Concord Captures School's First WVIAC Women's XC Title

 

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