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FORT JACKSON, S.C. - What a way to start the 2009 women's cross country season for the Savannah College of Art and Design.
SCAD claimed Division II victories - team and individual - at Friday evening's (Sept. 4) Gamecock Invitational.
The Bees claimed their ninth team title as they topped five teams to win the Division II title with 23 points, 30 points better than the University of South Carolina at Aiken. Freshman
Sarah Caskey won the 5K individual title with a time of 18:57, four seconds ahead of teammate
Tracy Koch who set a personal-best time of 19:01. Caskey, who took home her first individual title and the program's 13th overall, finished 11th overall out of the 97 runners in the race.
Cara Martin finished in third place for the Bees with a time of 20:27 followed by
Heather Riniker (seventh, 21:11),
Natalie Johnson (10th, 22:11),
Tori Aboud (17th, 24:30), and
Megan Merrifield (18th, 25:35).
The Bees return to the action Sept. 19 at 9:30 a.m. when they travel to Hardeeville, S.C., for the Sand Shark Invitational.