Men's Results

Women's Results

The Emory University men's and women’s cross country teams turned in stellar performances at 30th annual Sewanee Invitational today, with the women’s side registering a first-place finish out of 10 teams while the men’s squad tied for the top spot with Rhodes College in a nine-team field.

The women’s team, ranked 35^th nationally, recorded 25 points to finish ahead of runner-up Rhodes College’s 33 points.  Centre College checked in with 114 points while Tennessee Tech (126 pts.) and host Sewanee (152 pts.) rounded out the top five.

Junior Tess Gallegos sparked the women’s effort, topping the 104-runner field with a 6K time of 22:15.  The Eagles boasted three of the meet’s top four finishers with senior Natalie Fenn (22:39) and junior Sara Gelb (22:57) crossing the finish line in third and fourth place, respectively.  Sophomore Melanie Frank was the fourth Emory finisher, seventh overall, with a showing of 23:13, while classmate Calley Edwards rounded out the team’s scorers with her effort of 23:26 good for 10^th place in the field.

“We really couldn’t have drawn up the women’s race any better than it turned out,” said coach John Curtin.  The women ran as a team as well as it had in maybe the last five years.  Tess ran a brilliant race and was amazing in the last 600 meters.”

The men’s side, owners of a 34^th national ranking, saw three of its entries post top-10 finishes in the 104-runner field.  Sophomore Stephen Ellwood keyed the Eagles, churning out an 8K time of 27:15 that placed him sixth.  Freshman Ishan Dey made an impressive college debut with his mark of 27:24 good for the No. 8 spot.  Senior Kevin Lanza recorded a 10^th-place performance as he clocked a 27:28.  Junior Geriant Davies (27:40) and another freshman, Hank Ashworth (27:49), rounded out the club’s scorers en route to 12^th and 17^th place finishes.

“I was very, very pleased with the way the guys ran,” Curtin stated.  “It was a great display of team running.  Our top five came in real tight with just about 35 seconds between the first and fifth runners.  We had a couple outstanding freshman performances and that was great to see.”

Emory returns to action next Saturday (Sept. 11) when it competes at the Berry Invitational.