CLINTON, Miss. – The duo of junior Martinique Sykes (Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park HS) and freshman Chris Roach (Ponte Vedra, Fla./Nease HS) led the West Florida men’s cross country team to victory at the Watson Ford Invitational hosted by Mississippi College on Friday evening. The meet was scored for Division I schools and non-Division I schools separately, but the Argonauts out-paced opponents in both categories to claim the win.
Six Argonauts placed in the top 10 in the non-Division I results and overall in the 8k run. Mississippi College placed first among Division I schools, and Hendrix was the second place finisher for the non-Division I field.
“I’m very pleased with how we ran today in our final tune-up for the postseason,” said head coach John Bergen. “It’s a challenging course, and we were hoping we would be pushed by some of the other top teams. We’re very pleased with how we’re running heading into postseason.”
For Sykes, the race marked his fourth top five finish of the season and his first career win as he crossed the finish line at 26:35.
“Martinique ran a very strong and smart race,” explained Bergen. “He let a couple other runners set the pace early, and he took over between the second and third mile marks. Some of his own teammates pushed him a bit, but he held on and ran a very strong race for the win. It was an impressive win for Martnique.”
Roach was close behind Sykes, crossing the line in second place at 26:39 for a personal best. The rest of UWF’s pack at the front included junior Dominique Sykes (Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park HS) in fourth at 26:54, senior Eddie Pagan (Stuart, Fla./South Fork HS) in sixth at 27:02, freshman Cody Haden (Navarre, Fla./Navarre HS) in eighth at 27:28 and senior Jared Black (Tallahassee, Fla./Leon HS) in ninth at 27:32.
“Our veteran group of Eddie, Jared, Dominique and Martinique has been a great group for three years,” said Bergen. “They’ve trained hard and always raced well, and we know we’re getting good results out of them. Our freshman group has stayed right with our leaders, as they did today.”
Freshman Roman Kowalski (Pensacola, Fla./Catholic HS) finished in 16th place at 28:16, and he was followed by sophomore Titus Cheruiyot (Eldoret, Kenya/Tenwek HS) in 19th place at 28:29. Freshman Brandon Skeie (West Creek, N.J./Southern Regional HS) was a late scratch prior to the race due to a foot injury.
The Argonauts will head to Hoover, Ala. on Oct. 22 for the Gulf South Conference Championships at Veterans Park. UWF is looking for its third GSC championship and its first since 1996. For information on all UWF Athletics, visit www.GoArgos.com.
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2011 Watson Ford Invitational - 10/7/2011 to 10/8/2011
Choctaw Trails Clinton, MS
Last Completed Event
Event 2 Men 8k Run CC
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Name Year School Avg Mile Finals Points
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Division I Results
1 Kibet, Daniel SR Mississippi Valley 5:30.8 27:24.30 1
2 Kiplaget, Victor JR Mississippi Valley 5:34.5 27:42.80 2
3 Serrano, Jose FR Mississippi Valley 5:34.8 27:43.93 3
4 Pulliam, David SR Mississippi Valley 5:41.8 28:18.99 4
5 Williams, Willie FR Southern 5:55.4 29:26.50 5
6 Liddell, Eugene SO Jackson State 5:57.0 29:34.48 6
7 Rhoads, Samuel SO Jackson State 5:58.9 29:43.99 7
