October 10, 2005
Taylor, Patton,
Patterson sweep USA South men’s and women’s cross country honors
for Methodist
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The USA
South Athletic Conference issued its four weekly honors for
men’s and women’s cross country on Monday, and three of the
honors went to runners from Methodist. Ryan Taylor and Krystal
Patton were selected USA South Men’s and Women’s Runner of the
Week, respectively, while Jennifer Patterson received USA South
Women’s Freshman Runner of the Week honors.
It marks the first time this 2005 season that Methodist has been
represented in the USA South weekly honors for cross country.
Taylor, a junior from Parkersburg, WVa., led the Monarchs to a
30th place finish at the Walt Disney World Classic. Taylor
finished the Orlando, Florida event with a time of 32:16 to
place 165th out of 275 runners. He had the highest finish of any
Methodist male runner in an event that included 275 runners at
the NCAA Division I, II and III l evels.
Patton, a sophomore from Hope Mills, N.C., completed the Walt
Disney World Classic course with a time of 23:50 to finish 230th
overall in the Women’s University Race. She had the highest
finish of any Methodist women’s runner in the 304-runner event.
Patterson, a freshman from Miami, finished 285th in the Women’s
University Race in the Walt Disney World Classic in a time of
28:52.
Methodist’s next meet is the North State Collegiate
Championships on Saturday in Pleasanton, N.C.
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