October 11, 2006

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Millsaps men’s and women’s cross country teams competed last weekend in the Twilight Classic presented by Fleet Feet Sports, facing tough competition such as South Alabama, Harding University, Missouri State, Western Kentucky, Arkansas-Little Rock and Alabama-Huntsville.

The Majors as well as several other Mississippi schools like Mississippi College, Mississippi Valley State, Alcorn State, Jackson State and Belhaven all traveled to the event.

For the Millsaps women, freshman Erin Sanford crossed the finish line first in the 5K run with a time of 21:26.00, which was good enough to finish in front of 81 other competitors.

Ivy Settlemires finished 17 spots behind Sanford with a time of 22:07.88, while Anna Allred and Maria Green finished with times of 22:26.48 and 22:41.53.

The Majors will stay in Mississippi for their next competition, traveling to Clinton Saturday, Oct. 14, to compete in the Mississippi College Invitational at 9:30 a.m.