North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Men Win Southeast Regional; Women Finish Second
11/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Nov. 16, 2002
Women's Results | Men's Results
Greenville, N.C. - NC State qualified for the NCAA Championships on Saturday with one and two finishes in the Southeast Regional Championships in Greenville, N.C. The men's squad penetrated three runners into the top 10, with its two remaining scorers taking top-25 honors to post the low score and take the District III title with 66 points. The women finished second behind ACC Co-Champions Wake Forest with a score of 83 points, also placing three runners in the top 10.
Devin Swann was the Wolfpack's top finisher for the men. Finishing the 10K course in a time of 30:05.8, Swann took fourth place. ACC Champion David Patterson finished second for the Wolfpack to take eighth place, while Ricky Brookshire took 10th. Dean Bowker finished in 21st for NC State. All four runners captured all-district honors with top 25 finishes.
The Wolfpack's fifth runner also scored in the top 25. Kurtis Marlowe finished 28th overall, but with the presence of three unattached runners finishing ahead of him, he takes 25th in scoring.
David Christian and Bryce Ruiz also ran for the Wolfpack on Saturday. Christian finished in 29th place, while Ruiz, a true freshman, finished 96th.
Clemson's Jason Meany was the individual winner in the race, finishing in a time of 29:50.3. The team from William and Mary finished second behind the Pack.
The women were again paced by Kristin Price. Price finished second overall with a time of 19:46.5. Josianne Lauber finished seventh and Kristina Roth took ninth. All three took all-conference honors just two weeks ago with top-10 performances.
Janelle Vadnais finished fourth for the Wolfpack in 28th place, while Abagail Nelkie took 37th to round out the five scoring runners.
Diana Henderson and Megan Coombs also ran in the district meet. Henderson finished in 47th. Coombs, who ran in just her second race of the season, fished in 62nd.
UNC's Shalane Flanagan won the women's race for the third consecutive year. The top five finishing schools are all members of the ACC. Wake Forest (76), NC State (83), Virginia (93), Duke (98) and UNC (114) again proved that the conference is one of the deepest in the nation.
The top two team finishers and the top four individuals not associated with those teams qualify for the national championships to be held in Terre Haute, Indiana on Nov. 25. Both NC State teams will be making their seventh consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships.
