CLINTON - Junior Sara Sacks had an outstanding performance placing 11th overall with a time of 23:41 for the 6km at the SAA Championships at Choctaw Trail. The All Conference effort and personal record led the Majors to 5th place finish in the team standings.
"I am very proud of how our men and women competed," commented Head Coach Andy Till. "Our entire women's team and 7 of our 9 men either set new pr's or set a new pr for Choctaw Trails. Their efforts are a testament to how hard they've worked this season and their commitment to one another. I could not ask for anything more."
"Sara ran the race that we've been working on," added Coach Till. "She set two goals for herself: to break 23:45 and earn All Conference. "Sara really put herself out there and she never backed off. The impressive thing about the 23:41 is that her previous best 6km at Choctaw was 25:40."
Junior Haley Brown and sophomore Melinda Solomon both broke 25 minutes for the first time at Choctaw Trails with times 24:53 and 24:57 and 27th and 29th, respectively.
Completing the scoring and setting personal records were Laney Lenox and Susan Fasano. Lenox and Fasano crossed the line 51st and 57th with times of 26:41 and 27:20. The Majors averaged 25:31 as a team.
The next race for Millsaps will be the NCAA South/Southeast Regional Championships hosted by Emory University on Saturday November 10th.
Centre College finished 1st with a team total of 33 points. Sewanee finished 2nd with 51 points and Rhodes was 3rd with 57 points.
