NCAA South Regional - Nov 14

TEAM SCORES:

1. Alabama 45,
2. Florida State 80,
3. Auburn 110,
4. Georgia 125,
5. Florida 143,
6. Tennessee 178
7. South Alabama 180,
8. Kennesaw State 283,
9. Mississippi State 298,
10. Belmont 303

11. Georgia Tech 338, 12. Chattanooga 346, 13. East Tennessee State 399, 14. Georgia State 418, 15. Troy 423, 16. Lipscomb 433, 17. Mississippi Valley State 500, 18. Ole Miss 504, 19. South Florida 509, 19. Jacksonville State 509, 21. North Florida 517, 22. Vanderbilt 529, 23. Tennessee Tech, 591, 24. Austin Peay 690, 25. Samford 694, 26. Miami 716.

VOL INDIVIDUAL FINISHES:

1. Felix Kibioywo, Auburn, 29:35.85,
17. (16.) Michael Spooner 30:49.27
36. (35.) Leoule Degfae 31:43.96
37. (36.) Peter Sigilai 31:45.09
39. (38.) Mike Brodsky 31:48.83
55. (53.) Chris Bodary 32:27.88
60. (58.) Steve Fassino 32:35.90
85. (83.) Chris Kane 33:11.64.

Complete Results

SEC Championships - Oct 31

TEAM SCORES:
1. Alabama 56
2. Arkansas 61
3. Auburn 86
4. Florida 120
5. Georgia 133
6. Tennessee 142
7. Kentucky 152
8. Mississippi State 220
9. Ole Miss 249
10. Vanderbilt 282
11. LSU 321.

VOL INDIVIDUAL FINISHES:

1. Barnabas Kirui, Ole Miss., 24:24.75
11. Michael Spooner, 25:07.60
22. Peter Sigilai, 25:44.72
33. Leoule Degfae, 26:06.12
34. Michael Brodsky 26:06.62
43. Steve Fassino, 26:36.79
46. Chris Kane, 26:48.02
51. Chris Bodary, 27:00.54
62. Tom Gilmartin, 27:31.04
72. Joe Franklin, 28:01.33
dnf David Clabo.

Complete Results

10/16
Men run 6th at Panorama Farms Invitational

The University of Tennessee men's cross country team demonstrated improvement and battled its way to a sixth-place finish Friday afternoon at the Panorama Farms Invitational, running in a field stacked with four ranked teams. Host Virginia, ranked 15th nationally, took the title with 30 points, followed by No. 11 Syracuse (41), No. 24 Villanova (70), No. 26 Duke (109) and Texas A&M (155), then the Vols (158).

Tennessee lowered the spread of its first through fifth runners back under one minute, getting all five guys across the finish line in 55.87 seconds. Leading the way for the second time this season and the fourth time in his past six outings was junior Michael Spooner, who navigated the 8,000-meter course in 24 minutes, 9.86 seconds to place 17th.

UT junior Peter Sigilai, who last season finished 18th at the meet while competing for Rend Lake, was the Big Orange's top finisher in 11th place (scoring 10th) out of 335 runners.

10/3
Men run 3rd at Louisville Classic

"It was a sub-par team performance," Head Coach Watts said. "We failed to get out the first mile to set us up for the rest of the race. It forced us to play catch-up the rest of the way, and it was just tough to make up any ground on a flat, fast course.

"Even though it was our third meet in a row, we were still strong enough to handle a fast pace. We just failed to come through."

UT junior Peter Sigilai, who last season finished 18th at the meet while competing for Rend Lake, was the Big Orange's top finisher in 11th place (scoring 10th) out of 335 runners.

9/26
Cross Country Team takes 1st at Colonial Interregional Challenge

Lead by a runner-up individual finish from junior Michael Spooner, the Tennessee men's cross country team captured first-place honors Saturday morning at the Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge. Spooner covered the challenging 8k-meter course in 25 minutes, 37.8 seconds to lead the Vols past 15th-ranked William & Mary and six other schools. UT, which tallied a low score of 41 points despite competing without last week's top runner Peter Sigilai, finished ahead of its second ranked opponent in as many weeks.

Tennessee will be back in action next weekend, competing in the Greater Louisville Classic on Saturday.

9/19
Cross Country Team finishes 2nd in Crimson Classic

The Vol Cross Country Team started the season with a 2nd place finish at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa Ala. on the 18th of September. Five Vol Runners finished in the top 20 of the race.


Volunteer Cross Country Team

By Eric Trainer, Associate Director of Media Relations - Univ. of Tennessee
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The Tennessee men's cross country team saw its 2009 season come to a close Saturday morning, as the Volunteers carded a sixth-place finish at the NCAA South Regional at the University of Alabama's Harry Pritchett Running Park.

The sixth-ranked Crimson Tide bunched five runners into the top 12 to claim the team title with 45 points. Joining Alabama in capturing one of the two automatic NCAA Championship meet bids was No. 21 Florida State, which grabbed a runner-up finish with 80 points. No. 25 Auburn took third with 110 points, followed by Georgia (125), Florida (143) and the Big Orange with 178.

UT junior Michael Spooner collected All-South Region accolades for the second straight year, covering the 10,000-meter layout in a career-best 30 minutes, 49.27 seconds to place 17th out of 173 runners. Spooner, who paced the Vols for the sixth time in his last eight races, including four of six outings in 2009, improved eight spots from his 25th-place regional finish of a year ago.

