9.16.2011

Complete Results (PDF)

CARY, N.C. -- Longwood University posted 121 points to finish third among 10 teams Friday evening at the Adidas Cross Country Challenge at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.  North Carolina State University took first place with 23 points, and unattached runner Andie Cozzarelli was the individual winner with her time of 17:12, while the Lancers were led by junior Alisha Royal|Vinton (William Byrd) with her school record and personal career-best time of 18:23 over the 5000-meter course.  Longwood will run again September 30 at the Charlotte Invitational in North Carolina.

Longwood was led by Royal who placed 16th among 96 runners with her new school-record time that bettered the previous record of 18:34 ran by Kristin Novara in 2005.  Royal was followed by senior Jessica Alley|New Castle (Craig County) (19:07, 27th), freshman Elisabeth Drake|Hayes (Gloucester) (20:12, 40th), junior Megan Short|Sicklerville, N.J. (Timber Creek) (20:37, 47th), juniors Jenna Sprinkle|Buchanan (James River) (20:58, 53rd) and Rebecca Denny|Virginia Beach (Kempsville) (22:04, 62nd), along with sophomore Emberli McGann|Stuarts Draft (Stuarts Draft) (22:46, 5698th).  Alley also ran a personal career-best, and posted the fourth-best 5K time in the program's history, while Drake and McGann each ran collegiate-best times.

Following North Carolina State among the top-five were East Carolina (35), Longwood, N.C. State's Track Club (124), and Virginia Wesleyan (132).