LADY TIGER CROSS COUNTRY WINS ULM WARHAWK INVITATIONAL, MEN PLACE THIRD

LADY TIGER CROSS COUNTRY WINS ULM WARHAWK INVITATIONAL, MEN PLACE THIRD

By GSU Sports Information
September 22, 2008
 

MONROE, La. – Grace Korir and Electine Orido finished first and fourth respectively en route to leading the Grambling State Lady Tiger cross country team to a first place finish in the ULM Warhawk Invitational this past weekend.  On the men’s side, the Tigers finished third paced behind a second and fifth-place finish from Darwin Price, Jr. and Brent Flurry.

            Korir finished 10 seconds ahead of the next competitor as she ran a time of 19:28.28 to capture the overall title.  Orido placed fourth with a time of 19:55.22 with Marissa Golson and Christina Vinson rounding out the top 15 runners with times of 21:32.76 and 21:36.23, respectively.

Price finished second overall on the men’s side with a run of 26:05.25 while Flurry placed fifth after recording a run of 26:46.34.

GSU returns to action next week with a meet at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La. beginning at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 29.