Women’s Cross-Country Records 13th Place Finish at DeSales University

Saturday, October 11, 2008 

CENTER VALLEY, PA - In their final away meet of the regular season the Albright College Women’s Cross-Country team placed 13th out of 18 teams that competed in DeSales University Cross-Country meet Saturday morning. 

Sophomore Gabrielle Stine (Archbald, PA/Valley View) recorded the team’s top overall finish with a time of 26:33.47 and a 56th place finish.  Trailing Stine by only six seconds was teammate Melony Alcorn (Schwenksville, PA/Perkiomen Valley).  Alcorn closed out the meet with a time of 26:39.35. 

Tomesha Campbell (East Orange, NJ/East Orange Campus) recorded the Red and White’s third best finish crossing the finish line with a time of 27:42.40 in the 6K race.  Closing out the top five were Michelle Reinhart (Bernville, PA/Tulpehocken Valley) and Kirsten Sawey (West Babylon, NY/West Babylon Senior) who recorded times of 28:46.11 and 31:35.94 respectively. 

Nicole Kelly (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) ended the day with a time of 31:54.07 and a 124th place finish.  Kyra Schirk (York, PA/Red Lion Senior) also posted a strong 126th place finish and a time 32:13.35.

Women’s Cross-Country will close out the regular season next Saturday when they host their 2008 Homecoming Meet, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

Meet Results

 Women’s Cross-Country Competes in Lehigh’s 35th Annual Paul Short Run

Friday, October 3, 2008 

BETHLEHEM, PA - Out of 37 teams that competed in the White Division of the 35th annual Lehigh University Paul Short Run the Albright College Women’s Cross-Country managed a 34th place finish in Friday afternoons meet.

In total there were 255 runners that competed in the annual event, with the Red Dragons of SUNY Cortland earning the top team honor.  As a whole the Red Dragons top five runners placed in the top 50, with the remainder of the team finishing no lower than 66th place.

The meets top individual performer was Ursinus College’s Christa Johnson.  Johnson closed out the 6K race with a time of 22:19, finishing with an overall pace of 7:12.

Throughout the afternoon the Lay Lions fought extremely hard.  Sophomore runner Gabrielle Stine (Archbald, PA/Valley View) recorded the team’s top performance with a time of 26:00 (196th place).  Behind her by 47 seconds was Melony Alcorn (Schwenksville, PA/Perkiomen Valley) who crossed the finish line in 190th place. 

Senior Tomesha Campbell (East Orange, NJ/East Orange Campus) ended the meet with a time of 28:07 and a 211th place finish.  With a time of 28:37, Michelle Reinhart (Bernville, PA/Tulpehocken) earned herself a 216th place finish.  Kristin Sawey (West Babylon, NY/West Babylon Senior) was next in line for the Red and White as she crossed the finish line in 223rd place.

Nicole Kelly (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) remained close to Sawey throughout the afternoon finishing just six spots behind her teammate (226th).  Kyra Schirk (York, PA/Red Lion Senior) closed out the meet for the Red and White with a time of 32:56 and a 237th place finish.

Women’s Cross-Country returns to action next Saturday when they travel to DeSales University for their final away meet of the season.  Start time is scheduled for 11:15 a.m.

Meet Results