Winthrop

• 2008 Women's & Men's Results

LYNCHBURG, VA. – Sophomore runner Carey Phillips earned All-Big South Conference honors with a ninth place finish and both the Winthrop men's and women's cross country teams finished sixth in the 2008 New Balance Big South Cross Country Championships that were held Saturday morning on the campus of Liberty University.

The Liberty men and Coastal Carolina women won the team championships while High Point's  Zanett Kis took the top spot in the women's 5K to pick up Runner of the Year honors and the Flames' Sam Chelanga finished first in the men's 8K to take home the men's Runner of the Year honor.

For the women, Coastal Carolina finished with 54 points, followed by Liberty with 55 and High Point with 58.  VMI was fourth with 126 points, while Radford was fifth with 130 points.  In sixth was Winthrop with 143 points and in seventh was Big South newcomer Gardner-Webb 187 points.  UNC Asheville (193) and Charleston Southern (237) rounded out the list for the women

Kis posted a winning time of 18:23.  Phillips claimed ninth-place  with a time of 19:08 to earn All-Big South honors..

The Liberty men posted 28 points, followed by High Point (64) and VMI (79).  In fourth-place was Coastal Carolina with 134 points and UNC Asheville closed the top five 147 points.  Winthrop and Radford finished tied for sixth with 151 points.  Gardner-Webb finished eighth 224 and Charleston Southern was ninth with 240 points.

Chelanga posted a winning time of 24:32.  The top finisher for the Winthrop men was senior Gaines Bailey who covered the 8K course in a time of  xx.xx to finish 23rd..

Liberty's Brant Tolsma was named Coach of the Year for the men's team and the Alan Connie took home the women's Coach of the Year teams.  The other awards that were handed out following the meet were as follows:

2008 Runner of the Year (Men)
Sam Chelanga, Liberty

2008 Runner of the Year (Women)
Zsanett Kis, High Point

2008 Freshman of the Year (Men)
Anthony Berkis, High Point

2008 Freshman of theYear (Women)
Christian Johnson, Coastal Carolina

2008 Big South All-Conference Team (Men)
Sam Chelanga, Liberty
Jordan McDougal, Liberty
Jesse Cherry, High Point
Josh Edmonds, Liberty
Jamie McCarthy, Coastal Carolina
Dawit Legesse, Radford
Donnie Cowart, VMI
Ermin Mujezinovic, VMI
Anthony Burks, High Point
Jake Reed, Liberty

2008 All –Conference Team (Women)
Zsanett Kis, High Point
Rebekah Ricksecker, Liberty
Mia Wyszynski, Coastal Carolina
Maranie Staab, Coastal Carolina
Kali Burt, High Point
Hannah Granger, VMI
Christian Johnson, Coastal Carolina
Lori Crotts, Radford
Carey Phillips, Winthrop
Ashley Osborne, Liberty

2008 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Men)
Josh Edmonds, Liberty

2008 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Women)
Rebekah Ricksecker, Liberty

2008 Cross Country All-Academic Team (Women)
Rebekah Ricksecker, Liberty
Zsanett Kis, High Point
Carly Moss, Winthrop
Brittany Owens, Charleston Southern
Theresa Schamberger, Coastal Carolina
Lauren Bowers, Presbyterian
Beth Long, Gardner-Webb
Brittany Christian, Radford
Katherine Clark, UNC Asheville

2008 Cross Country All-Academic Team (Men)
Josh Edmonds, Liberty
Cole Atkins, High Point
Nick Abercrombie, Charleston Southern
Matt Satterwhite, VMI
Gaines Bailey, Winthrop
Nicholas Baer, Presbyterian
Andrew Burnette, UNC Asheville
Jamie McCarthy, Coastal Carolina
Joel Hanlon, Radford