Flynn Wins South/Southeast Regional

Hornet Men Second, Earn Spot at National Meet

2009 South/Southeast Regional Cross Country Web Site

Full Women's Individual Results
Full Women's Team Standings

Full Men's Individual Results
Full Men's Team Standings

GREENSBORO, N.C. --- Rhodes College women's and Emory University men's squads dominated the 2009 NCAA South/Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Greensboro, N.C. Although both team places four runners in the top-ten spots to secures the overall team championships, neither team had the individual champion for the day. Trinity's (Texas) Caitlin Masse (22:56) ran away with the women's individual title besting her closest competitor by 39 seconds, while Lynchburg's Ricky Flynn (26:10) earned the individual men's title finishing 16 seconds ahead of the next runner.

The Rhodes women's squad finished with 35 points. Emory placed second with 100 points, followed by Christopher Newport (135), Lynchburg (155) and Washington and Lee (169) rounding out the top five. Rhodes' Cybil Covic (23:35) finished second to lead the Lynx followed by Taylor Stephens (23:53, 3rd), Melissa DeFabrizio (24:01, 4th), Kelsey Dudziak (24:04, 8th) and Anna Johnson (24:41, 18th).

Other noteworthy women's times include Lynchburg's Jennie Pernisi (24:03, 5th), McMurry's Carla Lewis (24:04, 6th), Mississippi College's Jennifer Cooper (24:04, 7th), and Emory's Tess Gallegos (24:04) and Natalie Fenn (24:08) finishing 9th and 10th respectively.  For the ODAC, Washington and Lee's Kat Telfeyan will join Pernisi as an individual qualifier at the NCAA Division III Championship Meet.

On the men's side, Emory placed first with 33 points. Lynchburg finished second with 102 points, followed by Trintiy (Texas) (110), Mary Washington (136) and Virginia Wesleyan (164). Charlie Meade (26:38, 3rd) led a quintet of Eagle runners who scored five of the top-13 times. Meade was joined by teammates Tommy Fyffe (27:06, 4th), Alex Robin (27:20, 6th), Greg Decker (27:24, 8th) and Paul Winterhalter (27:37, 13th).

Other notable individual finishers include Mary Washington's Frank Devar (26:26, 2nd), Centre's Jason Parks (27:12, 5th), Trinity's (Texas) Bryant Wright (27:21, 7th), Eastern Mennonite's Richy Bikko (27:29.55, 9th),and Mary Washington's Brian Fulton (27:27, 10th).  Virginia Wesleyan's Sean Whitson will also travel to Ohio next weekend as he qualified individually for the national meet.

The top-two teams from both women's and men's regional meets automatically advance to the 2009 NCAA Cross Country National Championships to be held November 21 at Baldwin Wallace College in Cleveland, Ohio. The third-, fourth- and fifth-place regional finishers are eligible for at-large berths into the 32-team national championships field. In addition, the top-seven individuals at the regional meets advance to the national championships. All seven members of the two automatic qualifiers will be removed from the results and the remaining individuals not on a qualifying team will be renumbered to determine individual national qualifiers.

This release is courtesy of the Guilford College sports information department.