Complete Results
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The Norfolk State women's cross country team turned in a fourth-place finish on Saturday at the William & Mary Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge. For the second consecutive week, sophomore Aurora Scott (Portsmouth, Va.) paced the team. Scott, the reigning MEAC Athlete of the Week, finished ninth in 22:15.40.
Toledo (23 points), W&M (43) and Navy (86) finished ahead of the Spartans (118). Ari Fisher of Toledo won the individual title on the 3.7-mile course with a time of 21:04.30.
Junior Jennifer Chichester (Silver Spring, Md.) finished 14th in 22:34.90, while NSU's third finisher, freshman Kellen Rotto (Eldoret, Kenya) ran a 23:43.50. Senior Tia Miles (Richmond, Va.) (23:53.40) and sophomore Jamia Hutto (Orlando, Fla.) (25:08.50) rounded out NSU's top five.
Syeeda Gee (Philadelphia, Pa.), Candace Shoates (Newport News, Va.) and Chynell Gray (Virginia Beach, Va.) also ran for the Spartans, but did not factor into the team score. Gee ran a 25:53.30, while Shoates and Gray posted times of 26:38.30 and 2:36.00, respectively.
The Spartans compete in the Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary, N.C. next Saturday.