COMPLETE RESULTS 

ELON, N.C. --- Chattanooga junior Emmanuel Kirwa claimed his second straight Southern Conference cross country title Saturday morning at the league championships on the Elon campus in Elon, N.C., and led the Mocs to a fourth place finish. The Lady Mocs placed sixth overall with junior Anneli Uys placing third.

"Emmanuel did great," Mocs Head Coach Bill Gautier said. "We expected that Emmanuel would win. We've been planning all year for this race."

Kirwa finished the 8-kilometer course in a time of 25:00.38, three seconds faster than UNC Greensboro's Mike Koech. UTC's Josh Vasquez was the men's second place finisher in 16^th place with a time of 25:53.99 and freshman Kyle McLarty was 29^th overall with a time of 26:30.54.

McLarty and fellow freshman Mark Cole, who placed 33^rd with a time of 26:38.97, were both named to the SoCon All-Freshman team. Cole was the Mocs fifth scoring runner just behind senior David Moore who was 32^nd with a time of 26:36.63.

"Josh ran a good race and our two freshmen PR'd," Gautier said. "I had hoped we'd get second or third, but I'm very happy for Emmanuel."

Kirwa is the 11^th Chattanooga runner to be named SoCon Runner of the Year in the last 14 years.

In the women's race, junior Anneli Uys led the three-time defending Lady Mocs to a sixth place finish in the 5-kilometer race placing third with a time of 18:11.62 behind SoCon Runner and Freshman of the Year Brittney Caudle of Appalachian State and Furman's Chloe Kowalski.

"Anneli did well and made all conference along with freshman Heather Stuive," Gautier said. "Four of our scoring runners this year, including Anneli, were not on the team last year."

The Lady Mocs were without last year's all-conference performer Tara Gietema and all-freshman Meredith White.

Stuive was the Lady Mocs second place finisher placing sixth overall earning her a spot on the All-Conference and All-Freshmen teams. Freshman Kathryn Stuart was 27^th for the Lady Mocs with a time of 19:22.65 and classmate Mary Cumbee was 33^rd with a time of 19:28.04.

"After so many years at the top, you get one of those years where you have to regroup," Gautier said. "We'll try to redeem ourselves in two weeks at region."

Both teams will return to action at the NCAA South Region meet hosted by the University of Alabama on Saturday, November 14.

Appalachian State repeated as the league champs and Samford, in its second year in the conference, posted a narrow one-point win. The Davidson men were second followed by UNC Greensboro. The Elon women finished second while Appalachian State's women took third.

Team Scores - Men
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

Team Scores - Women
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

All-SoCon First Team - Men

1.     Emmanuel Kirwa - Junior - Chattanooga

2.     Mike Koech - Sophomore - UNC Greensboro

3.     Lance Harden - Senior - Davidson

4.     Phil Mitchell - Senior - Appalachian State

5.     Joey Thompson - Sophomore - UNC Greensboro

6.     Sean Soderman - Sophomore - Appalachian State

7.     Alec Meyer - Senior - Appalachian State

All-SoCon First Team - Women

1.     Brittney Caudle - Freshman - Appalachian State

2.     Chloe Kowalski - Sophomore - Furman

3.     Anneli Uys - Junior - Chattanooga

4.     Hillary Neal - Junior - Samford

5.     Ina Ables - Junior - Samford

6.     Heather Stuive - Freshman - Chattanooga

7.     Caitlin Beeler - Senior - Elon

All-SoCon Second Team - Men

8.     Ryan Hopkins - Sophomore - Davidson

9.     Charlie McGoogan - Junior - Furman

10.  Josh Houser - Senior - Appalachian State

11.  Matthew Richardson - Junior - Elon

12.  Josey Weaver - Sophomore - Western Carolina

13.  Stephen Hammond - Senior - Western Carolina

14.  Andy Clyne - Junior - UNC Greensboro

All-SoCon Second Team - Women

8.     Sherrika Jordan - Senior - UNC Greensboro

9.     Natalie Atabek - Freshman - Davidson

10.  Emily Fournier - Junior - Elon

11.  Brittany Johnson - Senior - Furman

12.  Danielle Ruggieri - Junior - Davidson

13.  Katie Booker - Senior - Appalachian State

14.  Heather Conarroe - Junior - Davidson

All-SoCon Freshman Team - Men

18. Trey Parker - Wofford

19. Burk Staub - Appalachian State

21. Nolan Clark - Western Carolina

23. Brian Graves - Appalachian State

29. Kyle McLarty - Chattanooga

30. Demetrios Pagonis - Davidson

33. Mark Cole - Chattanooga

All-SoCon Freshman Team - Women

1. Brittney Caudle - Appalachian State

6. Heather Stuive - Chattanooga

9. Natalie Atabek - Davidson

15. Morgan Denecke - Elon

22. Sullivan Parkes - Elon

23. Trinity Foreman - Appalachian State

24. Mara Smith - Western Carolina

Coach of the Year - Men

Mike Curcio - Appalachian State

Coach of the Year - Women

Rod Tiffin - Samford

Runner of the Year - Men

Emmanuel Kirwa - Chattanooga

Runner of the Year - Women

Brittney Caudle - Appalachian State

Freshman of the Year - Men

Trey Parker - Wofford

Freshman of the Year - Women

Brittney Caudle - Appalachian State