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Mocs, Lady Mocs Runners Claim Tennessee Tech Titles

Friday, October 02, 2009

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Junior Anneli Uys claimed the title at the Tennessee Tech Invitational and junior Emmanuel Kirwa placed second in the men’s race as the Mocs and Lady Mocs claimed the team titles Friday afternoon at the Southern Hills Golf Course.

All five of the Lady Mocs scoring runners placed in the top 10 to earn the win led by Uys’ (Somerville, Australia) top time of 18:41.36. Freshman Heather Stuive (Ontario, Canada) placed third for Chattanooga with a time of 19:01.74. Freshmen Kathryn Stuart (Brentwood, Tenn.

) and Mary Cumbee (Brentwood, Tenn.) placed sixth and eighth respectively. Junior Lauren Anderson rounded out the scoring with a 10th place finish running the course in a time of 20:25.05. Junior Meredith White was 16th overall.

In the men’s race, the Mocs placed all five scoring runners in the top 10 as well. Kirwa (Kapsabet, Kenya) was second overall with a time of 25:44.54 finishing behind Jacksonville State’s David Nilsson who claimed the men’s individual title in the 8K race.

Sophomore Josh Vasquez (Kingsport, Tenn.) placed third overall with a time of 26:25.54 followed immediately by freshman Kyle McLarty (Collierville, Tenn.) at 26:28.23. Senior David Moore (Sarnia, Ontario) returned to the course and finished eighth in scoring followed by freshman Mark Cole (McKenzie, Tenn.) in the ninth position. Senior Blake Ketron placed 19th for the Mocs.

The Mocs will host the Front Runner Invitational Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Moccasin Bend Race course. Admission is free and results will be available at GoMocs.com.

Men’s Results
2 Emmanuel Kirwa 25:44.54
3 Josh Vasquez 26:25.54 3
4 Kyle McLarty 26:28.23 4
8 David Moore 27:17.10 8
9 Mark Cole 27:18.31 9
19 Blake Ketron 28:51.53 19

Women’s Results
1 Anneli Uys 18:41.36 1
3 Heather Stuive 19:01.74 3
6 Kathryn Stuart 19:33.40 6
8 Mary Cumbee 20:03.76 8
10 Lauren Anderson 20:25.05 10
16 Meredith White 21:08.49 16


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