October 18, 2010

Brilliant Weather for Annual Oglethorpe Invitational on Saturday

Thirteen colleges ran over a brilliant sunlit campus race course early Saturday morning in the annual cross country invitational. 

Truett-McConnell won the men's 8k followed by Chattahoochee Tech and Toccoa Falls.  Finishing first for Oglethorpe was freshman Robbie Capps posting his best time of the year and finishing 14th overall.  In the women's 5k Converse College captured the title followed by Georgia State and Clark-Atlanta.  Also earning her best time of the year, freshman Khadija Nisar finished first for Oglethorpe's women.

The Petrels will compete in the SCAC Championships on Saturday, October  30th in Seguin, Texas before closing out the season at the NCAA Regionals in Memphis, Tennessee on November 13th