Men Results l Women Results
VALRICO, Fla. – The Warner University cross country opened their 2010 season with a sixth place finish by the men and a ninth place finish for the women at the University of Tampa Early Bird Classic Friday afternoon at the Sydney-Dover Trails in Valrico, Fla. Meet host University of Tampa won the event on the men’s and women’s side.
Leading the pack for the Royals men was two-time NAIA Nationals qualifier Orssie Bumpus as he crossed the finish line 14th in 23:49.28. Sophomore Jonathan Woods followed with a time of 27:08.47 and Darveen Seide was third to cross the finish line for the Royals, clocking a time of 27:45.84. Courtney Davis (29:53.03), Jaeden Hamernik (31:10.12), Anthony Chiminiello (33:00.22) and Ricardo Martinez (35:25.06) finished strong for the Royals to close out the Warner men’s scoring.
On the women’s side, Ashley Barstow and senior Rhonda Rininger ran shoulder-to-shoulder for the majority of the 5k race, until the final stretch where Barstow edged Rininger to cross the finish line at 25:39 and Rininger finished at 25:46. Moriah Blanford followed clocking in at 25:46 while Jessica Osegueda kept a solid pace to finish at 29:14. Newcomer Acacia Sanaster clocked in at 31:02 while Manolitha Joseph , Joane Petithomme and Unique Williams also competed for the Royals.
The Royals will have 22 days to work on shaving their times down as they will return to the course Saturday, September 25 when they compete at the UCF Black and Gold Invitational in Orlando, Fla.; start time is slated for 8 a.m.