Three earn All-SoCon honors; men third at SoCon
Elon, N.C. - Mike Koech and Joey Thompson were named first-team All-SoCon and Andy Clyne was second-team All-SoCon on the men's side.
On the women's team, Sherrika Jordan earned wecond-team All-SoCon honors.
Koech led the men's team as he finished in second place. His time of 25:03.59 was just over three seconds behind Emmanuel Kirwa from Chattanooga who won the race. Thompson wasn't too far behind as his time of 25:17.49 was good for fifth place.
Andy Clyne earned his all-conference honors with a 14th-place finish in a time of 25:49.29. AJ Savoia also turned in a top-20 finish by running a 26:08.64.
Jordan earned all-conference honors for the second consecutive season as she turned in an eighth place performance with a time of 18:66.02. Kerry Hartman just missed out on all-conference honors as she finished in 17th place with a time of 19:06.58.
Freshmen Shaina Sumney and Chelsea Sumney came in 32nd and 37th place, respectively, to miss all-freshman honors by just over 10 seconds.
The Spartans will now take two weeks off before competing at the NCAA Southeast Regional on Nov. 14 in Louisville, Ky.
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Men's results:
Individual:
2. Mike Koech, 25:03.59; 5. Joey Thompson, 25:17.49; 14. Andy
Clyne, 25:49.29; 20. AJ Savoia, 26:08.64; 43. Terry Wyatt,
27:02.10; 57. Ben Vasquez, 27:26.78; 62. Cory Bowen,
27:37.90; 64. Brian
Carrington, 27:43.27; 78. Taylor Day, 28:42.37
Team:
1. Appalachian State, 44
2. Davidson, 82
3. UNC Greensboro, 83
4. Chattanooga, 109
5. Elon, 134
6. Furman, 146
7. Western Carolina, 158
8. College of Charleston, 203
9. The Citadel, 218
10. Samford, 261
11. Wofford, 276
First-team All-SoCon:
Mike Koech
Joey Thompson
Second-team All-SoCon:
Andy Clyne
Women's results:
Individual:
8. Sherrika Jordan, 18:55.02; 17. Kerry Hartman, 19:06.58; 32.
Shaina Sumney, 19:27.31; 37. Chelsea Sumney, 19:36.83; 45. Caitlin
Lenz, 19:45.76; 57. Jenna Paley, 20:06.34; 59. Tiffany Garber,
20:10.26; 79. Jade Farlow, 20:52.40; 80. Michelle Chewens,
20:54.27;
Team:
1. Samford, 74
2. Elon, 75
3. Appalachian State, 83
4. Furman, 93
5. Davidson, 110
6. Chattanooga, 134
7. UNC Greensboro, 138
8. Western Carolina, 168
9. College of Charleston, 254
10. Wofford, 289
11. Georgia Southern, 319
12. The Citadel, 357
Second-team All-SoCon:
Sherrika Jordan