Sept. 27, 2002

The University of North Carolina men's and women's cross-country teams competed at the Great American Festival tonight in Charlotte, N.C. The Tar Heel women finished in fourth place behind No. 1 BYU, while the men finished 18th behind No. 7 Northern. Shalane Flanagan finished first in the women's 5K with her time of 17:48.1, besting two BYU Cougars. The women collected 164 points and the men scored 438 points.

The top four finishers for the Tar Heel women were Flanagan, Erin Donohue (19:06.4/19th), Liz Awtrey (19:32.6/43rd) and Alice Schmidt (19:36.3/46th). Pacing the men's team were Brian McGovern finishing 29th with his time of 27:16.8. Rob Robertson (28:10.2/81st), Joel Thomas (28:15.5/86th) and Matt Daly (29:01.1) rounded out the top four for Carolina.

The Tar Heels will compete at the NC Collegiate Championship on October 12, 2002, in Greenville, N.C. for their next race.

Men's Results

Women's Results