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Samford Women First, Men Fourth In Coach
Oct. 17, 2009 TROY, Ala. --- The Samford University women's cross country team won its second consecutive meet at the Troy Coach "O" Invitational Saturday. The men's took fourth, marking the second best finish for the Bulldog men this season. The meet was Samford's final meet before taking to Elon, N.C., in two weeks for the Southern Conference Cross Country Championships on Oct. 31. Samford head coach Rod Tiffin believes his teams are on the right track to being successful at the championship meet. "I think for the most part, we are right where we need to be in our preparation for conference," Tiffin said. "Coach (Lori) Strand has done a great job preparing the team. It should be fun in Elon in couple of weeks." The Samford women tallied 31 points, 34 ahead of second place team South Alabama. Alabama State finished third with 67 points while host team Troy grabbed fourth with 71 points. Huntingdon College totaled 173 points for fifth, followed closely behind in sixth by Albany State with 175 points. Alabama A&M (187) and Tuskegee (212) rounded out the women's field in seventh and eighth, respectively. Alabama State and Troy tied for the men's title with 46 points, followed by Alabama in third with 53 points. The Samford Bulldog men took fourth with 69 points. Albany placed fifth, tallying 153 points while Huntingdon College (166) and Tuskegee (174) rounded out the men's field. The women were led by junior Hillary Neal, who also took her second straight win of the season in the meet. She finished almost a minute ahead of South Alabama's Tori Lawson (11:09.16), running 10:57.97. Andrea Seccafien finished sixth with a time of 11:26.40 followed by Ina Ables (11:26.74), Jessica Van Ausdall (11:29.74), Lauren D'Alessio (11:31.80) and Cori Christensen (11:32.60) rounded out the top ten for the Bulldogs in seventh through tenth places.
Holly Benson grabbed 16th place with a time of 12:02.28 while Jillian Klassen came in 17th just seven-tenths of a second behind Benson with a time of 12:02.91. Alli Keithan rounded out the Samford women's field, coming in 25th place with a time of 12:28.78. Running unattached for the women were Deanna Zidar and Lauren Pilcher. Zidar placed 28th with a time of 12:36.29 while Pilcher placed 38th with a time of 13:35.75. Cameron Bean, who ran unattached, took second place, bracketed by All-Americans Augustus Maiya in first and Michael Green in third. He ran the 5K course in 14:52.85. Blaise Carie led the Bulldog field, taking sixth place with a time of 15:38.32. Scott Cope finished second for the Bulldogs with a time of 16:07.39, landing him in 16th place. Chas Keithan (16:20.45) came in 21st while Sam Shaughnessy (16:29.08) and Will Denton (16:34.06) placed 24th and 25th, respectively. Ramsey White finished 31st with a time of 16:49.67, and Jay Maservy rounded out the Samford field in 39th place with a time of 17:13.04. Women's Results
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