Spartans Run Away at the Upstate Invitational

Saturday, October 5

Spartanburg, S.C.

9:00 a.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

Upstate Invite

10/5/2019 11:28:00 PM | Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Men's Cross Country

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Full Results

SPARTANBURG, S.C.- The USC Upstate men's cross country team came away with their first win of the season on Saturday morning at Milliken Research Park and the women's cross country came in second place.

The USC Upstate men's team demolished the competition scoring a total of 24 points and had four runners inside the top-10 and eight runners inside the top-15. The men's team completed the course in a total time of 2:13:22.

Jonathan Johnson (New Bern, N.C.) led the Spartans for a third consecutive race. The former Big South runner of the week recorded his first career top-five finish and completed the eight kilometer race in a time of 26:01.7. Michael Tardella came in second on the team and seventh overall in the event with a time of 26:44.1.

Logan Miller and Dorian Jones finished eighth and ninth respectively in the race. Jaylon Roberts clocked in an 11^th place finished, followed by Jacob and Jared Coccia who crossed the finish line in 12^th and 13^th place. Jonathan Loy crossed the finish line two seconds later to finish in 14^th place and Jalin Petty was not far off as he recorded a 19^th place finish in the race.

Lincoln Memorial and Belmont Abbey rounded out the top three in the men's standings, with Wofford and Winthrop finishing in fourth and sixth place respectively.

The USC Upstate women's team finished in second place with a total score of 45 points. The Spartans finished the course with a combined time of 1:40:28 and only Tennessee Tech finished ahead of USC Upstate. Fellow Big South conference school Winthrop finished the race in sixth place.

Mia Davis (Fort Mill, S.C.) was once again the pace runner for the Spartans team. The Palmetto State native recorded her first top-five finish of the season with a fourth place finish in the event. A pair of unattached runners (Krysta Pierstorff and Jamie Connelly) for USC Upstate crossed the finish line in sixth and seventh place respectively in the event.

Freshman Laura Yarborough finished the race in 19:59.2 and recorded a top-10 finish in the event. Yarborough's time counted as the second best time on the team score for USC Upstate. A trio of Spartan runners finished the race in between the 10^th and 20^th positions. Allie Leavitt finished in 11^th place, Alanie Foster came in 14^th place and Alicia Chavez finished in 16^th place.

Women's Team Final

Place	School	Total Time	Points
1^st	Tennessee Tech	1:38:16	34
2^nd	USC Upstate	1:40:28	45
3^rd	Southern Wesleyan	1:45:18	109
4^th	Lincoln Memorial	1:46:50	135
5^th	Belmont Abbey	1:47:22	141
6^th	Winthrop	1:46:14	143
7^th	Columbia College (S.C)	1:48:23	159
8^th	Converse	1:51:22	211
9^th	Lander	1:52:30	213
10^th	Newberry	1:52:38	227
11^th	Claflin	2:19:33	348

Women's Individual Results

Place	Name	Time
4^th	Mia Davis	19:10.8
6^th	Krysta Pierstorff	19:26.4
7^th	Jamie Connelly	19:35.4
8^th	Laura Yarborough	19:59.2
11^th	Allie Leavitt	20:03.2
14^th	Alanie Foster	20:28.3
16^th	Alicia Chavez	20:46.2
22^nd	Marcy Bradshaw	20:59.9
26^th	Brawnwyn Koellner	21:13.5
30^th	Arianna Krcik	21:19.1
54^th	Ting O'Regan	22:46.4

Men's Team Final

Place	School	Total Time	Points
1^st	USC Upstate	2:13:22	24
2^nd	Lincoln Memorial	2:19:59	73
3^rd	Belmont Abbey	2:22:12	89
4^th	Wofford	2:28:20	139
5^th	Southern Wesleyan	2:28:43	144
6^th	Winthrop	2:31:29	145
7^th	Newberry	2:30:41	156
8^th	Lander	2:31:41	170
9^th	Claflin	2:54:24	241
10^th	USC Aiken	2:46:49	245

Men's Individual Results

Place	Name	Time
4^th	Jonathan Johnson	26:01.7
7^th	Michael Tardella	26:44.1
8^th	Logan Miller	26:45.2
9^th	Dorian Jones	26:47.8
11^th	Jaylon Roberts	27:03.2
12^th	Jacob Coccia	27:18.6
13^th	Jared Coccia	27:23.6
14^th	Jonathan Loy	27:25.5
19^th	Jalin Petty	28:08.7
30^th	Jared Keklak	28:53.1
43^rd	Lucas Campbell	30:29.8
51^st	Jeremy Gomez	30:51.8

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