Tampa, Fla. - The UAH men's cross country team's hopes for a trip to the
NCAA Division II National Championships where dashed when one of its top runners was unable to
finish. Charger sophomore Samson Too was in the thick of the men's 10K when he
collapsed and dropped out of the race. The result was disasterous for the
Chargers who wound up with a sixth place finish at the NCAA Southeast Region
Championship on Saturday morning. The Lady Chargers finished 11th in the women's
6K.
 "Florida is a curse for us," said UAH head coach David Cain. "We had
something similar happen to us the last time the Regional was here."
"We were right right there and had a great chance to finish in the top
three, but it just didn't happen."
Freshman Stephen Dolan had an outstanding race running the seventh fastest
10K time in UAH men's history finishing eighth with a time of 33:08. The finish
earned him a spot on the All-Region team. Joining Dolan on the All-Region team
was junior Josh Moshier who crossed the line ninth at 33:10. Senior Will Rodgers
narrowly missed the All-Region group, finishing 15th with a time of 33:25.
A pair of freshmen, Dante Dorsey and Travis Whatley rounded out the UAH top
five. Dorsey finished 51st at 35:51 and Whatley was 79th at 36:51.
Overall, the Chargers scored 162 points with their sixth place team
finish. Gulf South Conference champion Harding University won the race with 48
points. Sunshine State Conference schools Florida Southern and Nova Southeastern
advanced to the DII nationals finishing second and third with 89 and 105 points
respectively. GSC schools West Georgia and West Florida finished ahead of UAH at
fourth and fifth.
In the women's race, the Lady Chargers tallied 228 points. Region host
University of Tampa took first place with 32 points. Harding was second with 47
points to earn the other spot at the DII finals.
Junior Gwen Kyser was the Lady Chargers' top finisher in the 6K placing 19th with a
time of 23:52. A trio of freshmen followed, two in the top 50. Allyson Pierce
was 44th (25:29) and Emily Thompson 48th (25:42), while Jacqueline Lintzenich
was 55th at 26:06. Junior Amanda Tucker rounded out the Lady Charger top five,
crossing the line 62nd with a time of 26:26.
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