Bees Edge Bobcats for Women’s Cross Country Title
Donnie Smith
Official Results
LAKELAND, Fla.—Teammates Jessy Scarpone and Lemi Wutz set the tone for SCAD Savannah to return to the top of The Sun Conference in women’s cross country.
The tandem covered the 5,000 meter course at Holloway Park side-by-side, crossing the finish line hand-in-hand to lead the Bees to their fifth Sun Conference title in the last six years.
Sarah Foreman was ninth with Hannah Sharp 11
th and Tess St. John rounding out the scoring in 20
th.
St. Thomas was just four points behind SCAD, finishing second. The Bobcats were paced by Sarah Bomkamp in fifth in 18:57 and Susana Gutierrez six seconds behind Bomkamp in sixth.
Defending champion Southeastern finished third, led by Freshman of the Year Julia Rohm who was third in 18:38.
Freshman Mary Goetz led Ave Maria to a fourth-place finish, placing fourth herself in 18:54.
Rohm, Goetz, Bomkamp, and Gutierrez all earned individual bids to the NAIA National Championship, as did SCAD Savannah as a team.
For his efforts in guiding SCAD to the title, coach Patrick Reagan was named Coach of the Year by his peers.
The top seven runners earned First Team All-Sun Conference recognition, with the next seven named to the second team.
2018 Women's Cross Country Final Team Standings
1. SCAD Savannah 43
2. St. Thomas 47
3. Southeastern 52
4. Ave Maria 91
5. USCB 170
6. Webber International 185
7. Keiser 196
8. Warner 207
2018 Women’s Cross Country First Team All-Sun Conference
Jessy Scarpone, SCAD Savannah
Lemi Wutz, SCAD Savannah
Julia Rohm, Southeastern
Mary Goetz, Ave Maria
Sarah Bomkamp, St. Thomas
Susana Gutierrez, St. Thomas
Kelsi Ogilvie, Southeastern
2018 Women’s Cross Country Second Team All-Sun Conference
Maddison Welch, Southeastern
Sarah Foreman, SCAD Savannah
Andrea Peterson, St. Thomas
Hannah Sharp, SCAD Savannah
Lesley Marcin, St. Thomas
Michaela Elmer, Ave Maria
Sofia Young, St. Thomas
Freshman of the Year
Julia Rohm, Southeastern
Coach of the Year
Patrick Reagan, SCAD Savannah