Oct. 31, 2009
Complete Release Men's Results 
Complete Release Women's Results
OXFORD, Miss. - The Auburn men's cross country team earned a trio of top-five finishes while Holly Knight paced the women with a sixth-place finish at the 2009 SEC Championship meet hosted by Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss Saturday morning.
Senior All-American Felix Kiboiywo was Auburn's top finisher on the day, as he took third with a time of 24:37.08 in the 8K race. Fellow senior Jean-Pierre Weerts turned in the best performance of his SEC career with a fourth-place finish behind Kiboiywo, clocking a time of 24:41. Ben Cheruiyot rounded out the top-five finishers for the Tigers with a time of 24:52.44.
Auburn's other finishers on the men's side were Scott Novack who placed 16th with a time of 25:20.38. Jeff Sanders took 61st with a time of 27:28.01. Charles Mitchell was the Tigers' final finisher with a time of 29:01.54.
Barnabas Kirui of Ole Miss was the race champion after finishing with a time of 24:24.75. He was followed by Arkansas' Dorian Ulrey, who clocked a 24:33.30. Alabama was the overall team champion with 56 points, while Arkansas placed second with 61, 25 ahead of the third-place Tigers.
With the Tigers placing three runners in the top-10, Auburn tied Arkansas, who also placed three runners in the top-10 (Dorian Ulrey, 2nd, Lane Boyer, 8th and Solomon Haile, 9th.
On the women's side, Knight paced the Tigers once again with a sixth-place, 21:26.58 finish in the 6K race. She was followed by Stephanie Barnes who finished nearly eight-second behinds Knight with a time of 21:34.30.
Senior Laurel Pritchard placed 29th in the final SEC race of her career with a time of 22:33.91. She was followed by junior Cathryn Albright who placed 47th with a time of 23:11.64 and Grace Pritchard who came in 69th (23:54.97).
Auburn's final scorer was junior Allison Smith who placed 73rd after registering a 24:03.87.
Florida had the top-two finishers in the race as Rebecca Lowe and Charlotte Browning placed first and second for the Gators, propelling them to a team championship. Tennessee placed second with 80 points, narrowly edging out Arkansas, who had 87 points. Georgia came in fourth with 118 points, followed by Alabama (141 points) and Vanderbilt (142 points).
The team will next be in action as the Tigers head to the NCAA South Regional hosted by the University of Alabama on Nov. 14, facing many of the same opponents that were present at Saturday's SEC Championship meet.