Oct. 7, 2007

Complete Results

MEMPHIS--The Christian Brothers University cross country team hosted the largest night-time cross-country meet in the nation Saturday night at Mike Rose Soccer Complex. 1,689 runners representing 201 teams finished Saturday night's races, which ranged in age from middle school to college.

In the college race, the Bucs finished 18th of 42 teams, defeating nine Division I teams in the process and finishing third among the seven Gulf South Conference schools in the race. The Lady Bucs finished 36th of 41 teams, defeating one Division I team and finishing seventh of the nine GSC schools.

Junior Stephen Hill (Collierville, Tenn./Houston HS) led the way for the Bucs, finishing in 33rd place with an 8k time of 25:38. Hill finished fourth among NCAA Division II runners. Junior John Waldorf (South Elgin, Ill./St. Edward HS) also ran a strong race as he finished 73rd of 341 runners in 26:26.

As a team, CBU earned 517 points, defeating NCAA Division I schools Memphis, South Alabama, Alcorn State, Central Arkansas, Arkansas State, Mississippi Valley State, Nicholls State, Tennessee-Martin, and Jackson State. Drake won the men's race with 79 points.

Junior Kelly Summons (Memphis, Tenn./St. Agnes Academy) was the first Lady Buc to finish the 5k women's race, crossing the line in 22:15 to finish 226th out of 329 runners.

The Lady Bucs' 1031 points ranked 36th. Drake also won the women's race with 97 points, edging Saint Louis, who had 99 points.

The CBU cross country teams will be back in action in two weeks at the Gulf South Conference Championships Saturday, Oct. 20 at Veterans Park in Hoover, Ala.

2007 Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic Results:

Men's Teams:
1. Drake 79
2. Jacksonville State 110
3. Arkansas-Little Rock 126
4. Eastern Illinois 191
5. Saint Louis 225
6. Missouri - Rolla 226
7. Stephen F. Austin State 240
8. North Texas 249
9. Harding 326
10. Lipscomb  359
11. Centre 364
12. Texas A&M-Commerce 370
13. Alabama-Huntsville 392
14. Birmingham-Southern 405
15. Shorter 458
16. Northwest Missouri State 462
17. Austin Peay State 470
18. Christian Brothers 517
19. Memphis 524
20. Southern Arkansas 555
21. Cumberlands 604
22. Columbus State 617
23. South Alabama 636
24. Campbellsville  674
25. Clayton State  696
26. Alcorn State  724
27. Central Arkansas 750
28. West Alabama 766
29. Lyon 807
30. Arkansas State 833
31. Mississippi Valley State 843
32. North Alabama 861
33. Millsaps 895
34. Nicholls State 898
35. Tennessee-Martin 928
36. Xavier (La.) 946
37. Jackson State  958
38. Hendrix 960
39. Mississippi 1014
40. Bethel 1125
41. Lambuth  1204
42. Arkansas-Monticello 1302

CBU Men:
33. Stephen Hill 25:38.2
73. John Waldorf 26:26.8
136. Jordan Michael 27:16.6
186. Andrew Hayden 28:06.9
187. Rex Hammonds 28:07.4
210. Jimmy Whitaker 28:35.3
282. Daniel Syzdek 30:27.8
318. Spencer Cook 33:24.8
323. Antony Eddy 34:17.5

Women's Teams:
1. Drake 97
2. Saint Louis 99
3. Harding 119
4. Arkansas-Little Rock 129
5. Stephen F. Austin State 134
6. Alabama-Huntsville 240
7. Lipscomb 267
8. Northwest Missouri State 277
9. Eastern Illinois 284
10. Central Arkansas 316
11. Jacksonville State 346
12. Memphis 387
13. Birmingham-Southern 433
14. Columbus State 442
15. North Texas 480
16. Cumberlands 511
17. Arkansas Tech 519
18. Arkansas State 531
19. Tennessee-Martin 536
20. North Alabama 537
21. Shorter 579
22. Nicholls State 584
23. Southern Arkansas 615
24. Ouachita Baptist 624
25. Union 630
26. Centre 646
27. Hendrix 673
28. Mississippi 765
29. Bevill State 778
30. South Alabama 800
31. Xavier (La.) 809
32. Missouri-Rolla 885
33. Clayton State 1012
34. Crichton 1021
35. Texas A&M-Commerce 1023
36. Christian Brothers 1031
37. West Alabama 1056
38. Alcorn State 1072
39. Arkansas-Monticello 1105
40. Bethel 1106
41. Lyon 1131

CBU Women:
226. Kelly Summons 22:15.0
242. Alicia Scarborough 22:51.6
257. Kristen Kirkland 23:39.5
263. Emily Wong 23:57.7
265. Heather Gosnell 24:04.68
302. Amanda Fitzgerald 26:15.4
326. Kristi Prevost 31:31.7