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Contact: Gary Holden, Sports
Information Director
(540) 365-4306
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- October 26, 2002
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- Cross Country Teams Successful at Dixie Meet
- Women' Place Second, Men Third
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- Ferrum, Va. - The Ferrum College women's and men's cross country teams
finished second and third, respectively, at the 2002 Dixie Conference Cross
Country Championship, held at Hagan-Stone Park in Greensboro, North
Carolina, October 26, 2002.
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- Junior Lalita
Brim (Ararat, Va./Patrick County) was second individually, with a time
of 23:03 to lead the Ferrum women to a second-place team finish. This
marks the third consecutive year that Ferrum's women have earned runner-up
honors in the Dixie. Brim, pictured here, earned her third
All-Conference first team honor, having placed second in 2001 and third in
2000.
Sophomore Kelly
Bradish (Candler, N.C./Enka) earned her second consecutive All-Conference award with a 10-place
finish in a time of 25:02. Senior Julie
Burton (Nathalie, Va./Halifax County) earned her fourth straight
All-Conference award with her 11th-place finish in a time of 25:25.
Both runners earned All-Conference second team honors this afternoon.
Christopher Newport University won the team title with 19 points, followed
by Ferrum at 57 and Shenandoah University at 107. Rounding out the
team scores were Methodist College at 110, Greensboro College at 125, and
Averett University at 140.
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- On the men's side, junior Dwayne
Williams (Stuart, Va./Patrick County) earned All-Conference first team
honors with a 7th-place finish in a time of 28:18. This is Williams'
third straight All-Conference award. He led Ferrum's men to a
3rd-place team finish.
Christopher Newport won the men's race with a score of 15
points. Greensboro was second at 61, followed by Ferrum at 65, Averett at 113, Methodist at 138, and
Shenandoah at 189. For more information, contact the Ferrum Sports Information Office at
365-4306.
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