Stevens’ Wingate finishes 29th at national championship meet
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Wingate University women’s cross country team finished 29th (out of 32 teams) in the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship meet Dec. 6. The Bulldogs defeated Saint Michael’s (Vt.), North Georgia and Union (Tenn.) in their fourth team visit to the national championship meet.
Graduate student Brianna Stevens (Coshocton) led the charge for three Wingate seniors participating in their final race in the Navy Blue and Vegas Gold. Stevens recorded a 5.78K time of 24:47.2 to round out Wingate’s scoring runners. Senior Austin Hoffman (Valdese, N.C.) and graduate student Tiana Barnes (Winchester, Calif.) were next with 5.78K times of 25:44.4 and 26:20.2, respectively.
