The USC Upstate Cross Country teams Shake-Off the Cobwebs at the Covered Bridge Open

Friday, August 30

Boone, N.C.

6:30 p.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

Covered Bridge

8/30/2019 9:50:00 PM | Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Men's Cross Country

Men's Results
Women's Results

BOONE, N.C. – The USC Upstate cross country teams shook off the cobwebs on Friday night at the Covered Bridge Open, the men's team finished in seventh place, while the women's team eighth overall.

"Mia Davis and Laura Yarbourough had good races," USC Upstate head cross country coach Carson Blackwelder said. "They ran at personal record efforts. On the men's side, Jonathan Johnson and Michael Tardella led the team. Johnson had his second fastest time ever. We saw some Big South competition and we know what we need to do to rise to their level."

Jonathan Johnson (New Bern, N.C.) led the men's team with a 26^th place finish in the event. The sophomore runner completed the eight-kilometer course in a time of 26:40.08. Rounding out the Spartans top-three were Jacob Coccia (Rock Hill, S.C.) with a 37^th place finish (27:26.36) and a 41^st place finish by Michael Tardella (Cumming, Ga).

Jared Coccia placed (Rock Hill, S.C.) 47^th overall and Jonathan Loy (Thomasville, N.C.) finished in 49^th place, giving the Spartans a quintet of runners in the top-50 of the event. The men's team finished ahead of both Western Carolina and Spartanburg Methodist in the competition.

Florida State easily won the men's competition, placing five runners in the top-10 of the event. Kasey Knevelbaard won the event with a time of 24:58.48. Fellow Big South school's High Point and UNC Asheville also raced in the event. The Panthers recorded a fourth place team finish and the Bulldogs finished right above the Spartans in sixth place. High Point junior runner El Hocine Bouchrak had the top individual time for a Big South athlete with a time of 25:18.33.

On the Women's side Mia Davis (Tega Cay, S.C.) led the Spartans with a 60^th place finish in the event. The junior runner completed the 5.2 meter course in a time of 20:49.28. Freshman Laura Yarborough (Greer, S.C.) came in right behind Davis with a time of 20:50.69. Rounding out the Spartans top-three was sophomore runner Allie Leavitt (Fountain Inn, S.C.) with a total time of 21:40.91.

The Spartans finished ahead of Spartanburg Methodist and right behind Big South foe UNC Asheville. High Point finished in the top-three as a team and Famke Heinst won the individual title to lead the Panthers. Florida State won the team event with 11 runners finishing inside the top-15 individually.

Women's Team Final

Place	School	Total Time	Points
1^st	Florida State	1:30:19.21	20
2^nd	East Carolina	1:34:27.32	63
3^rd	High Point	1:34:13.77	63
4^th	Appalachian State	1:36:26.77	100
5^th	Western Carolina	1:39:40.46	147
6^th	ETSU	1:42:12.79	182
7^th	UNC-Asheville	1:45:07.94	202
8^th	USC Upstate	1:47:55.57	227
9^th	Spartanburg Methodist	2:05:24.65	282

Women's Individual Results

Place	Name	Time
60^th	Mia Davis	20:49.28
62^nd	Laura Yarborough	20:50.69
72^nd	Allie Leavitt	21:40.91
76^th	Alanie Foster	22:00.95
79^th	Alicia Chavez	22:33.74
81^st	Stecy Cherono	22:46.64
82^nd	Joey Palmquist	22:54.13
87^th	Brawnwyn Koellner	23:44.78
91^st	Kristen Owens	24:16.87
92^nd	Ting O'Regan	25:20.32

Men's Team Final

Place	School	Total Time	Points
1^st	Florida State	2:08:12.37	28
2^nd	Appalachian State	2:09:34.89	49
3^rd	East Carolina	2:12:06.45	90
4^th	High Point	2:11:36.18	96
5^th	ETSU	2:12:08.84	98
6^th	UNC-Asheville	2:14:32.75	137
7^th	USC Upstate	2:17:16.58	195
8^th	Western Carolina	2:20:40.77	230
9^th	Spartanburg Methodist	2:38:29.00	288

Men's Individual Results

Place	Name	Time
26^th	Jonathan Johnson	26:40.08
37^th	Jacob Coccia	27:26.36
41^st	Michael Tardella	27:35.74
47^th	Jared Coccia	27:46.72
49^th	Jonathan Loy	27:27.68
53^rd	Jaylon Roberts	28:11.77
64^th	Logan Miller	28:54.09
66^th	Matt Levonick	28:57.76
70^th	Jared Keklak	29:44.72
73^rd	Jalin Petty	30:15.76
76^th	Jeremy Gomez	31:35.71
85^th	Brandon Burt	36:46.33

The USC Upstate cross country teams will be back in action at home next weekend. The annual Eye Opener event will take place at 5:45 p.m. in Spartanburg, S.C.

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