Wilbourn Kosgei and Transese Boston lead Royals at FSC/Region XIV competition
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Royals’ men cross-country team ran to a fourth place finish on Saturday, November 03, scoring an 80, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University won the competition with a score of 26 on the 8k course.
Wilbourn Kosgei led the Royals, making a second place finish at 26:23; Kosgei’s second place finish qualified him for the All FSC & All Region XIV team, which is given to the top 10 runners for the All-Region team and the top seven for the All-FSC team. Kosgei’s time also qualified him for the NAIA Cross-Country Nationals in Kenosha, Wis. Webber International University’s Austin Richmond came in first place with a time of 25:34.
Cornelius Rotich also qualified for Nationals in Wisconsin landing in 15th place with a time of 28:56. Alston Troy was the next Royal to cross the finish line with a time of 31:47 to finish in 24th place; the remaining Royal runners came in the next four places, with Jeremy Harris at 32:00, Chris River at 32:11, Christopher Moon at 32:41 and Gavin Valentine at 33:57.
The women’s cross-country team ran to a third place finish scoring a 72, Embry-Riddle also won the women’s competition with a score of 22 on the 5k course.
Transese Boston led the Royals placing eight with a 21:08 time; her time also landed her on the All Region XIV team and qualified her for Nationals. Senior Tabitha Knauer followed with an 11th place finish with a time of 21:31. Knauer’s time also qualifies her for Nationals, making her the first in Warner Southern College Cross Country history to become a four time National Qualifier.
Merisa Knauer followed with a 22:03 time to land in 14th place, Rhonda Rininger was 18th at 22:31, Yosmilia Pinerez was 29th at 25:43, April Girard was 32nd at 26:09, and Arlicia Adkins closed it out for the Royals’ runners with a 39th place finish at 27:59.
The National qualifiers will return to action for the NAIA Cross Country Nationals in Kenosha, Wis. on Nov. 17.
10.10.07
WSC’s men cross country finished 18th and women finished 27th at Walt Disney World’s Cross Country Classic
Lake Buena Vista, Fla. – The Warner Southern men’s and women’s cross country teams continued to show improvement this past weekend, as they placed 18th and 27th respectively at the highly competitive Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic. The Royals saw tough competition at the event as the majority of the teams that competed were from the NCAA D-D-II level and I. South Dakota State won the event for the men and University of Tampa won for the women. Nicolas Kering from Chattahoochee Tech and Laura Woznicki from University of Tampa won the individual events.
Wilborn Kosgei led the Royals for the second event in a row as he placed tenth out of 327 runners with a time of 25:57 in the 8k run. Cornelius Rotich placed 106th with a time of 28:11, Ahmad Rutherford placed 130th with a time of 28:36, Alex Russell placed 174th with a time of 29:43, Jeremy Harris placed 218th with a time of 31:01, Chris Rivera placed 237th with a time of 31:33 and Alston Troy quickly followed placing 238th with a time of 31:34. Gavin Valentine closed out for the Royals placing 263rd with a time of 33:18.
Arlicia Adkins led the women in the 5k event by placing 113th out of 366 runners with a time of 20:28. Merissa Knauer placed 164th with a time of 21:15, Tabitha Knauer placed 192nd with a time of 21:44, Rhonda Rininger placed 200th with a time of 21:52, Tranese Boston placed 260th with a time of 23:09, April Girard placed 287th with a time of 23:51, Yosmilia Pinerz placed 318th with a time of 25:08 and Lauren Kisner closed out the event for the Royals placing 335th with a time of 26:03.
Both teams are ranked third in the Region XIV cross-country polls and will return to action on October 13 at the Stetson Hatter Invitational in Deland, Fla. at 4 p.m.
09.24.07
Royals’ men and women cross country teams improve at 2007 ERAU/Smoothie King Classic
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Warner Southern’s men and women cross country team competed on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Smoothie King Classic hosted by FSC opponent Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Both teams had their best showing so far for the season; the men improved tremendously within one week going from a DNQ to placing fifth this week with 157 total points. The women continue to progess over the season as they placed third with 106 total points. The Eagles’ men and women each took home the team title for the event.
Wilbourn Kosgei led the men in the 8k Run by placing fifth with a time of 27:51. Cornelius Rotich placed 24th with a time of 30:02, Alexander Russell placed 42nd with a time of 31:08, Troy Alston placed 61st with a time of 32:43, Jeremy Harris placed 73rd with a time of 33:51, Christopher Rivera placed 81st with a time of 34:56, Gavin Valentine placed 87th with a time of 36:12 and Amari Dale rounded out all Royals’ men runners placing 95th with a time of 38:06.
For the first time this season the women’s team saw a new lead runner with Tabitha Knauer leading the Royals placing 13th with a time of 22:05. Tranese Boston placed 21st with a time of 22:31, Arilicia Adkins quickly followed placing 23rd with a time of 22:41. Merissa Knauer placed 32nd with a time of 23:01, Rhonda Rininger placed 42nd with a time of 23:20, April Girard placed 66th with a time of 26:14 and Qualonda Whitfield closed it out for the Royals’ women runners placing 70th with a time of 26:30.
The Royals return to action on October 6 at the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic in Orlando, Fla.
09.17.07
Royals’ women placed sixth at University of Tampa Early Bird Classic, Men DNQ
Brandon, Fla. - In their second meet of the season Warner Southern’s woman cross country team continue to show improvement by taking sixth place at the UT Early Bird Classic hosted by the University of Tampa on Friday, September 14. The men also competed but failed to qualify. Embry-Riddle won the race for the men while host team University of Tampa won for the women.
