GREENVILLE, SC -- The Newberry College Men's and Women's cross country teams both finished fourth in their first meets of the season, at the Bruins Night Classic, hosted by Bob Jones University. The Men's team scored a total of 82 points and the Women's team scored 101 points.
Sophomore
Tyler Shumate had an outstanding performance placing 1st in the six kilometer men's race with a time of 20:29.1, an average mile of 5:29.5, and a score of 1.
Junior
Braylon Reier placed 19th in the six kilometer men's race, with a time of 21.48.6, an average mile of 5:40.8, and a score of 16.
Team Results
Mars Hill 23
Bob Jones 71
Erskine 74
Newberry 82
Emmanuel (Ga.) 115
Place Name Time Points scored
1
Tyler Shumate 20:29.1 1
19
Braylon Reier 21.48.6 16
22
Jonah Wendland 21.53.7 18
27
Larry Scott 22:08.4 22
31
Tavarian Thompson 22:21.4 25
33
Wyatt Strickland 22:41.7 27
35
Rodney Miller 22:54.8 29
As a freshman, Addie Davis placed 8th in the 4 kilometer women's race in an impressive fashion for her first collegiate race. She finished the race with a time of 16:57.4, an average mile of 6:48.6, and a score of 8.
Sophomore
Sage Bowen placed 16th in the 4 kilometer women's race, with a time of 17:51.2, an average mile of 7:10.2, and a score of 15
Team Results
Mars Hill 25
Bob Jones 74
Brenau 77
Newberry 101
Emmanuel (Ga.) 118
Erskine 126
Place Name Time Points scored
8 Addie Davis 16:57.4 8
16
Sage Bowen 17:51.2 15
24
Janie Roussin 18:30.1 22
25
Ruby Hansen 18:35.8 23
39
Kwamia Russell 19:17.9 33
Coach
Scott Hutchinson expressed his pride in his teams' performances after both the women's 4 kilometer race and the men's 6 kilometer race.
"I'm really proud with the start of our season with both teams. Tonight was about competing and knocking off the rust," said Coach Hutchinson. "Tyler and Addie led our teams really well tonight with their performances, and we had a good packaging behind them. I'm proud of everyone's effort."
Both teams plan to build off this performance at their next meet at Converse University on September 21st.
