posted October 17, 2009
On a chilly, cloudy Saturday afternoon along the Tennessee River, the UTC Lady Mocs edged Middle Tennessee by three points to win the 2009 Front Runner Cross Country Invitational, while the UTC men fell to the Blue Raiders.
The Lady Mocs won with 26 points to the Blue Raiders’ 29. Tennessee State was third in the three-team event with 80 points.
Junior Anneli Uys (Somerset, Australia) led Chattanooga to the win with a second place finish running the two-mile course in a time of 11:22. Freshman Heather Stuive (Beamsville, Ontario) was third for the Lady Mocs at 11:29.
Freshman Mary Cumbee (Brentwood, Tn.) was sixth (11:54), junior Lauren Anderson (Greeneville, Tn.) was next with a time of 12:02 followed in eighth place by freshman Kathryn Stuart (Brentwood, Tn.) with a time of 12:04. Junior Meredith White (Grayson, Ga.) was 12th overall with a time of 12:58.
MTSU’s Zamzam Sangau won the event with a time of 11:13 while teammate Jackie Serem was fourth (11:34) and Marla Bailey was fifth with a time of 11:38.
Running unattached, freshman Amanda Sumner (Bristol, Conn.) placed seventh in the overall standings while Tara Gietema (Knoxville) was 11th overall with a time of 12:14.
In the men’s race, Middle Tennessee finished five runners in the top 10 to win the Front Runner by a score of 18-37 in the two-team race. Poor weather conditions over the past few weeks caused many teams to pull out of the competition leaving UTC and MTSU to race in a dual meet.
Chattanooga junior Emmanuel Kirwa (Kapsebet, Kenya) was third with a time of 15:23. Freshman Kyle McLarty (Collierville, Tn.) was seventh with a time of 16:05 over the 5-kilometer course followed immediately by freshman Mark Cole (McKenzie, Tn.) at 16:06.
Sophomore Joshue Vasquez (Kingsport, Tenn.) was ninth with a time of 16:17 and senior David Moore (Sarnia, Ontario) placed 10th with a time of 16:30. Kevin Huwe (Murfreesboro) was 11th for the Mocs with a time of 17:05.
MTSU’s Festus Chemaoi won the race with a time of 15:11 followed by teammate William Songock at 15:21.
The Running Mocs will take the next two weeks to prepare for the upcoming Southern Conference championships to be held in Boone, N.C. The women, picked to finish second, will look to defend three consecutive league titles. The men, who placed second in the team standings last year with Kirwa taking Runner of the Year honors, were selected to finish second by the league coaches.
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