Danielle Pye's first place finish helped lead Concord to the WVIAC women's cross country title.
(GLENVILLE, W.Va.)---Danielle Pye captured the individual title with a 6K time of 23:14 to help lead Concord to the school's first WVIAC women's cross country championship. Chelsea Callaway (5th) and Tabatha Whited (8th) also added top ten finishes for the Lady Lions.
CU's team total of 49 easily outdistanced runners-up Seton Hill and Wheeling Jesuit, which finished with 75 points each. Alderson-Broaddus and eight-time defending champion West Virginia Wesleyan ended with 91 points each.
Seton Hill senior Anna Cote placed second in the individual race at 23:25, followed three seconds later by Alderson-Broaddus' Ashley Teets. 2009 meet winner Sherry Borsos was fourth at 23:34.
West Virginia Wesleyan's Jordan McDonald, a graduate of North Marion HS, was the highest placing freshman after leading the Bobcats with a 24:03 time and seventh place finish.
Concord head coach Mike Cox was thrilled following his team's first championship. "I knew we could do it. We avoided putting a lot of pressure on them. We ran our race and let things take care of themselves."
Cox, who was named the WVIAC Coach of the Year, reflected on his program's rise. "It's unbelievable. We haven't been very good for so long and it's great to be going in the right direction. The girls have worked their butts off and all of the credit belongs to them. I'm on cloud nine."
Many WVIAC squads will be back action in two weeks for the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional at Cary, North Carolina.
Complete results follow with the top ten finishers comprising the All-WVIAC first team and the 11th through 20th runners make up the All-WVIAC second team:
PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS AVG. TIME SPREAD
1 Concord 49 1 5 8 12 23 40 42 24:15 2:10
2* Seton Hill 75 2 10 16 22 25 30 32 24:47 2:09
2* Wheeling Jesuit 75 6 9 13 14 33 54 65 24:50 2:37
4* Alderson-Broaddus 91 3 15 18 24 31 56 57 25:01 2:34
4* W V Weslyan College 91 7 17 20 21 26 27 28 25:02 1:32
6 Charleston 154 11 19 39 41 44 46 61 26:02 2:12
7 Ohio Valley Univ 219 29 34 45 53 58 59 84 27:17 2:48
8 U P J 232 36 37 38 55 66 67 77 27:35 3:59
9 D & E 237 35 43 49 50 60 63 70 27:39 3:09
10 West Liberty 272 4 52 68 73 75 79 29:15 8:32
11 Glenville 317 47 48 72 74 76 30:20 4:38
12 Fairmont 344 62 64 69 71 78 31:06 3:29
13 Bluefield 377 51 80 81 82 83 35:01 10:27
Individuals
ID# PLACE FINISHER TIME PACE
1. Concord
25 1 Danielle Pye, Sr* 23:14 6:17
21 5 Chelsea Callaway, So* 23:35 6:22
27 8 Tabatha Whited, Jr* 24:12 6:32
22 12 Shawnee Carnett, So* 24:52 6:43
28 23 Rachel Williams, So* 25:23 6:52
24 40 Micalyn Miller, So* 26:40 7:12
20 42 Katie Backus, Fr* 26:47 7:14
Total Time = 2:01:14 Total Places = 49
2*. Seton Hill
63 2 Anna Cote, Sr* 23:25 6:20
69 10 Stephanie Pryor, Fr* 24:34 6:38
68 16 Julie Pierrey, Jr* 25:04 6:46
67 22 Brittney Martin, Fr* 25:17 6:50
64 25 Dianna Griffin, Jr* 25:34 6:54
66 30 Stephanie Isacco, Sr* 25:59 7:01
65 32 Lara Heinz, Sr* 26:06 7:03
Total Time = 2:03:51 Total Places = 75
2*. Wheeling Jesuit
83 6 Megan Truelove, So* 23:40 6:24
