UM Women's Cross Country Begins Competition

JACKSONVILLE, Ala—The University of Mobile women’s cross country team began a 2007 season Saturday that has been 3 years in the making.

The University of Mobile was forced to cut the cross country programs after 2003-04 season due to budgetary concerns, and the programs were brought back for competition this season.

New Head Coach Holly Person got a late start recruiting runners and knows this season is just 1 step in building the programs back where they were in the past.

Even with tempered expectations, Person came away encouraged and pleased.

“I was very pleased with the effort and results of the young ladies,” Person said. “This level of competition is new to them, but they went out and performed well.”

As a team, the Lady Rams finished 5th out of 7 teams, beating out Alabama A&M University and Fort Valley State University.

Overall Team Runner School Time

26 26 Jennifer McNellage Mobile 14:03

34 34 Melanie Smart Mobile 15:26

37 37 Jennifer Kyser Mobile 18:46

39 39 Megan Harper Mobile 22:32