10/30/04
The Lynx finished 3rd among 10 teams at the SCAC Championships in Clinton, MS. DePauw won the team title with 40 points, behind individual winner Natalie Shaffer. Trinity (61) finished ahead of Rhodes (87), Centre (110), and Southwestern (112) among the top 5 teams. Rhodes freshman Nicole Goette led the team for just the second time all season, placing 3rd individually in a season best time of 18:55. Goette ran aggressively from the start, running with the leaders through the first half of the race and eventually beating all but Shaffer and Centre's Eileen Schilling in the 79 runner field. She earned All-SCAC honors for her top 14 finish at the meet. Sophomore Jennifer Emo repeated as an All-SCAC honoree, improving from 14th at the 2003 SCAC meet to 7th this year in a time of 19:12. Sophomore Courtney Cockerell narrowly missed the top 14, placing 16th in 19:50, 3 seconds shy of the last All-SCAC runner a year after sitting out for the fall with a foot injury. Team captain May King and Nici Thomas finished the scoring for the Lynx, placing 30th and 31st, both in 20:31. Lizzie Phillips and Jaala Spencer rounded out the team's top 7 by placing 37th and 39th in 20:45 and 20:56, respectively. Senior Kristin Campbell broke 21 minutes for the first time in her career as Rhodes 8th runner at 41st place overall in 20:59. Susannah Schwartz placed 47th in 21:47.
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