8 Wilkins, Kyle SR Alcorn State 6:06.8 30:23.14
9 Edmondson, Benjamin JR Southern 6:11.6 30:46.90 8
10 Jones, Nicolos FR Mississippi Valley 6:11.9 30:48.26 9
11 Hinds, Ibrahim FR Jackson State 6:12.3 30:50.54 10
12 Lyles, Dexter JR Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6:12.9 30:53.63 11
13 Simon, Daniel FR Southern 6:31.4 32:25.48 12
14 McIntosh, Jamie SO Jackson State 6:39.4 33:05.44 13
15 Atkins, Jonathan SO Jackson State 6:40.2 33:09.18 14
16 Machooka, Daniel JR Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6:56.2 34:28.77 15
17 Dotson, Shedrick SO Alcorn State 7:11.7 35:45.52
18 Grigbsy, Quintarius FR Alcorn State 7:18.4 36:19.30
19 Brown, Christopher JR Alcorn State 7:18.9 36:21.38
20 Miller, Malcolm SR Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7:21.4 36:34.21 16
21 Winters, Earl FR Mississippi Valley 7:28.8 37:10.56 17
22 Villacis, Jorge JR Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7:44.5 38:28.73 18
23 Wilker II, Henry JR Arkansas-Pine Bluff 8:22.0 41:35.12 19
24 Burchett, Lloyd SR Arkansas-Pine Bluff 8:34.3 42:36.56 20
25 George, Marcus SR Southern 8:57.9 44:33.53 21
26 Nichols, Victor SO Southern 10:00.9 49:46.88 22
Non Division I Results
1 Sykes, Martinique JR West Florida 5:20.9 26:35.00 1
2 Roach, Chris FR West Florida 5:21.9 26:39.76 2
3 Provence, Jeremy SR Ozarks (Ark.) 5:22.9 26:45.16 3
4 Sykes, Dominique JR West Florida 5:24.9 26:54.99 4
5 Cooper, Tristan SR Ozarks (Ark.) 5:25.0 26:55.59 5
6 Pagan, Eddie JR West Florida 5:26.5 27:02.98 6
7 Ramirez, Andres JR Hendrix 5:28.2 27:11.15 7
8 Haden, Cody FR West Florida 5:31.6 27:28.20 8
9 Black, Jared SR West Florida 5:32.5 27:32.76 9
10 Haynie, Wes JR Hendrix 5:33.0 27:35.27 10
11 Borutta, Stephen SO Hendrix 5:34.7 27:43.67 11
12 Cothren, Micah JR Hendrix 5:36.5 27:52.65 12
13 Friant, Matthew SO Ozarks (Ark.) 5:36.6 27:53.06 13
14 Gonzalez, Tino JR Mississippi College 5:37.9 27:59.55 14
15 Meyers, Nick East Texas Baptis 5:38.7 28:03.22 15
16 Kowalski, Roman FR West Florida 5:41.3 28:16.45 16
17 Prevost, Zak SR Mississippi College 5:43.2 28:25.77 17
18 Kirkikis, Christopher SR Spring Hill 5:43.9 28:29.56 18
19 Cheruiyot, Titus SO West Florida 5:44.0 28:29.84
20 Brogdon, Shane JR Mississippi College 5:47.0 28:44.66 19
21 Dyer, John JR Hendrix 5:48.2 28:50.57 20
22 Parva, Ben FR Millsaps 5:51.1 29:05.23 21
23 Napier, Will SO Millsaps 5:59.1 29:44.87 22
24 Martin, Sam FR Millsaps 6:01.8 29:58.24 23
25 Gonzalez, William JR Dillard 6:02.8 30:03.50
26 davis, peter SR Belhaven 6:04.3 30:10.94
27 Mcelyea, Andy SO Mississippi College 6:04.8 30:13.24 24
28 Spencer, Tim East Texas Baptis 6:05.8 30:18.29 25
29 Richards, Stevorn FR Southern-NO 6:07.6 30:27.24 26
30 Ueunten, Trent JR Ozarks (Ark.) 6:08.1 30:29.68 27
31 Russell, John FR Spring Hill 6:08.4 30:30.95 28
32 Anderson, Michael FR Spring Hill 6:09.7 30:37.64 29
33 Read, Thomas FR Hendrix 6:10.9 30:43.36 30
34 Lacombe, Patrick FR Millsaps 6:12.5 30:51.66 31
35 Paz, Fernando SO Mississippi College 6:13.7 30:57.69 32
36 Hebeler, Travis FR Millsaps 6:14.3 31:00.62 33
37 Silas, Thomas SO Millsaps 6:15.6 31:06.98 34
38 Morris, Kasey East Texas Baptis 6:17.2 31:14.95 35
39 Metcalf, Griffin FR Mississippi College 6:18.0 31:18.80 36
40 Duck, Chris SO Millsaps 6:18.5 31:21.07 37
41 Earhart, Caleb FR New Orleans 6:19.2 31:24.97 38
42 Charlet, Dylan FR New Orleans 6:19.6 31:26.92 39
