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Sept. 22, 2007
Daytona Beach, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman University men's and women's cross country teams competed locally in long distance races over the weekend as they took part in the annual ERAU/Smoothie King Classic in Daytona Beach, Fla. The meet was hosted by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The Wildcats finished the day in ninth [women] and 12th [men] place overall. The women began the day with a 5k run on the Embry-Riddle Course. The Wildcats were led by junior transfer Alexandria Condell for the second consecutive meet as she secured a sixth place finish overall. Condell's time of 21:14.23 was good enough for her second consecutive Top-10 finish of the 2007 campaign. Also running well for the Wildcats were sophomore Joy Henry (24:43.48) and Alfreepha Stubbs (24:47.35). Embry-Riddle took the women's event with a score of 31, led by the running performance of Carolyn Horst who finished the event with a time of 20:32.37. That was a lengthy distance away from second place competitor Stetson University with a score of 82. The Wildcats finished the day with a score of 198--just 16 points behind Xavier University in eighth place. On the men's side, Nick Gehlsen of Embry-Riddle, as well as teammate Henry Melius went one and two, respectively, as they helped the Eagles to secure a first place performance as a team with a score of 21 points. That was well ahead of Florida Tech who was in second place with 100 points. Xavier was a close third with 199 points for the men. Bethune-Cookman finished in the 12th position with a score of 307 for the day. The Wildcats were led by sophomore distance specialist Kyle Dillet with a time of 32:26.71. He would finish as the only Wildcat runner amongst the Top-75 on the day. Also performing well was Joel Redhead with a time of 34:14.96, while teammate Harold Rose, Jr. finished with a time of 35:38.35.
B-CU will get back to the course again when they travel to Titusville, Fla. on Oct. 6 to compete in the annual FLrunners.com Invitational. The event always draws some of the best competition in the state throughout Division I, II and NAIA levels of athletics. |
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![Alexandria Condell collected her second Top-10 finish of 2007 [photo by Sideline Sports]](http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/beth/sports/c-xc/auto_action/1391718.jpeg)