Freshman LeouleDegfae produced his finest team finish of the year, running second for Tennessee and placing 36th overall in 31:43.96. Also scoring were Peter Sigilai (37th, 31:45.09), Mike Brodsky (39th, 31:48.83) and Chris Bodary (55th, 32:27.88). Running but not scoring were Steve Fassino (32:35.90)and Chris Kane (85th, 33:11.64).

"We ran an O.K. race today," Vols Head Coach George Watts said. "We couldn't quite hold the pace the last three to four kilometers of the race, and some of that was due to the youth of the team. With just two seniors in our top seven, we have a lot to look forward to next year. We'll work to improve on this season's overall performance.

"I want to congratulate Michael Spooner on earning All-South Region distinction for the second straight season. He was not that far out of qualifying for nationals with about a mile to go."

Men's Cross Country - University of Tennessee

Men's Cross Country
2009 - 2010 Schedule
All times subject to change
Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result
9/18/2009 Crimson Classic (8K) Tuscaloosa, Ala..
2nd
9/26/2009 Colonial Interregional Challenge (8K) Williamsburg, Va.
1st
10/3/2009 Greater Louisville Classic (8K) Louisville, Ky.
3rd
10/16/2009 Panorama Farms Invitational (8K) Charlottesville, Va.
6th
10/31/2009 SEC Championships (8K) Oxford, Ms.
6th
11/14/2009 NCAA South Regional (10K) Tuscaloosa , Ala.
6th
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10/16 - MEN'S TEAM RESULTS:1. Virginia 30, 2. Syracuse 41, 3. Villanova 70, 4. Duke 109, 5. Texas A&M 155, 6. Tennessee 158, 7. American 168, 8. Belmont 241, 9. Richmond 272, 10. Maryland 302.

VOL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Emil Heineking, Virginia 23:16.19, 17. (17.) Michael Spooner 24:09.86, 23. (22.) Peter Sigilai 24:25.66, 31. (30.) Leoule Degfae 24:38.61, 50. (44.) Chris Kane 25:05.19, 51. (45.) Mike Brodsky 25:05.73, 63. (51.) Chris Bodary 25:28.20, 64. (52.) Tom Gilmartin 25:28.82, 74. Steve Fassino 25:38.50, 91. Daniel Porter 26:15.97, 94. Spenser Tipton 26:25.73, 95. Joe Franklin 26:34.22, 100. Emerson Peacock 27:02.89

10/3 - MEN'S TEAM RESULTS (TOP 10): 1. Louisville 68, 2. Kentucky 153, 3. Tennessee 188, 4. Central Michigan 205, 5. Middle Tennessee 251, 6. Davidson 259, 7. Queens 260, 8. Eastern Kentucky 274, 9. Rend Lake 284, 10. Purdue 288.

VOL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Stephen Sambu, Rend Lake C.C. 23:33.22, 11. (10). Peter Sigilai 24:22.15, 22. (19.) Michael Spooner 24:39.17, 51. (47.) Leoule Degfae 25:13.35, 52. (48.) Chris Bodary 25:14.45, 70. (64.) Stee Fassino 25:25.72, 91. (85.) Mike Brodsky 25:40.27, 101. (95.) Chris Kane 25:47.03, 113. David Clabo 25:52.67, 141. Stuart Chandler 26:06.38, 144. Joe Franklin 26:09.10, 173. Tom Gilmartin 26:22.52, 181. Spenser Tipton 26:28.61.

9/26 - MEN'S TEAM RESULTS: 1. Tennessee 41, 2. William & Mary 48, 3. American 67, 4. Norfolk St. 75, 5. Hampton 163, 6. Howard 186, 7. Longwood 191, 8. Christopher Newport 211.

VOL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Philemon Kimutai, Norfolk St. 25:29.0, 2. Michael Spooner 25:37.8, 8. (6.) Steve Fassino 26:07.2, 12. (10.) Chris Bodary 26:14.6, 13. (11.) Mike Brodsky 26:15.9, 13. (12.) Leoule Degfae 26:15.9, 20. (16.) Chris Kane 26:34.3, 26. (22.) David Clabo 26:50.3, 32. Stuart Chandler 27:22.0, 35. Spenser Tipton 27:24.3, 44. Tom Gilmartin 27:41.4, 47. Daniel Porter 27:59.5, 48. Joe Franklin 28:12.0.

9/18 - MEN'S TEAM RESULTS (TOP 10): 1. Alabama 34 2. Tennessee 55 3. Auburn 76 4. Belmont 153 5. Georgia Tech 161 6. East Tennessee State 164 7. Kennesaw State 165 8. Chattanooga 196 9. Mississippi Valley State 258 10. Alabama State 282.

VOL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Tyson David, Alabama 24:25.90 8. Peter Sigilai 25:22.80 12. Mike Brodsky 25:34.90 15. Leoule Degfae 25:41.90 16. Steve Fassino 25:48.60 17. Chris Bodary 25:51.70 31. Stuart Chandler 26:25.40 34. Joe Franklin 26:31.20 38. David Clabo 26:41.60 53. Spenser Tipton 27:08.10 68. Daniel Porter 27:44.30.

Prior Years
2008 - 2009 Schedule
Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result
9/19/2008 Tennessee Invitational (8K) Maryville, Tenn. 2nd
9/27/2008 Colonial Interregional Challenge (8K) Williamsburg, Va. 3rd
10/4/2008 Greater Louisville XC Classic (8K) Louisville, Ky. 5th
10/18/2008 ISU Pre-Nationals (8K) Terre Haute, Ind. 22nd
11/3/2008 SEC Championships (8K) Starkville, Miss. 5th
11/15/2008 NCAA South Regional (10K) Maryville, Tenn. 5th