Monday, October 6, 2014

BSU Mens and Womens Cross Country

Bulldogs Cross Country Takes 8th Place at HBCU Challenge


CARY, N.C. – Bowie State University's men's cross-country team takes 8th place among all competing teams at the HBCU Challenge on Saturday (October 4th), finishing with a team score of 218 points. 

North Carolina A&T was the top team with 45 points, with Morehouse College claiming second (51 points) and Virginia Union was third (86 points).

The top two finishers for the BSU Bulldogs were freshmen Michael Aregay (Lanham, Md.) and Ryan Washington (Silver Spring, Md.). Aregay finished the 8K course in 37th place (29:16.1) and Washington ran the course in 29:22.3 for a 38th place finish.

Bowie State redshirt junior J.D. Tharpe, III (District heights, Md.) crossed the finish line with a time of 29:47.5 (49th place) and senior Sonny Hicks (Temple Hills, Md.) clocked in at 30:26.0 for a 53rd place finish. Junior Cullen Moseley rounded out the Bulldogs top five runners with a 54th place finish with a time of 30:33.0.

Sophomore Troy Jones (Waldorf, Md.) also competed, but didn’t factor in the team score. Jones crossed the finish line with a time of 31:00.6.

The Bowie State Bulldogs will return to competition on Wednesday, October 15th, hosting the BSU Homecoming Challenge.

Lady Bulldogs Cross Country Places 17th at HBCU 5K Challenge


CARY, N.C. - The Bowie State University women's cross country team finished in 17th place at the HBCU Challenge on Saturday (10/4) afternoon held at the WakeMed Soccer Park.  The Lady Bulldogs earned a team score of 425.  Alabama State University finished in first place in the 17-team field with a team score of 26 while Hampton University (78) and Coker College (170) finished in second and third, respectively. RESULTS ATTACHED

Junior Samantha Ferguson (Newark, Del.) led the effort for the Lady Bulldogs.  She crossed the finish line in 24:26.0 and in 75th place overall.  Freshman Treyniqua Dickey (Washington, D.C.) completed the 5k course in 25:02.8, good for 80th place in the 114 runner field.  Senior Kayla Watson (Bel Air, Md.) and senior Rayshawn Penn (Richmond, Va.) earned 98th and 104th place finishes for Bowie State.  Watson crossed the finish line at the 27:26.4 mark followed by Penn at the 28:24.2. Senior Crishonda Coffey (Richmond, Va.) rounded out the scoring for the Lady Bulldogs.  She trekked the course in 28:51.1, and in 107th place overall. 
 

Bowie State’s next date of competition is Wednesday (October 15th) when the Lady Bulldogs host the BSU Homecoming Challenge.

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