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Laker men finish
fourth, Laker women place 12th at Jaguar Invitational
Berkhedle finishes third overall for Clayton State men
 AUGUSTA,
Ga. – September 22, 2007 – Running in
it second meet of the 2007
cross country season, the Clayton State Laker men’s cross country
team turned in another strong performance on Saturday, placing a
strong fourth at the Jaguar Invitational. The news wasn’t quite so
good for the Clayton State women, as the Lakers place 12 th
in the 15-team field.
The Laker men finished with 98 points,
finishing behind Benedict (64), Nova Southeastern (54) and Columbus
State (52).
Freshman Walid Berkhedle had his
breakthrough meet for the Lakers, finishing third overall out of 63
runners total with a time of 35:36.75 minutes in the 10-K event. He
finished two seconds behind O’Neil Williams from Benedict and a
minute off the pace of individual champion Emmanuel Kirwa from
Benedict.
Berkhedle finished 10 seconds ahead of
Columbus State’s Tim English, giving him the best finish of all
Peach Belt Conference runners competing in the meet.
"Walid has established himself as the
Peach Belt’s male frontrunner for the time being with another
fantastic finish," said Clayton State head coach Mike Mead. "He
showed patience and it paid off in the end."
In addition to Berkhedle, the Lakers had
two more runners place in the Top 25. Anthony Aguilar finished a
strong 11th
with a time of 36:41.60, while Joey Chino finished 21st
in 37:20.35. Rounding out the Clayton State scoring was Au Nguyen
finished 32nd
in 38:42.22, Jarrid Casimir finished 38th
in 39:53.48 and Jeremy Adkins placed 55th
in 45:50.12.
The Clayton State women finished its
meet with 316 points.
Freshman Chelsea Ellis had the best
performance for the Clayton State women, placing 26th
with a time of 27:43.31 in the 6K event. Terrica Hamilton placed 53rd
with a time of 29:33.04, followed by Kara Stokes in 80th
in 32:03.69, Isabelle Ahanotu in 93rd
in 34:55.54 and Titisha Cochran placed 96th
with a time of 35:53.43.
Clayton State’s next meet is the Georgia
Collegiates in Macon next Saturday (Sept. 29).
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