By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com

The Landmark Christian School Cross Country teams lined up to run in the highly competitive Alexander-McIntosh Trail Run Invitational as well.

LCS was the only Class A school in the meet. It turned out to be only a three-mile course, due to a flooded area caused by heavy rains Friday. As the times indicate, this was a flat and very fast course.

The boys came in fifth overall against such teams as Alexander fourth, Collins Hill third, Lakeside second, and North Mecklenburg, N.C. first. North Mecklenburg is the number three team in the nation.

Blake Fertitta and Clark Rivers blistered the course in 15:10 and 15:21 to finish sixth and 11th overall. Eric Sumner was third for LCS with a time of 16:04, Joseph Register finished next in 16:43, with Johnathan Best running a 17:08, Scott Emery was in with a 17:14, Dustin McDonald ran 17:27 and Jeff Noble came in at 17:30.

This was a great effort by these fine competitors. In the Open division, Tim Fritz ran 18:18, Matt Coffey ran 19:33, and Alan Gay came in at 20:35. Receiving medals were Blake Fertitta sixth, Clark Rivers, 11th, and Eric Sumner 23rd.

The LCS Lady Harriers finished strong, coming in 13th overall in a field of highly touted teams. The girls also were the only Class A school in the meet. Each LCS runner ran a personal best, contributing to the best team time ever.

Mellissa Register finished first for LCS in 21:02, Courtney Piribek ran 22:03, Mary Michael Joiner came in at 22:04, Kate Bailey was fourth for LCS at 23:47, Sarah King ran 23:49, Layla Constable ran 24:15, followed by Jenny Cone in 24:17, Danielle Taussig at 25:47 and Meredith Gable in 26:57. Andrea Wooding ran in the Open division in a time of 29:38.

This Saturday the teams will run in the Furman Invitational at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.