Columbia Runners take 4th at Winthrop Invitational
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Columbia College Cross Country pushed to a 4th place finish out of 12 on Saturday, September 16th at the Winthrop/Adidas Cross Country Invitational. The team ran in the Garnet Division and totaled a finish of 1:55:22 with an average of 23:05 across a 3:00.5 spread.
Times
Sophomore Alyssa Waibel finished first for Columbia. She snatched a 13th place finish out of the 84 runners with a time of 21:13.92 to beat her last 5k finish time of 21:47:44 at the CIU Palmetto State Invitational. Waibel paced in with an average mile time of 6:49.6.
Seniors Irene Requena and Helen Taylor followed second and third for the Koalas placing 32nd and 33rd with times of 23:02.96 and 23:02.98, Taylor beating her last posted time of 24:59:42 by nearly two minutes.
Lauren Glencross came at 38th with a time of 23:47.12 matching her previous 5k time (23:47:84) almost exactly. Annika Wicht notched 44th with 24:14.38.
Miyonta Mavins closed the race for the Koalas at 27:08.73 finishing 59th.
A full detailing for results can be found here.
Next
Cross Country runs again Saturday, September 30th at USC Aiken for the USCA Pacers College Invitational.
Team Scoring Summary: Garnet Division
| Final Standings | Score | Scoring Order | Total | Avg. | Spread | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN | 35 | 3-4-5-6-17(18)(39) | 1:40:44 | 20:09 | 2:57.7 |
| 2 | GEORGIA COLLEGE | 42 | 1-8-10-11-12(14)(15) | 1:43:05 | 20:37 | 2:19.8 |
| 3 | SPARTANBURG METHODIST | 125 | 9-16-29-33-38 | 1:54:19 | 22:52 | 3:28.5 |
| 4 | COLUMBIA (S.C.) | 132 | 13-25-26-31-37(51) | 1:55:22 | 23:05 | 3:00.5 |
| 5 | NEWBERRY | 141 | 7-22-27-42-43(45)(47) | 1:57:37 | 23:32 | 4:52.6 |
| 6 | COKER | 152 | 2-20-24-48-58(61) | 1:59:06 | 23:50 | 9:25.5 |
| 7 | BENEDICT | 153 | 21-23-28-40-41(64) | 1:58:33 | 23:43 | 2:16.0 |
| 8 | COLUMBIA INT'L | 192 | 19-34-35-49-55(62) | 2:05:11 | 25:03 | 5:14.3 |
| 9 | CLAFLIN | 228 | 36-44-46-50-52(59)(66) | 2:10:03 | 26:01 | 3:06.1 |
| 10 | JOHNSON C. SMITH | 229 | 30-32-54-56-57(60)(68) | 2:11:12 | 26:15 | 4:39.8 |
| 11 | MORRIS | 328 | 53-63-67-72-73 | 2:56:33 | 35:19 | 14:31.2 |
| 12 | WILLIAM PEACE | 349 | 65-69-70-71-74 | 3:10:01 | 38:01 | 10:14.1 |