Results
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Savannah College of Art and Design men's and women's cross country teams competed at the 2009 The Sun Conference Track & Field Championship April 19-20.
Both teams finished in seventh place in the meet. SCAD scored 12 points in the men's meet and 11 in the women's meet.
The best finish of the meet for the Bees came in the women's 800-meter run as
Tracy Koch finished in second place with a time of 2:23.32, less than a second behind winner Anntionette Elam of University of South Carolina Beaufort.
Laura Rekkerth finished in sixth place in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 5:35.02.
In the men's competition,
John Sutherland had the best finish for the Bees as he came in fifth place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase event with a time of 10:42.55 while teammate
Kyle Downs placed seventh with a time of 11:29.94.
Patrick Cooley came in sixth place in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:14.86 while
Joe Dougherty placed 11th with a time of 4:45.55.
Ed McDaniel finished in seventh place in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:15.17 while
Nick Curtis came in ninth with a time of 17:25.42. Cooley was also the top SCAD finisher in the 800-meter run with a 10th-place time of 2:04.43 followed by
Ben Harrison (12th, 2:05.93), Sutherland (13th, 2:06.63) and Dougherty (2:19.94).
SCAD returns to action May 15 when they will compete at the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta.