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November 6, 2012
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Men’s Golf Wins West Georgia Tournament
Laker Women’s Cross Country Qualifies
For NCAA National Championship Meet
by Gid Rowell, Athletics
The Clayton State women’s cross country
team is headed to the NCAA National
Championships for the first time in the
program’s history.
The Lakers finished second Saturday in
the NCAA Division II Southeast
Regional, advancing to NCAADivision II
National Championships in Joplin, Mo.
Clayton State finished with 99 points for
second place behind Peach Belt
Conference rival Columbus’ 87 points.
“I come away with mixed feelings on this
one, despite the history that this team
established today. They became the first
women’s team to earn a trip to the NCAA
championship meet by placing four in the
Top 25,” says head coach Mike. “But we
came up short in winning a region title.
I’m extremely proud of these
hard�running ladies and they have real-
ized our team goal of going to nationals.”
As one of the top three teams in the field
of 27, Clayton State advances to the
NCAA
Division
II
National
Championships on Nov. 17 that will host-
ed by Missouri Southern State University.
Peach Belt Conference foe UNC
Pembroke rounded out the top three to
qualify for the national meet.
Clayton State senior Paige Galvin led the
way Saturday, placing fourth overall in
the meet with a time of 22:58 in the 6K
meet. She was 18 seconds behind the
region winning time of Kaley Glover of
Montevallo.
“Paige delivered her finest race to date
with our highest individual region finish
since Allison Kreutzer won the 2008
region title,” says Mead. “She cracked the
23 minute 6K mark for the first time and
picked up her second straight All�Region
award. She now has run three Top 25 all-
time team bests for 6K.”
Behind Galvin, sophomore Racquel
Valadez placed 11th with a time of 23:21
to also garner All-Region honors, fol-
lowed by sophomore Jessica Smith finish-
ing 16th with a time of 23:32. Junior
Samantha Walling placed 21st with a time
of 23:40. Both Smith and Walling were
also named to the All-Region team by
placing in the Top 25.
Junior Gisele Javois rounded out the scor-
ing for Clayton State finishing 55th with a
time of 24:34.
“Gisele saved our bacon today,” says
Mead. “She has turned in two consecutive
big-time efforts the past two meets to help
us win a conference title and a trip to
nationals. She is a totally different runner
than from a year ago.”
Freshman Taylor Galvin placed 66th with
a time of 24:50, followed by sophomore
Maia Kuhnen, who has been limited since
the conference meet due to an injury, fin-
ished 79th with a time of 25:17.
The Clayton State men’s golf team saved
its best for last, en route to a tournament
championship last Tuesday.
After shooting rounds of 304 and 303 on
Monday, the Lakers fired a final round of
299 on Tuesday to capture first place in
the Matt Dyas Memorial Collegiate at
Oak Mountain Championship Golf Club
in Carrollton, Ga.
Playing in difficult windy and cold condi-
tions, the team responded with a round of
299, which tied for the best team round of
the tournament to claim the title. The
Lakers prevailed over host and in-state
rival West Georgia by six strokes.
The Braves, who led the Lakers by two
strokes entering the final round on
Tuesday finished the tourney with a round
of 307 and placed second overall. Peach
Belt Conference opponent North Georgia
placed third, but 22 shots back of the
Lakers.
Clayton State sophomore Will Shenstone
led the Lakers, placing second in the
event, shooting a final round 73 to finish
four shots behind low medalist Corey
Evans. Shenstone had rounds of 73-77-73,
while Evans shot rounds of 75-73-71 on
the par-72, 7,026-yard course.
Behind Shenstone, sophomore Ryan
Haskell tied for third with rounds of 80-
71-75, followed by junior Alex Vetnar in
seventh with rounds of 72-76-81. Junior
Fredrik Lindblom tied for 15th with
rounds of 79-79-76, followed by junior
Tyson Beaupre tied for 35th with rounds
of 82-87-75.
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