October 31, 2003

ANDERSON, SC—The St. Andrews Presbyterian College women’s cross country team finished in a tie for sixth out of eight teams in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference tournament hosted by Anderson on Friday morning with 140 points.

Kelly Chaplin led the way for the Knights with a 20:28 time on the 5K path at the Pine Lake Golf Course. With her third place finish Chaplin has been in the top ten of all seven races she has completed in this year.

Jessica Loud finished 17th for St. Andrews stopping the clock at 22:22 while Jammie Swan followed in 35th at 23:48. Megan Mulligan (25:03), Katie Carter (25:53), and Casey Kallenberg (25:58) finished the scoring for the Knights.

Lees-McRae swept the team titles after the women’s team won their race with 40 points. Beth Martin, an individual from Mount Olive, won the race with a 19:39 time followed by Leslie Thurman of Lees-McRae at 20:02.

St. Andrews will compete in the NCAA Regional on Saturday, November 8th in Cary, NC.

October 21, 2003

THOMASVILLE, NC—Kelly Chaplin of St. Andrews Presbyterian College has been selected as the NCAA Division II Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference (CVAC) women’s cross country Runner of the Week for the second week this season. Sophomore Kelly Chaplin continued her dominate running this week winning the Coker Invitational. The win was Kelly’s first of her college career. Chaplin has finished in the top ten of all six races she has raced in this year. Kelly’s finish over two Coker runners secured the first place victory for the Knights, which was also the first of the year.

October 18, 2003

HARTSVILLE, SC—The St. Andrews Presbyterian College women and men’s cross-country teams took home both first place trophies from the Coker Invitational on Saturday.

The St. Andrews women, ranked 10th in the Southeast Region of NCAA Division-II, won its first race of the year coming in first ahead of Coker and Newberry.

Sophomore Kelly Chaplin won her first collegiate race for the Knights, finishing the 5000-meter course in 19:51. Chaplin has finished in the top ten of all six races she has competed in this year.

Freshmen Jessica Loud and Jammie Swan, and senior Katie Carter finished third through fifth for the Knights, respectively, with times of 22:16, 23:19, and 23:32. Junior Casey Kallenberg finished eighth (24:04) while senior Megan Mulligan finished 10th (24:51).

The Knights do not compete again until the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Tournament on October 31st. Anderson College will host the tourney.

September 30, 2003

THOMASVILLE, NC—Kelly Chaplin of St. Andrews Presbyterian College has been selected as the NCAA Division II Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference (CVAC) women’s cross country Runner of the Week. Sophomore runner Kelly Chaplin continued her dominating running this week at the Great American Cross Festival as she finished seventh out of 122 runners with a 20:53 time in the 5K race. Chaplin has finished in the top ten of all four races she has participated in this year. The Middlesex, VT native distanced herself from all other CVAC runners in the big event including entrants from Anderson College, Queens University of Charlotte, Barton College, and Pfeiffer University.

September 20, 2003

WINGATE, NC—The St. Andrews Presbyterian College women’s cross-country team finished 10th out of 15 teams at the Wingate University Cross Country Invitational on Saturday.

In the women’s 5K-race Kelly Chaplin paced the Knights with a time of 20:26 for a seventh place finish out of 96 runners. St. Andrew’s Jessica Loud and Jammie Swan each broke into the top 50 with times of 23:18 and 23:32, respectively. Finishing the running for the Knights were Casey Kallenberg (25:07), Katie Carter (25:17), and Megan Mulligan (26:33).

Mars Hill swept the day winning both the women and men’s race. The Mountain Lions women's team had three runners finish in the top ten including Kate Prichard (19:43) who won the race.

The Knights will compete next at the Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary, NC on Friday. The women take begin at 2:15 p.m.

September 13, 2003

PEMBROKE, NC—The St. Andrews Presbyterian College women’s cross country team finished fourth with 81 points in the UNC Pembroke Invitational on Saturday morning. Wingate took the team title with 28 points and three runners in the top ten. Individual Allie Kassens won with a time of 19:16 in the five-kilometer race.

The Knights are having an outstanding season as they are currently ranked ninth in the Southeast region of NCAA Division-II. It is the highest ranking ever attained for the women’s cross country team.

Sophomore Kelly Chaplin improved on her best time pacing the Knights with a fourth place finish out of 46 runners with a 20:04 time (only 48 seconds behind Kassens). Jessica Loud and Jamie Swan had top 20 finishes with times of 22:31 and 22:44, respectively. Casey Kallenberg, Katie Carter, and Megan Mulligan finished out the running order for the Knights. All runners improved on their times from last weeks Elon/High Point Invitational.

After two races the women have a .500 record (8-8 overall and 2-2 against CVAC schools).

The Knights will travel to Wingate next Saturday for the Wingate Invitational with the women starting at 9:00 a.m.

September 6, 2003

Greensboro, NC—The St. Andrews Presbyterian College women’s cross country team finished a surprising sixth out of 12 division II and III schools in the Elon/High Point Invitational on Saturday. East Carolina University won the overall race while Carson-Newman won the non-Division I portion.

Sophomore Kelly Chaplin provided the big boost for the Knights, finishing ninth out of 118 runners with a time of 20:20:92. Chaplin finished less than 38 seconds behind the race medallist Jemissa Hess from High Point University. Chaplin’s ninth place result marked her first collegiate top ten finish.

SAPC other runners included Jammie Swan (67th) at 23:50, Jessica Loud (69th) at 23:59, Casey Kallenberg (79th) at 24:38, Katie Carter (83rd) at 24:56, and Megan Mulligan (93rd) at 25:53.

All four upperclassmen (Chaplin, Kallenberg, Carter, and Mulligan) had faster times than in any 2002 race.

St. Andrews next steps onto a course at the UNC Pembroke Invitational in Lumberton, NC at 10:15 am Saturday.