UNC Women Finish Second, Men Finish Twelfth AT Auburn Invitational

Oct. 2, 1999

Chapel Hill, N.C. - The University of North Carolina women's cross country team finished second and the men's team twelfth Friday at the Auburn Invitational in Auburn, Ala.

Senior Karen Everitt finished first for the Tar Heels and seventh overall with a time of 17:12.08 in the 5K race. The Tar Heel women also finished eleventh, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-third, thirty-second and forty-first in route to an 80-point performance and second place. Hanne Lyngstad of Tulane was the overall winner and Michigan State finished first in the team standings with 73 points. Georgia Tech took tenth place with 268 points, UNC-Asheville finished thirteenth with 373 points and Florida State finished twenty-second with 610 points.

The men also had a strong showing. Led by freshman David Stroupe, Carolina finished twelfth in the 33-team field with 360 points in the 8K race. Stroupe finished forty-sixth, with a time of 25:52.95. Princeton took first place with 85 points, Georgia Tech was tenth with 335 points and Florida State was twenty-third with 599 points.

RESULTS
Event 1 Women's 5,000 Meter Run                        
                              WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES                              
                                                                               
Rank School                  	Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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   1 Michigan State Univ.    	73    4    5   15   24   25   56   64          
      Total time: 1:27:02.00                                                   
         Average:   17:24.40                                                   
   2 Univ. North Carolina  	80    7   11   19   20   23   32   41          
      Total time: 1:27:17.47                                                   
         Average:   17:27.49                                                   
   
COMP# ATHLETE NAME              SCHOOL          AVG MILE        TIME SCORE
435 Everitt, Karen            Univ. North Carolina  5:32    17:12.08     7
441 Walker, Rebecca           Univ. North Carolina  5:33    17:14.96    11
439 Tanner, Heather           Univ. North Carolina  5:39    17:36.21    19
438 Smith, Julie              Univ. North Carolina  5:40    17:36.45    20
442 Weber, Whitney            Univ. North Carolina  5:43    17:47.58    32
436 Jilcott, Stephanie        Univ. North Carolina  5:47    17:59.82    41
Event 2 Men's 8,000 Meter Run                         
                               MEN'S TEAM SCORES                               
                                                                               
Rank School                 	Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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1 Princeton Univ.            	85    4    9   11   25   36   37   47          
      Total time: 2:05:24.14                                                   
         Average:   25:04.83
12 Univ. North Carolina     	360   46   61   65   90   98   99  120          
      Total time: 2:11:28.80                                                   
         Average:   26:17.76                                                   
COMP# ATHLETE NAME              SCHOOL          AVG MILE        TIME SCORE
449 Stroupe, David               Univ. North Carolina  5:12    25:52.95    46
451 Weiss, Matt                  Univ. North Carolina  5:14    26:05.17    61
447 Iauco, Nick                  Univ. North Carolina  5:15    26:08.73    65
443 Borbet, Robert               Univ. North Carolina  5:20    26:35.49    90
450 Victor, Dash                 Univ. North Carolina  5:23    26:46.46    98
448 McRae, Terrance              Univ. North Carolina  5:30    27:20.45   120