Women Take Fourth, Men Sixth at OVC Championships

Saturday, November 1

Oxford, Ala.

9AM

Southeast Missouri State University

Ohio Valley Conference Championships

Senior Rebekah Lawson earned her fourth First Team All-OVC honor Saturday with a seventh-place finish at the OVC Championship.

11/1/2014 1:06:00 PM | Cross Country

Women's Results | Men's Results

OXFORD, Ala. – The Southeast Missouri cross country teams competed at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships Saturday. The women's team earned a fourth-place finish while the men's team finished sixth.

Rebekah Lawson earned First-Team All-OVC honors with a seventh-place finish while Gloria Westlake earned Second-Team accolades with a 12^th-place finish.

This is Lawson's fourth top-ten finish of her career at the OVC Championships. Lawson was the runner-up as a junior, seventh as a sophomore, and sixth as a freshman; earning First Team honors each season.

Lawson finished seventh in the field of 88 runners. Lawson turned in her seventh-place finish in 17:42.10. Westlake finished 15 seconds behind Lawson in 12^th-place with a time of 17:57.30. Southeast had two other runners in the top-25. Megan Parks turned in a 17^th-place finish in 18:12.69. Angela Sumner rounded out the top-25 for the Redhawks with a 22^nd-place finish with a time of 18:20.19. Mary Dohogne finished 38^th in 18:49.36. Sydney O'Brien (44^th, 19:02.93) and Kristen Richardet (47^th, 19:08.19) finished just seconds apart. Lindsey Seabaugh rounded out the pack for Southeast's women's team in 53^rd-place in 19:20.18.

On the men's side, Shane Brown was the top-finisher for Southeast. Brown finished 26^th with a time of 25:30.60. Nathan Cook (25:50.62) and Marc Maton (25:58.91) finished in 32^nd and 34^th-places. Tyler Beaman (26:11.66), Ryan Anderson (26:12.48), and Tyson Stoverink (26:16.73) finished back-to-back-to-back in 42^nd, 43^rd, and 44^th-places, respectively. Tyler Holmes (50^th, 26:32.57) and Colten Strotheide (52^nd, 26:42.65) rounded out the race for the men.

The Redhawks will participate in the NCAA Midwest Regional Nov. 14 in Peoria, Illinois.