The women’s team finished with 155 total points and sophomore Arilicia Adkins for the second week was the Royals’ top runner placing 26th with a time of 21:55. Merissa Knauer quickly followed placing 27th with a time of 21:59. Rhonda Rininger and Tranese Boston tied for 32nd place with a time of 22:17. April Girard placed 61st with a time of 24:51 and Melissa Darr closed it out for the Royals’ runners by placing 65th with a time of 25:52.
Although the men did not qualify, the meet was a good indicator for the team to see where they need the most improvement. Both teams will return to action on Saturday, September 22 at the ERAU Invitational held in Daytona Beach, Fla.; the race begins at 7:30 a.m.
09.10.07
Women's Cross Country
Warner Southern women’s cross country finished 15th at Mountain Dew Gator Invitational
Gainesville, Fla. – Warner Southern College finished 15th with 415 total points and sophomore Arilicia Adkins was the Royals’ top runner placing 76th with a time of 21:07.72 at the University of Florida Mountain Dew Invitational on Friday September 7. Invitational host University of Florida won the team event with Sonja Friend Juhl an unattached runner winning the individual race.
Tabitha Knauer placed 108th with a time of 22:01.98, Sophomore Merissa Knauer placed 117th with a time of 22:24.86, Rhonda Rininger quickly followed placing 119th with a time of 22:28.23 and junior April Girard closed it out for the Royals’ scorers by finishing 158th with a time of 25:30.26.
This initial meet was a good gauge for the team to see how they would stack up against some tough competition, the Royals were one of only two NAIA teams in the competition, the meet included 10 NCAA Division I schools and 6 NCAA Division II schools. The Royals placed higher than Division II schools Flagler College, Rollins College and Saint Leo University.
The Royals will see action again on Friday, September 14 at the University of Tampa Early Bird Classic in Brandon, Fla.; the race begins at 6 p.m.
09.23.06 Women's Crosscountry Knauer and Bishop Finish Top 25
Hoover, AL - Tabitha Knauer and Talisa Bishop did a great job running for the Royals as they led their team to a Sixth place finish out of 20 schools this weekend.
Knauer placed 22nd with a time of 21:18.60 and Bishop finished 25th with a time of 21:31.50.
Contributing to the success of the Lady Royals were teammates Tranese Boston (47th-22:18.10), Merissa Knauer (61st-22:42.90) and Melissa Darr (78th-23:13.10).
The Lady Royals also defeated many Division I & II schools as well as Webber International University.
09.18.06 Cross Country Bishop Leads Lady Royals
The Warner Southern College (WSC) Lady Royals placed 14th out of 20 teams at the 2006 UF Mountain Dew Gator Run.
Talisa Bishop finished the course in 19:50.29 to place 57th. Great runs by Tabitha Knauer (20:13.52), Tranese Boston (20:52.29), Merissa Knauer (21:23.13) and Melissa Darr (22:03.33) helped the Lady Royals defeat Stetson, Florida A&M, Flagler Colelge, Pasco-Hernando Community College, St. Leo and conference rival St. Thomas.
The ladies were out run by all Division I & II teams.
Complete standings on the men’s and women’s cross country team can be found on their schedules page by clicking on the results.
09.09.06 Cross Country Lady Royals Finish Fifth at UT Invite
The Lady Royals cross country team also placed fifth just behind UF, UT, FSC and USF. The Lady Royals came in ahead of Webber International, Rollins College and St. Leo University.
Leading the ladies was Talisa Bishop (26) with a time of 20:59:00 and Tabitha Knauer (29) 21:10:00, Merissa Knauer (34) 22:04:00, Tranese Boston (35) 22:07:00 and Arlica Adkins (39) 23:00:00 all finishing wit respecitve times behind her.
The Royals next race is Saturday, September 16, 7:30 a.m. at the University of Florida Gator Invitational.
09.07.06 Cross Country Tampa Cross Country Set To Host UT Early Bird Classic Sports Information, University of Tampa
Tampa, Fla. – The University of Tampa cross country team will host the UT Early Bird Classic, featuring eight men’s and women’s team, beginning tomorrow at 6:00 pm. In addition to Tampa, Division I University of Florida and University of South Florida will also participate in the race. The other teams include Florida Southern, Saint Leo and Rollins from the Sunshine State Conference, along with Warner Southern and Webber.
The site of the race is the Sydney Dover Trails in Valrico, with the men’s 4-mile race scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm followed by the women’s 5K race at 6:40 pm. While there is no limit to the number of runners per team, the top five finishers per school will count towards the overall score of the teams.
Tampa enters the race with high expectations as the women’s team has advanced to two consecutive NCAA Championship appearances while winning three consecutive SSC titles. The Spartan women are led by junior Laura Woznicki, who led Tampa with a top time of 11:46, at the USF Cross Country Relays last weekend. Heralded freshman Paige Williams recorded a time of 12:10 in the race as the Spartans defeated USF.
The Spartan men are led by two-time first-team all-SSC runner David Forry, who was also an all-South Region runner as a sophomore last year. While winning the USF Cross Country Relays, Tampa was led by Forry (10:22) and freshman Anthony Nicolosi (10:38).
Directions to the Sydney Dover Trail Park are as follows:
Take I-75 to Brandon exit. Go east on Highway 60 where the park is located on the right. The entrance is just past Sydney Washer Road.
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