Schultz Finishes 15th At ACC Championships

Oct. 31, 2005

Tallahassee, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – Senior Melanie Schultz (Davison, Mich.) finished 15th completing the six kilometer course in a time of 19:56.1 to lead the University of Miami women’s cross country team to an 11th-place finish at the ACC Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Fla.

Schultz, who is the first woman in UM history to finish a six kilometer race in under 20 minutes, nearly earned All-ACC honors finishing less than three seconds out of 14th-place. The top 14 individual finishers earn All-ACC recognition.

Miami returns to action on Saturday, November 12 at the NCAA South Region Cross Country Championships in Gainesville, Fla.

2005 ACC Women's Cross Country Championship Results1. Duke (20 points)2. NC State (91)3. Wake Forest (104)4. Boston College (106)5. North Carolina (128)6. Virginia (177)7. Florida State (196)8. Maryland (214)9. Virginia Tech (235)10. Georgia Tech (281)11. Miami (323)12. Clemson (327)

Miami Finishers:15. Melanie Schultz, 19:56.179. DeeDee Phlatts, 22:39.582. Melissa Hornor, 22:50.088. Ena Leufroy, 23:19.791. Allison McElhardy, 24:22.592. Lindsay Rohrs, 24:26.493. Lia Ames, 24:31.594. Jessica Fern, 24:35.8