Saturday, November 3, 2018

Benedict Women 2nd, Collymore 1st at SIAC Cross Country Championship

Benedict Women 2nd, Collymore 1st At SIAC Cross Country ChampionshipROCK HILL, South Carolina -- The Benedict College women's cross country team finished as runners-up at the 2018 SIAC Cross Country Championship on Friday morning at Winthrop University.

The Lady Tigers scored 48 points to finish behind Spring Hill College, which won its first SIAC championship in school history with 29 points. Albany State finished third with 76 points.
5114Benedict's Dawnell Collymore was the individual champion, finishing the 5K race with a dominating time of 19:20.54, beating the second-place finisher, Lauryn Wilson of Albany State, by more than 57 seconds.

Freshman Breasiah Fields finished fourth overall with a time of 20:49.59. Becky Dionisio, finished in 13th place overall with a time of 22:29.22, despite being hampered by an ankle injury.

Sorenya Miller was right on her heels, finishing in 14th place with a time of 22:38.10.

Pauline Cobb finished in 16th place with a time of 22:40.67, while Naila Harris was close behind in 17th with a time of 22:42.25.

Kelrianna Sistrunk did not score for the Lady Tigers, but finished in 50thplace with a time of 28:39.14.

Spring Hill had six runners finish in the top 10 to win the school's first SIAC championship.

Paine finished in fourth with 121 points, followed by Tuskegee (157), Kentucky State (181), Clark Atlanta (185), Lane (190), Fort Valley State (201), Central State (239) and Miles (291).


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