Oct. 15, 2011
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Georgia Tech used top-10 finishes by juniors Patrick Barron and Shawn Roberts to lead the Yellow Jackets to an impressive first-place finish at the Crimson Classic here Saturday morning.
Tech topped 20 other teams in the 8k race, including Southeastern Conference squads from host Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn.
The Yellow Jacket women’s team finished ninth out of 25 teams in their 5k event.
Barron posted a time of 25:10.33 to finish fifth individually, 21 seconds off the pace set by Alabama’s Carrison Kernei. Roberts finished 10th with a time of 25:30.12. Sophomore Alec Clifford (23rd) and Niall Longobardi (27th) also finished in the top 30 for the men’s team.
Alabama, running on its home course, finished first in the women’s race, followed by Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia.
Tech was led by freshman Katie Townsend (40th place), senior Maureen McMeekin (51st) and junior Katie Vance (57th).
Both races Saturday were held at the same course that will host the Nov. 12 NCAA Regional.
The Yellow Jackets return to action in two weeks at the ACC Championships in Clemson, S.C.
CRIMSON CLASSIC RESULTS
MEN’S 8k
1 Carrison Kemei Alabama 24:49.25
2 Chris Bodary Tennessee 25:01.59
3 Nabil Hamid Kennesaw State 25:02.14
4 Martin Kirui Mississippi 25:04.03
5 Patrick Barron Georgia Tech 25:10.33 5 6 Alex Bruce-Littlewood McNeese State 25:13.30
7 Joel Rop Alabama 25:21.47
8 Adam Saloom Stephen F. Austin 25:22.88
9 Charles Sparks Georgia 25:24.58
10 Shawn Roberts Georgia Tech 25:30.12
Other Georgia Tech Finishers
23 Alec Clifford 25:48.06
27 Niall Longobardi 25:52.23
65 Eric Powers 26:42.13
68 Austen Gutierrez 26:46.84
84 Doug Black 27:28.31
99 Nat Estes 27:57.53
102 Cameron Reid 27:59.94
Team Results
1 Georgia Tech 83
2 Auburn 122
3 Mississippi 131
4 Stephen F. Austin 132
5 Alabama 133
6 Georgia 156
7 Kennesaw State 159
8 Tennessee 166
9 Memphis 176
10 Alabama-Huntsville 179
11 McNeese State 187
12 Jacksonville St. 380
13 Tulane 400
14 Charleston Southern 413
15 Valdosta State 427
15 Samford 427
17 Mississippi Valley 477
18 Nicholls State 529
19 North Alabama 554
20 Fort Valley State 584
21 Stillman 595
WOMEN’S 5K
Georgia Tech Finishers
40 Katie Townsend 18:47.16
51 Maureen McMeekin 18:56.09
57 Katie Vance 19:03.45
61 Mary Kownack 19:08.83
63 Kelly Meyer 19:12.01
66 Rachel Hammond 19:13.68
81 Morgan Jackson 19:31.63
93 Diana Pressel 19:42.68
94 Megan Breitbach 19:43.56
97 Lauren Young 19:47.24
110 Laura Serres 19:59.84
127 Laura Nelson 20:13.39
Team Results
1 Alabama 88
2 Mississippi 91
3 Tennessee 127
4 Georgia 181
5 Western Kentucky 193
6 Samford 207
7 Auburn 237
8 Stephen F. Austin 247
9 Georgia Tech 253
10 Memphis 256
11 McNeese State 263
12 Jacksonville St. 289
13 Nicholls State 300
14 Tulane 315
15 Southern Miss. 367
16 Alabama State 432
17 Kennesaw State 484
18 Alabama-Huntsville 507
19 Charleston Southern 535
20 Mississippi Valley 567
21 Valdosta State 580
22 North Alabama 627
23 Gadsden State CC
24 Stillman 758
25 Fort Valley State
