Wake Forest University
Clemson Invitational
Irving Paces Deacs at Clemson Invitational
9/16/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
CLEMSON, S.C. - Sophomore Nicole Irving continued her strong start to the cross country season, as she finished second overall on Friday evening at the Clemson Invitational in a time of 20:46 (6k) to lead Wake Forest.
Irving finished just over three seconds behind first-place finisher Jemeli Sang of USC Upstate (20:42.88).
The Demon Deacon women's squad finished fifth out of 12 teams with 127 points, and ACC foe Clemson claimed first place with a total score of 45 points. On the men's side, the Deacs finished with 116 points to claim fourth place, while Florida State finished first with a near-perfect score of 28 points.
Sophomore Melanie Powers had yet another strong race for Wake Forest, as the Newport Beach, Calif. native finished 15th overall in a time of 21:32.31. Freshman Aubrey Waggoner was the next Deacon to cross the finish line, finishing in 22:33:02 to place 37th overall.
Casey Fowler made her season debut in the race, finishing 50th in 23:09.53. Freshman Kaitlyn Oliver was directly behind in 51st place with a time of 23:20.04.
Freshman Natalie Sukramani rounded out the scoring totals for the Deacs, finishing in 24:19.06 to place 67th overall.
For the Demon Deacon men's squad, junior Garret Drogosch led the way with a 10th-place finish in a time of 24:34.56 on the 8k course. Senior Tom Morrison was the second Deacon to finish, crossing the line in 24:56.60 to place 24th overall.
Sophomore Alexander Rose also cracked the top 30, finishing 30th in 25:01.70. Junior Tom Finneran finished 33rd in 25:03.49, while senior Paul Loeser was close behind in 36th place with a mark of 25:08.19.
Junior Jake Graham finished sixth among Wake Forest runners and 44th overall (25:17.97), and Anthony Marois followed in 46th place with a mark of 25:24.32.
Junior Nate Guthals raced for the first time this season, and he finished 51st in 25:32.49. A trio of freshmen finished next for the Deacs, as Connor Crowley (26:05.37), Jacob Dearmon (26:38.44), and Brian O'Toole (27:01.41) finished 69th, 83rd, and 92nd, respectively.
The Deacs will take next weekend off before returning to racing action on Sept. 30 when they travel to Charlotte, N.C. for the Charlotte Invitational.
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