The Emory women's cross country team took home first place and the men runner-up honors at the Sewanee Invitational.

The women's side, ranked 33rd nationally, totaled 27 points, just ahead of Centre College's 32 points.  Birmingham Southern was third with 104 points.  Emory claimed three of the top four individual finishers in the 88-runner field, led by  junior Tamara Surtees who crossed the finish line in the No. 1 position with a 6k time of 24:25.  Senior Emily Caesar was the next Eagle to score with her time of 24:33 good for third place.  Junior Marissa Gogniat was third among the Emory pack, clocking a 24:45, while freshman Michelle Kagei (25:21, 9th) and junior Elise Vioxx (25:22, 10th) rounded out the team's scorers.

Emory registered 50 points in the men's race, second to Centre College's top mark of 20 points. Berry College held down third place (66 pts.) while Birmingham Southern was fourth (112 pts.). On an individual basis, the Eagles finished in the 8-through-12 positions, headed by senior Eddie Mulder who recorded a ninth-place effort in the 93-runner field with an 8k performance of 28:31.6.  Freshman Michael McBane (28:31.8) was ninth and junior Tyler Cooke turned in a showing of 28:32.  Rounding out the scorers were junior Cameron Wheeler (28:32.3) and senior Alex Fleischhacker (28:32.5).