Sept. 10, 2016
AUBURN, Ala. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" The Auburn women's cross country team finished second, while the men finished third at the Furman Classic on Saturday at the Furman Gold Club in Greenville, S.C.
"We are very happy with how we finished," Auburn head coach Mark Carroll said. "This is a very tough meet that we come to every year to try a gauge where we stand. We didn't slow down training for this meet, so to come away with two solid finishes, is good."
Senior Veronica Eder again led the way for the women's squad with a second place finish and a career high in the women's 6k, running a 20:39.05.
"Veronica had a very good run that ended with a sprint to the finish. Right now, Veronica is training hard with a vision for the SEC Championships and beyond. I think that she handled this challenge well.
Junior Anna Nelson finished seventh for the Tigers with a 21:57.42. Nelson was followed by Emily Stevens (22:04.49) and Kenzley Defler (22:06.80), who finished ninth and tenth respectively. Rachel Givens rounded out the scoring for Auburn, finishing 20th with a 22:46.98.
On the men's side, the Tigers scored 102 points to finish third in the men's 8k behind No. 20 Furman and NCAA DII No. 19 Mount Olive. Junior Kevin Wyss led the way, finishing ninth for Auburn, running a 25:17.04. Juniors Mitchell Gomez and Wesley Curles finished 17th and 18th respectively. Coleman Churitch finished 29th with a time of 26:11.81, while freshman Erik Armes (26:22.58) finished 35th to round out the scoring for the men.
Auburn cross country will return to action next weekend in Nashville, Tenn. at the Commodore Invitational.
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