Reese Paces Eagles at Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational

NEWTON, N.C.—Senior Hannah Reese (Brandon, Miss) led the Carson-Newman women's cross country team to a fourth-place performance at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational Saturday morning.

Reese cut nearly 30 seconds off her time from the first meet of the season at the Eye Opener Invitational.  She finished that race in 20:29, at Lenoir-Rhyne, she completed the course in 20:03. 

While Reese finished tops among Carson-Newman runners, a convocation of Eagles finished within nine spots of one another.   Meredith Nix (Walhalla, S.C.) came in 21^st with a time of 21:35, while Amanda Bowman (Greeneville, Tenn.) placed 23rd with a time of 21:40.  Stephanie Savino (Southland, N.Y.) was 25^th with a time of 21:58, with Samantha McConeghey (Johnston, Iowa) and Megan Farjellah (Murphy, N.C.) finished 26^th and 29^th respectively with times of 22:06 and 22:20. 

Meanwhile,  Luke Hall (Seymour, Tenn.) led the way for the men's team.  Hall finished 26^th as the men's team placing 6^th overall.

Hall cut 1:19 off his time from the Eye Opener with a 29:02 finish Saturday morning.

Angel Soriano (Weatherford, Tex.) finished 33^rd with a time of 29:38 and Stephen Patton (Ooltewah, Tenn.) came in 43^rd with a time of 30:22 to wrap up the Carson-Newman men's top three finishers.

Carson-Newman plays host to its home meet next weekend.  The Carson-Newman Invitational  is September 15^th at Panther Creek State Park (Morristown, Tenn.).

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