BY TIM HAYES
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER
Stephanie Place’s senior season at Tennessee Tech has been filled with wins, awards and the establishment of new personal bests.
Each weekend, the former Tennessee High star comes up with a big performance for the Golden Eagles’ women’s cross country team.
However, Saturday was perhaps her most impressive accomplishment yet.
Place blitzed the field by 21 seconds in taking the women’s individual title at the Ohio Valley Conference championships in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Place completed the 5K course in 18 minutes, 16.7 seconds and improved on her third-place showing in last year’s conference meet.
The effort also earned her OVC runner of the year honors. Place will compete in the NCAA South Regionals on Nov. 15.
Top-10 finish for Osborne
Liberty University’s Ashley Osborne placed 10th in the Big South Conference women’s championship meet. The John Battle High School graduate clocked in at 19:10.66 at the 5K race in Lynchburg, Va.
May, Harris Help Lees-McRae
A pair of runners from Southwest Virginia helped the Lees-McRae College women’s cross country team win the Conference Carolinas team title.
April Harris (Lee High) finished 10th and earned all-conference honors in the meet in Belmont, N.C., while Ashley May (Chilhowie) crossed the finish line in 19th.
Best freshman
Lenoir-Rhyne College’s Jakob Maidens (Lebanon) has been selected as the South Atlantic Conference men’s cross country freshman of the year.
Maidens finished third in the SAC championships on Saturday in Chapin, S.C., finishing the 8K course in 26:37.
Graves places 38th
Abingdon High School graduate Griff Graves placed 38th in the Big East Conference championships over the weekend in New York. The freshman had a time of 25:38.5 on the 8K course.
Exhibition season
Ashlee Samuels started the season in style for the High Point University women’s basketball team.
The former George Wythe High School standout had six points, seven rebounds, one block and one assist in High Point’s 74-49 exhibition win over Appalachian Athletic Conference school Montreat on Saturday.
Meade gets kicks
Hunter Meade has quietly put together a consistent and solid season for the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) football team.
The former Virginia High standout has connected on two of his three field goal attempts and is 41-of-42 on extra points. Meade is in his second season as the starting kicker for the Patriots (8-1), who host the University of Virginia’s College at Wise in a crucial Mid-South Conference game on Saturday.
Coaching connection
Former Abingdon High School football coach C. Ray Gregory is currently in his first season as an assistant at Bethune-Cookman College in Florida.
Bethune-Cookman is off to a 6-2 start. Gregory will return to Virginia on Saturday as the Wildcats travel to Hampton University.
More on Malone
Former Abingdon High School baseball star Justin Malone has landed at Georgia State University and had a productive fall season.
The freshman infielder had three hits in Georgia State’s final fall scrimmage.
Martin’s block party
Kayla Martin (Rural Retreat) has had a rather productive season for the Concord (W.Va.) University volleyball team.
Martin leads the Mountain Lions in blocks (22) and is second on the team in kills (138). She also has 16 service aces to her credit.
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