CHARLESTON, S.C. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s cross country team finished fifth in the Southern Conference meet Saturday at the Trophy Lakes course, with senior Chris Berry making all-conference for the fourth time with a fifth-place 24:04.80 for the 8 kilometers and sophomore Lucas Cotter sixth at 24:20.56. Each is a former SoCon freshman of the year. UTC sophomore Mark Cole was second-team all-conference and 14th overall, and Nathan Wanuch was 27th. UNC Greensboro’s Paul Chelimo won in 23:11.56, and McCallie School alumnus Will Raby of Appalachian State was ninth in 24:41.49. UNCG won both team titles. UTC’s Lady Mocs were 11th, led by 23rd-place senior Tara Gietema in 18:01 for the 5k.
• Led by individual winner Tera Woods, Covenant College’s Lady Scots won the Great South Athletic Conference cross country meet Saturday at the Chickamauga Dam recreation area. The Covenant men finished second to Huntingdon with Zach Smith and Stephen Dillon finishing second and fourth in the 8k in 29:11.23 and 29:33.05 and teammates Stephen Harper and Matt Gorter coming in eighth and 14th. Huntingdon’s Jeffery Jenkins won in 28:57.69. Woods won the 6k by more than 20 seconds in 25:10.22, and teammates Aften Whitmore (25:40.03), Beth Burgess and Emily Davis were fourth, seventh and ninth.
Golf
• WILMINGTON, N.C. — The UTC women’s golf team plunged from seventh to 17 place Saturday in the 18-team Landfall Tradition tournament. The Mocs’ best second-round scores were Mette Kryger’s 80 and Michaela Gasplmayr’s 81, as Marion Duvernay dropped to a tie for 33rd at 157 with Kryger at 158 and Maria Juliana Loza at 161. Purdue leads Auburn by two strokes with a 607; UTC is at 637.
• STATHAM, Ga. — The Dalton Golf and Country Club team is second at 135, one shot behind Champions Retreat GC, after Saturday’s four-ball play in the 19th annual Georgia Team Championship at The Georgia Club. David Noll Jr. and Mike Nance carded a 67 and Matt Oxford and Greg Brock had a 68 for Dalton G&CC. Calhoun’s Brent Sizemore helped in a 69 and a 143 total for Barnsley Gardens. Today will be individual stroke play with the best three scores counting for each team.