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Krehbiel
sets 5K record in CCSU meet win
Heather Krehbiel
of Peachtree City set a course record and led all female runners as the
Clayton College & State University cross-country teams swept the Blazer
Invitational Saturday in Valdosta.
Krehbiel’s time of 18:25.13 bettered her own course record of 19:11
from last season to lead the Lady Lakers, who took four of the top five
places and score 23 team points for the win. Krehbiel, a sophomore, is
a graduate of Starr’s Mill.
She got support from sophomore Melissa Shaw of Morrow, who finished second
in 19:06.34. Junior Kim Daniel of Macon placed a close third in 19:07.56
while senior Penny Tinker of Mesa, Ariz., was fifth in 19:13.41 and junior
Stephanie Gilbert of Jonesboro was 12th in 19:52.02.
“We wore our racing shoes today,” said head coach Mike Mead.
“I told our ladies to run the first two miles as though it was a
track meet. Heather and Kim blistered the first mile under 5:40. I was
proud of our team effort and seven of our eight women set personal bests.
I've been impressed with everyone's improvement, particularly Heather
and Melissa's. Penny and Stephanie had big breakthrough races. Kim and
Tanika (Smit) both had gutsy efforts as they continue to run with nagging
injuries.”
South African Smit, the team's lone freshman, placed 15th in a personal-best
20:04.36. Rounding out the scoring for the Lady Lakers was junior Brittany
Precht of Smyrna in 28th with a time of 21:14.78 and junior Beatrice Wade
of Fairburn, who finished 37th in 22:49.38.
Both Clayton State squads will be fine-tuning for their conference championships
next Saturday. The meet returns to the Panthersville course as Kennesaw
State University hosts this year's championship. Just like in previous
years, Kennesaw State will be the pre-meet favorites in both races.
The Lady Lakers have a little favorable history with the Panthersville
course at Georgia Regional Hospital and the Peach Belt title meet. The
two previous times the meet has been run there, the Lady Lakers have come
away with second-place finishes, the last coming in 2001 when Clayton
State hosted the meet.
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