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Belmont Captures Fifth A-Sun Championship
Date Posted: 10/28/2006 BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Belmont ran strong Saturday morning on a hilly course and under windy conditions, putting four runners in the top eight to claim the 2006 A-Sun Cross Country team title on the campus of Gardner-Webb University. Campbell’s Alicia Valtin captured individual championship honors for the second year in a row, as the A-Sun’s Runner of the Year won the race with a time of 17:58. For Belmont, Lauren Williams finished second to pace the quartet of All-Conference runners, covering the 5K course in 18:42. Elizabeth Smothers (5th, 19:18), Whitney Thurman (7th, 19:19) and Freshman of the Year Brittany Thune (8th, 19:24) rounded out that group for the champions. Laura Kaplan finished 24th to round out the scoring for the 2006 champions – as Belmont finished 14 points ahead of second-place North Florida. UNF put two runners on the All-Conference team to finish second, as Sarah Coughlin (3rd, 18:49) and Amanda Davey (4th, 19:01) finished strong for the Ospreys. Kennesaw State, the 2005 team champion, captured third, Campbell finished fourth, Jacksonville came in fifth, Lipscomb finished sixth and Gardner-Webb took seventh – eight points behind the Bisons. Gardner-Webb’s Katherine Warden earned All-Conference honors with a 10th-place finish (19:31). Michele Milner (22nd) also finished in the top-25 for GWU. Bree Tharpe (36th), Abby Callahan (42nd) and Beth Long (43rd) rounded out the Bulldogs’ top-5. Mercer captured eighth, ETSU finished ninth and Stetson was 10th in the final team standings. Belmont’s Seth Sheridan was named A-Sun Coach of the Year. Team Results (Pts) Runner of the Year: Alicia Valtin, Campbell University Coach of the Year: Seth Sheridan, Belmont University Freshman of the Year: Brittany Thune, Belmont University All-Freshman Team All-Conference
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