Bees set course record as they take Blue Hose Invitational
Tracy Koch set the course record by nearly a minute as she won the Blue Hose Invitational.
Michael MacEachern
Sports Information Director
10/2/2009 11:16:34 PM
Results
CLINTON, S.C. - Records fell Friday (Oct. 2) afternoon at the Blue Hose Invitational as the Savannah College of Art and Design women's cross country team remained unbeaten in 2009. For the third consecutive meet, the Bees swept the individual and team titles.
Senior
Tracy Koch captured her first race of the season as she won the 5K race in a course-record time of 18:50, 57 seconds better than the previous mark. Koch edged teammate
Sarah Caskey for the title by four seconds while
Cara Martin finished third in a time of 20:33. The Bees bested six teams, which included NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NAIA schools, to win the team title with 31 points.
Heather Riniker just missed a top-10 finish as she came in 11th place at 21: 27 followed by
Natalie Johnson (14th, 22:10),
Tori Aboud (24th, 24:26),
Lauren Soutar (26th, 25:10) and
Megan Merrifield (29th, 26:03).
SCAD returns to action Oct. 16 at the Stetson Invitational in Deland, Fla.