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Knights harriers finish fifth at Wingate Invite September 15, 2007 WINGATE, N.C.—Junior Mitch Cooper (Virginia Beach, Va.) and sophomore Pedro Tapia Jr. (Sanford, N.C.) both finished in the top-10 individually to lead the St. Andrews Presbyterian College men’s cross country team to a fifth place finish out of 14 teams in the 2007 Wingate Invitational Saturday morning.
Alabama-Huntsville, the No. 3 team in the South Region, won the team title with 48 points. SAPC concluded in fifth with 149 points. The Knights next two finishers were freshman Josh Pickett (Asheville, N.C.) and junior Perry Morris (Austin, Texas). Pickett, competing in his first 6.2 mile race, finished 45th with a time of 37:34. Morris followed one spot in back of Pickett at 37:42. Sophomore James Lloyd (Lusby, Md.) was the fifth scoring runner for St. Andrews setting a new PR for a 10k race. Lloyd gutted out a 49th place finish by beating his previous best by 23 second with a time of 38:09. A couple more spots back were freshmen Tommy Wilson (Salisbury, N.C.) and Doug Holt (Toms River, N.J.) with times of 38:38 and 38:41, respectively. Other Knights to complete the race included senior Patrick Hogan (Denton, N.C.) at 42:12, sophomore Brad McKee (Kings Mountain, N.C.) at 45:01, and senior Caeland Garner (Salisbury, N.C.) concluded at 58:26. St. Andrews will have two weeks to prepare for The Citadel Invitational at James Island County Park in Charleston, S.C. on Saturday, September 29th. The men are scheduled to take off at 9:00 a.m. SAPC Individual Results |
The Wingate University Invitational defending champion, Cooper finished third overall this year with a speed of 34:05 on the 10-kilometer course. Tapiafollowed in 10th place, crossing the finish line in 35:13. Cooper was the fastest runner in the 124-entrant field out of Southeast Region runners. Cooper was only 18 seconds behind the race winner.