43 Fleming, Ben FR Spring Hill 6:24.9 31:53.33 40
44 Adaway, Justin East Texas Baptis 6:25.4 31:55.51 41
45 Elder, Robert FR Ozarks (Ark.) 6:31.0 32:23.35 42
46 Russell, Adam FR Auburn Montgomery 6:31.6 32:26.59 43
47 Lewis, Cortez SR Auburn Montgomery 6:33.0 32:33.36 44
48 Schwarzman, Ryan JR Auburn Montgomery 6:35.6 32:46.26 45
49 Kinsey, Thomas JR Spring Hill 6:37.6 32:56.15 46
50 ricks, robert SO Belhaven 6:40.6 33:10.93
51 sinclair, andrew JR Belhaven 6:43.0 33:23.18
52 Aiken, Joshua JR New Orleans 6:44.6 33:30.93 47
53 Boudreaux, Fritz SO Spring Hill 6:46.0 33:38.07 48
54 Hilgendorf, Max SO Ozarks (Ark.) 6:47.3 33:44.48 49
55 garza, rudy SO Dillard 6:48.3 33:49.60
56 Powers, Seth East Texas Baptis 6:49.7 33:56.46 50
57 Gibson, Daniel FR Dillard 6:51.5 34:05.22
58 Pigman, Dalton JR Mississippi College 6:53.2 34:13.78 51
59 Boyer, Christian SR Spring Hill 6:53.9 34:17.28 52
60 Leggette, Joshua JR Tougaloo 6:55.6 34:25.66 53
61 Flores, Ryan SO Hendrix 6:56.1 34:28.15 54
62 Youmans, Spencer JR Auburn Montgomery 6:59.5 34:45.13 55
63 Doty, Zach SR Ozarks (Ark.) 7:00.1 34:48.19 56
64 McClendon, Lawrence SO Tougaloo 7:03.7 35:06.07 57
65 Boudreaux, Andrew FR New Orleans 7:08.8 35:31.48 58
66 Jarvis, Donovan East Texas Baptis 7:20.0 36:27.18 59
67 McFarlane, Peter JR Southern-NO 7:31.4 37:23.81 60
68 Porter, Nicholos JR Tougaloo 7:38.5 37:59.10 61
69 Ellzey, Donorrick JR Tougaloo 7:38.6 37:59.70 62
70 Dover, Blake East Texas Baptis 7:39.7 38:05.17 63
71 Tucker, Jasmond JR New Orleans 7:40.9 38:10.86 64
72 Mwangi, Joshua FR Southern-NO 7:52.8 39:10.13 65
73 Brown, Nathan SR Auburn Montgomery 7:52.9 39:10.39 66
74 Williams, Sheldon SO Southern-NO 7:52.9 39:10.65 67
75 Ambrose, Brian SR Tougaloo 8:04.6 40:08.52 68
76 Jackson, Steven SR Tougaloo 8:04.9 40:10.04 69
77 McGough, Jeremiah SO Auburn Montgomery 8:20.5 41:27.65 70
78 Amburn, Brent SR Auburn Montgomery 8:27.7 42:03.42 71
79 Mitchell, Charles SO Tougaloo 8:58.7 44:37.63 72
80 Scott, Jeffrey FR Southern-NO 10:01.0 49:47.22 73
81 buggage, kermit FR Dillard 10:01.0 49:47.57
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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Division I Results
1 Mississippi Valley 19 1 2 3 4 9 17
Total Time: 2:21:58.28
Average: 28:23.66
2 Jackson State 50 6 7 10 13 14
Total Time: 2:36:23.63
Average: 31:16.73
3 Southern 68 5 8 12 21 22
Total Time: 3:06:59.29
Average: 37:23.86
4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 79 11 15 16 18 19 20
Total Time: 3:02:00.46
Average: 36:24.10
Non Division I Results
1 West Florida 21 1 2 4 6 8 9 16
Total Time: 2:14:40.93
Average: 26:56.19
2 Hendrix 60 7 10 11 12 20 30 54
Total Time: 2:19:13.31
Average: 27:50.67
3 Ozarks (Ark.) 90 3 5 13 27 42 49 56
Total Time: 2:24:26.84
Average: 28:53.37
4 Mississippi College 106 14 17 19 24 32 36 51
Total Time: 2:26:20.91
Average: 29:16.19
5 Millsaps 130 21 22 23 31 33 34 37
Total Time: 2:30:40.62
Average: 30:08.13
6 Spring Hill 161 18 28 29 40 46 48 52
Total Time: 2:34:27.63
Average: 30:53.53
7 East Texas Baptis 166 15 25 35 41 50 59 63
Total Time: 2:35:28.43
Average: 31:05.69
8 New Orleans 246 38 39 47 58 64
Total Time: 2:50:05.16
Average: 34:01.04
9 Auburn Montgomery 253 43 44 45 55 66 70 71
Total Time: 2:51:41.73
Average: 34:20.35
10 Southern-NO 291 26 60 65 67 73
Total Time: 3:15:59.05
Average: 39:11.81
11 Tougaloo 301 53 57 61 62 68 69 72
Total Time: 3:05:39.05
Average: 37:07.81