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Clayton State
women place second,
men place third at North Georgia
Lakers’ Kreutzer
wins women’s race in 12:14.58 minutes
Women's Results
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Men's Results
 DAHLONEGA,
Ga. --- AUGUST 26, 2006 ---
The 2006 cro ss
country season started on Saturday for the Clayton State Laker
women’s and men’s squads, and both teams posted solid results at the
North Georgia Challenge at Yahoola Park. The Laker women finished
second in the women’s race, while the Clayton State men placed third
in the men’s race.
Clayton State’s women recorded 61 points, second only to winner
Georgia College with 32. Host North Georgia placed third with 69
points, followed by Clark-Atlanta with 119 and Toccoa Falls with
150. In the men’s race, the Lakers recorded 91 points, finishing
behind second place Morehouse (49) and winner Georgia College (46).
Rounding out the men’s standings was host North Georgia (122),
Toccoa Falls (133) and Clark-Atlanta (241).
Individually for
Clayton State,
Allison Kreutzer started the season off with a bang in the women’s
race. The two-time Division II All-American won the event with a
time of 12:14.58 minutes, finishing 19 seconds ahead of Laker
teammate Angela Cobb (12:33.46). Other Laker finishers included
Maria Larsen (14th – 15:01), Katelyn Stache (17th
– 15:17.43), Terrica Hamilton (27th – 15:58.90), Elena
Bondari (38th – 18:14.40) and Isabelle Ahanotu (40th
– 18:31.34).
For the Clayton State men, the Lakers had two runners place in the
Top 10. Nelson Lopez finished fourth in a time of 18:17.56, while
Chris Ritchie finished ninth with a time of 18:39.82. The rest of
the Laker scoring went as follows – Peter Gadja (18th –
19:17.18), Billy Brown (29th – 20:25.12), Travis Morris
(31st – 20:47.28) and David Taylor (35th –
21:41.96).
Clayton State returns to action on Sept. 9 as both teams will
compete in the PBC Pre-Conference Meet in Columbus.
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