Women's Cross Country Earns Sixth Place Finish at SAC Championship

SALISBURY, N.C. - The Mars Hill women's cross country team finished in sixth place at the 2014 South Atlantic Conference Championships, held at Salisbury Community Park in Salisbury, N.C.

Senior Jessica Viscusi finished in third place with a 5-kilometer time of 18:37.85. Faith Trammell took home a sixth place finish with a time of 19:10.99. Megan Smith finished in 20^th place after crossing the finish line in 19:51.68. Anje Kidd navigated the course in 20:22.98 to finish in 39^th, followed by Dawn Radford in 42^nd with a time of 20:34.85. Savannah Hulbert finished in 44^th with a time of 20:56.45, closely followed by Shelby Robinson in 45^th as she posted a 21:04.03 mark. Viscusi and Trammell earned First Team All-SAC honors, with Smith earning Honorable Mention recognition.

Other finishers for the Lions were Andrea Wolfrey (22:20.74), Kaleigh Jackson (22:34.12) and Vanessa Viscusi (23:38.16).

Mars Hill will compete at the Southeast Regional Championships in two weeks in Montevallo, Ala.

2014 Runner of the Year (Women)

Megan Wright, Queens 

2014 Freshman of the Year (Women)

Haylee Love, Anderson 

2014 All –Conference Team (Women)

First Team

Megan Wright, Queens

Catie Byrd, Queens

Jessica Viscusi, Mars Hill

Alyssa Johnson, Wingate

Hannah Cook, Brevard

Kristen Trammell, Mars Hill

Morgan Neher, Wingate

Second Team

Haylee Love, Anderson

Chloe Newell, Lenior-Rhyne

Alex Dixon, Anderson

Sam Hering, Wingate

Valerie Griesche, Wingate

Bri Stevens, Wingate

Olivia Gardner, Anderson

Honorable Mention

Shauntel Smullen, Coker

Lauren Bourne, Lenoir-Rhyne

Kelly Brown, Lincoln Memorial

Paige Smith, Lenoir Rhyne

Allie Vincent, Lincoln Memorial

Megan Smith, Mars Hill

Katie Swindle, Lincoln Memorial

Results

Photo Courtesy of Tim Cowie/theSacphotos.com