the men, Brandon Bartholomew completed the course with a time of 20:32.80 to finish in ninth place.
Other top performers for the women include Anna Sherman in fourth with a time of 18:07.90, Erin Franklin in fifth with a time of 18:12.70, Danielle Coon took sixth with a time of 18:16.30, Nikeya Green in eighth with a time of 18:38.30 and Theresa Fath took ninth with a time of 18:38.90.
Also performing well on the men's side were Sean Stevens, who took 13th with a time of 20:38.80, Dave Barrett in 16th with a time of 20:42.30, Jimmy Butler in 17th with a time of 20:43.40 and Chris Elder, who took 18th with a time of 20:45.90.
WAKE FOREST CROSS COUNTRY DOMINATES HOME MEET
WFU Alumni Invitational - September 14, 2002
The Wake Forest men and women's cross country teams competed in the annual Wake Forest Alumni Invitational on Saturday, September 14. Other teams participating included Charlotte, UNCG and Wake's alumni team. The race was the second meet for the Demon Deacon harriers and their only home event of the season.
The women finished first place overall with 16 total points. Jill Miller finished in first place with a time of 17:52.5. She was followed by Risa Rutland (18:03.50) in second, Erin Franklin in third with a time of 18:17.90, Danielle Coon in fourth with a time of 18:19.70 and Catherine Fortin-Major with a time of 18:55.30 to finish in sixth. Also finishing in the top ten for Wake Forest were Lisa Gibbs and Denise Hefferin.
"We were happy to run at home and I was really pleased with this group. We worked on some team strategies to work together," stated women's coach Annie Bennett. "The thing is we have depth right now. We have good numbers and we're competing hard. We want to be one of the best teams in the nation and I think these times are reflecting that."
First place also belonged to Wake's men, who finished the race with 23 total points. Mike Altieri was the top Deacon finisher in third with a time of 25:35.60. Jimmy Butler came in fourth with a time of 25:43.30. In eighth place was Dave Barrett with a time of 26:08.70, followed by Brandon Bartholomew in ninth with a time of 26:15.70. Finishing out the top-ten was Brian Smith, who finished with a time of 26:16.20.
"I thought we did a very good job. We set the race up so we had to run it in groups for the first three miles. We've been training very hard," stated men's coach Gary Sievers. "We still aren't in a racing mode right now because of a long season and we're getting ready for some other meets right now. It's exactly what I wanted today and I am pleased with the results."
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