84 9 Jessica Zimak, Fr* 24:22 6:35
79 13 Jennifer McFarland, Fr* 24:55 6:44
81 14 Michelle Porttratz, Fr* 24:55 6:44
82 33 Chelsea Reyher, Sr* 26:17 7:06
80 54 Lindsey Mills, So* 28:08 7:36
78 65 Katie Balbier, So* 30:20 8:12
Total Time = 2:04:07 Total Places = 75
4*. Alderson-Broaddus
6 3 Ashley Teets, Jr* 23:28 6:20
4 15 Hilary McConnell, Sr* 24:57 6:44
2 18 Rebekah McBrige, Fr* 25:08 6:47
1 24 Aly Carpenter, Fr* 25:30 6:53
5 31 Andrea Sall, So* 26:01 7:02
7 56 Kecia Vandergrift, So* 28:22 7:40
3 57 Victoria McBride, So* 28:33 7:43
Total Time = 2:05:02 Total Places = 91
4*. W V Weslyan College
90 7 Jordan McDonald, Fr* 24:03 6:30
88 17 Ashli Knotts, Fr* 25:06 6:47
93 20 Dana Tomasello, Fr* 25:09 6:48
92 21 Leah Stone, Fr* 25:14 6:49
91 26 Devin Muldoon, So* 25:35 6:55
85 27 Christine Azevedo, So* 25:40 6:56
86 28 Makena Haney, Fr* 25:43 6:57
Total Time = 2:05:06 Total Places = 91
6. Charleston
17 11 Jenna Matso, Jr* 24:46 6:42
13 19 Debbie Amos, Fr* 25:09 6:48
14 39 Brandy Gandee, Fr* 26:30 7:10
15 41 Synita Gates, Fr* 26:45 7:14
16 44 Becca Henderson, Fr* 26:58 7:17
18 46 Christina Smith, Jr* 27:30 7:26
19 61 Megan Wilson, Fr* 29:35 8:00
Total Time = 2:10:06 Total Places = 154
7. Ohio Valley Univ
48 29 India Bryant, Fr* 25:57 7:01
49 34 Charity Daigle, Sr* 26:18 7:06
36 45 Marie Buffy, Sr* 27:23 7:24
52 53 Lilian Korir, So* 28:05 7:35
51 58 Sara Foy, Jr* 28:44 7:46
50 59 Preet Dhillon, Jr* 29:11 7:53
53 84 Rebekan Moore, Sr* 38:57 10:31
Total Time = 2:16:25 Total Places = 219
8. U P J
58 36 Kelly Goode, Sr* 26:22 7:07
56 37 Emily Doll, Sr* 26:29 7:09
59 38 Stacey Goode, Sr* 26:29 7:09
61 55 Olivia Ragno, Sr* 28:15 7:38
57 66 Amber Emery, So* 30:21 8:12
55 67 Lauern Barrett, So* 30:23 8:13
60 77 Ericka Patrick, Fr* 32:18 8:44
Total Time = 2:17:53 Total Places = 232
9. D & E
34 35 Megan Gyongyosi, Jr* 26:20 7:07
37 43 Becky Verbonitz, Fr* 26:50 7:15
35 49 Amber Kocela, Jr* 27:46 7:30
29 50 Katelyn Brown, Fr* 27:50 7:31
30 60 Amber Campbell, Fr* 29:28 7:58
33 63 Marie Friend, So* 29:58 8:06
32 70 Meghan Forbes, Fr* 31:20 8:28
Total Time = 2:18:12 Total Places = 237
10. West Liberty
74 4 Sherry Borsos, So* 23:34 6:22
77 52 Alyssa Meadows, So* 27:59 7:34
75 68 Tessa Gretchen, Fr* 30:35 8:16
73 73 Shae Benson, Jr* 32:02 8:39
72 75 Brandi Barton, Jr* 32:05 8:40
76 79 Leann Haught, Jr* 33:33 9:04
Total Time = 2:26:12 Total Places = 272
11. Glenville
46 47 Nicole Himes, Jr* 27:39 7:28
43 48 Krystle Bailey, So* 27:43 7:29
45 72 Sarah Harvey, Jr* 31:57 8:38
44 74 Candace Butler, Jr* 32:03 8:40
47 76 Courtney Rzekpa, Jr* 32:17 8:43
Total Time = 2:31:38 Total Places = 317
12. Fairmont
42 62 Shelly Work, Jr* 29:43 8:02
38 64 Tracy Adkins, Fr* 30:12 8:10
41 69 Sarah Ray, Fr* 30:45 8:18
39 71 Alana Coen, Jr* 31:35 8:32
40 78 Katie Elliott, Jr* 33:12 8:58
Total Time = 2:35:26 Total Places = 344
13. Bluefield
8 51 Trish Galligher, Fr* 27:55 7:32
9 80 Tara Hazelwood, Fr* 34:00 9:11
12 81 Sabrina Slone, Fr* 37:00 10:00
10 82 Niccatti Honaker, Jr* 37:51 10:14
11 83 Beverly Netusil, Sr* 38:21 10:22
Total Time = 2:55:05 Total Places = 377
Danielle Pye's first place finish helped lead Concord to the WVIAC women's cross country title.