Cross Country Opens 2017 Season at Covered Bridge Open

Friday, September 1

Boone, N.C.

Georgia Southern University

Covered Bridge Open

Photo by: Michael Parker

9/1/2017 9:51:00 PM | Track & Field/XC

Eagles place seventh in a preview of the 2017 Sun Belt Championships course

BOONE, N.C. - Georgia Southern Cross Country started the 2017 season with a seventh place finish at the Covered Bridge Open, hosted by Appalachian State on Friday evening. The race was the first opportunity for teams to preview the course for the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships in late October. Senior Rebecca Parker led the Georgia Southern squad across the line with a 36th place finish.

TEAM RESULTS
1 - Florida State
2 - Appalachian State
3 - Southern Indiana
4 - UT Martin
5 - East Tennessee State
6 - Lynchburg College
7 - Georgia Southern
8 - Lenoir Rhyne
9 - UNC Asheville
10 - Spartanburg Methodist
11 - Mars Hill
12 - Lees-McRae

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
36th - Rebecca Parker - 19:09.71
54th - Erin Mullican - 19:40.18
58th - Kaitlin Rocker - 19:47.69 (Personal Record)
63rd - Ellunde Montgomery - 19:56.83
71st - Sholonda Snell - 20:17.17 (Personal Record)
76st - Bailey Willett - 20:30.18

QUOTABLES
Assistant Coach Franz Holmes
"I think today was a good start for our season. We had a chance to preview the conference championship course. One the things we look for starting out is improvement over last season. For our ladies to run what they ran today under the wet conditions really shows how much work they have put in over the summer. Rebecca had a great race and Sholonda and Kaitlin ran PRs so that's always good the first time out."

COMING UP NEXT
Georgia Southern will travel south next weekend for an appearance at the North Florida Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla. The UNF Hayt Golf Center plays host to the race on Saturday, September 9th at 7:30 a.m.

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