RALEIGH, North Carolina -- Runners Baron Freeman (Fr./Hampton, VA) and Amanda Crawford (Fr./Brooklyn, NY) stood out for Saint Augustine's University in the Greensboro Cross Country Invitational at Hagan Stone Park in Greensboro, N.C., on Saturday, Sept. 29.
Freeman placed first among Division II runners and second overall in the men's 8K race with a time of 26:47.42. Crawford finished third among Division II runners and 10th overall in the women's 5K race with a time of 22:02.53.
Led by Freeman, the Falcons placed first among Division II teams and fourth overall out of 10 men's teams with 117 points. Robert Edwards (Fr./Pembroke, Bermuda) was 13th in 29:39.45, Shaquille Dill(Jr./Pembroke, Bermuda) was 26th in 31:35.73 and Robert Walker (Fr./Newburgh, NY) was 31st in 32:25.19. Seventy-six runners competed in the 8K race.
Sparked by Crawford, the Lady Falcons finished second among Division II teams and third overall out of 11 women's teams with 93 points. Shannon Kalawan (So./Westmoreland, Jamaica) placed 15th in 22:48.58, Florence Fields (So./St. Michaels, Barbados) finished 17th in 23:00.58 and Nia Erwin-Sherrod (Fr./Philadelphia, PA) was 20th in 23:38.39. Seventy-seven runners ran in the 5K race.
The Falcons and Lady Falcons will run in the Cedric Walker HBCU Challenge at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., on Saturday, Oct. 6. The men's 8K race starts at 9:30 a.m. followed by the women's 5K race at 10:05 a.m.
Click HERE for the men and women's results at the Greensboro Invitational.
SAINT AUGUSTINE'S UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
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