SUNY College at Old Westbury

GARNER, GRAY LEAD CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS AT SKYLINE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Men's 8K Results

Women's 5K Results

BRONX, NY (www.oldwestburypanthers.com) - The SUNY College at Old Westbury men's and women's cross country team competed in the 2009 Skyline Conference Cross Country Championship in the Bronx.  The women's squad finished in eighth place out of nine teams, while the men took ninth out of 10.  The Farmingdale State men and the Bard women took home the championship crowns from Van Cortland Park on Sunday.

Old Westbury senior Krystal Garner led the Panthers with a 20^th place finish, completing the 5k course with a time of 23:14.  Following Garner for the Old Westbury women was sophomore Angela Dixon (Bronx, NY), who finished in 57^th place with a time of 28:38.20.  Freshman Melissa Spleen (Hempstead, NY), junior Carissa Ellis (Brooklyn, NY) and senior Avery Josey (Staten Island, NY) rounded out the top five for Old Westbury recording times of 32:11.40 (65^th place), 33:47.50 (67^th place) and 36:42.70 (73^rd place).   

For the Old Westbury men, freshman TaQuan Gray (Yonkers, NY) was the first Panther to cross the finish line.  Gray completed the 8k course in a time of 31:48.60 for a 29^th place finish. 

Senior Kenneth King (Westbury, NY), sophomore Joshua Wooten (Jamaica, NY) and junior Nicholous Perdomo (Hempstead, NY) turned in the second, third and fourth fastest times for the Panthers.  King recorded at time of 32:45.20, Wooten clocked in with a time of 40:02.70, and Perdomo ran in 40:48.50.Rounding out the top-five for Old Westbury was junior Ronald Ott (Garden City Park, NY), arriving in 47:11.30.

Please visit www.oldwestburypanthers.com for more information on men's and women's cross country or any of the other Panther athletic teams.