Sept. 3, 2005

West Palm Beach, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – Freshman Melissa Hornor (Columbus, Ohio) placed fifth in a time of 19:28 to lead the University of Miami women’s cross country team to a third-place finish at the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish Invitational in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Also running well for the Hurricanes was sophomore DeeDee Phlatts (Silver Springs, Md.) finished sixth in a time of 19:31.

Miami returns to action on Friday, September 9th at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla.

Sailfish Invitational Women's Team Results1. FIU 172. Florida Tech 733. Miami 994. FAU 1045. Nova Southeastern 1216. Palm Beach Atlantic 128

Miami Finishers5. Melissa Hornor 19:286. DeeDee Phlatts 19:3130. Lia Ames 23:0131. Lindsay Rohrs 23:0233. Jillian Kenney 23:0641. Janal Montagna 24:1343. Anika Arevalo 24:28