Oct. 30, 2004

Complete Results

The University of North Carolina women's cross country team finished with 56 points to claim second place at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Saturday morning at the University of Maryland. Carol Henry, Erin Donohue and Alice Schmidt all earned All-ACC honors for their performances in the 6K race, but they were unable to overtake the Duke Blue Devils who finished with five runners in the top ten overall and won the meet with 29 total points.

Henry and Donohue were second and third, respectively, finishing behind individual champion Sally Meyerhoff of Duke. Schmidt took 11th in 22:34.4, while Jennie Sucher (16th) and Meghan Owen (24th) rounded out the scorers for Carolina. Jessica Perry, Nicole Boykin and Anna Hay also competed for the Tar Heels.

The Tar Heel men ran in the morning's second event, the 8K men's championship. Jesse Rappole was the first Carolina harrier to cross the line, finishing 48th in 26:36.0. Alex Ray (52nd), Tom Falvey (67th), Brian McGovern (71st) and Matt Daly (73rd) rounded out the top five finishers for UNC. The Tar Heels finished 10th in the team competition, besting Miami with 295 total points. Jeffrey Peterson also participated but did not score.