University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Cross Country Teams at WCU on Friday
10.16.2014 | Cross Country
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville men's and women's cross country teams will compete in Cullowhee at the WCU Catamount Classic Friday afternoon with the women's race starting at 3:30 p.m. and the men's race taking place at 4:10 p.m.
The women will compete on a 5K course while the men will run the 8K distance.
“We're looking forward to going to Western Carolina on Friday. This is our final meet before we go to the Big South Championships in two weeks (Nov. 1),” stated Bulldog coach Jesse Norman. “I'd like to see both teams get some momentum going into the league championships.”
The Bulldogs will be one of 10 teams competing on Friday along with Charlotte, VMI, Wofford, ETSU and Montreat.
Asheville competed two weeks ago at the Upstate Invitational as the women took sixth and the men seventh in Spartanburg.
Asheville's women's squad had 182 points as it finished behind Georgia Tech and Wake Forest and in front of Western Carolina, USC Upstate and Charleston Southern.
Junior Erin Dalton led the women's effort with a time of 18:35.96 over the 5K course as she finished in 18th place. Phoebe Schneider took 27th at 19:16.90. Scarlett Beamon came in 39th with a mark of 19:22.02.
Sophomore Sarah Heisner finished 42nd with a time of 19:24.43. Freshman Casey Greenwalt was right behind her in 44th at 19:26.48. Adrian Etheridge (19:26.91) and Kasey Briggs (19:33.25) rounded out Asheville's efforts on Saturday.
The men's team finished in a three-way tie with Winthrop and USC Upstate with 206 points.
Patrick Osborne topped the Bulldog efforts with a 37th-place finish and a time of 26:24.44 over the 8K course. Andy Thornburg wasn't too far behind in 40th at a time of 26:52.10.
Ryan Catrine and Skyler Winchester were 41st and 42nd respectively. Catrine posted a time of 26:52.51, while Winchester had a mark of 26:53.63. Caleb Smith took 46th at 26:58.11.
Jared Buddington (27:38.21) and Nathan Kirse (27:42.05) also competed for the Bulldogs.
