Oct. 9, 2006

Final Stats

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL - Behind Irene Jeptolo's 30^th-place finish, the Winston-Salem State University women's cross country team earned a 26^th-place team finish at the 2006 Disney Women's Cross Country Classic at the Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, FL on Saturday afternoon.

Jeptolo turned in the Lady Rams' best finish as she recorded a time of 19:15.58 en route to completing the 5k course in 30th place.

Following Jeptolo was Tomita Ferguson who turned in a 147th-place finish with a time of 21:56.45 as she and Jeptolo were the only to WSSU runners to crack the top 150.

Rounding out the WSSU finishers were Sandy Harrison who finished 188^th (22:45.30), Vernae McDonald who finished 223^rd (23:50.54), and Malliron Hodge who completed the course in 242^nd place (24:56.65) 

The Lady Rams recorded a 26^th place finish as a team with a combined score of 727 en route to defeating six other schools, including USC-Aiken, Bethune-Cookman College and Tennessee Wesleyan.  WSSU turned in an average finish time of 22:32.91.

WSSU will return to action on October 14, 2006 at the North Carolina Central University Cross Country Invitational at Forest Hills Park in Durham, NC.

For additional information on WSSU women's cross country, contact the WSSU Office of Sports Information at (336) 750-2143 or log on to the Official Website of WSSU Athletics at www.WSSURAMS.com

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