COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: Both Bears teams place in top 20 at SE Regional

HobbsDailyReport.com WINGATE – Lenoir-Rhyne University gained two top 20 finishes on Saturday at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regionals, the men finishing 14th and the women at No. 16 at Wingate University. Mount Olive won the men’s title and will be joined by Queens and Augusta (Ga.) University at the national championship meet. UNC Pembroke’s Silus Kipkoech won the individual …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE X-COUNTRY: Lenoir-Rhyne takes sixth in conference championship meet

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Led by a 26th place finish by senior Erin Illich, the Lenoir-Rhyne University women finished sixth on Saturday in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) championships at Southside Park. Queens, ranked No. 15 in NCAA Division II, repeated as league champion by having two of the top three runners, including individual winner Hannah Wolkenhauer. She finished a 5K …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: Lenoir-Rhyne fifth in Asheville Invitational

HobbsDailyReport.com SWANNANOA – The Lenoir-Rhyne University women finished fifth in the Asheville Invitational cross country meet on Saturday. Led by Audra Yarber’s 17th-place finish in 12 minutes, 18 seconds on a two-mile course at Asheville Christian Academy, the Bears were behind Wofford, Western Carolina, Milligan and UNC Asheville. Wofford’s Hannah Steelman won the race in 10:51. The Bears compete Friday …