Tobias breaks two records, paces Bishops at PC Tri-Meet

Raleigh, NC - Sophomore Gretchen Tobias broke two North Carolina Wesleyan cross country records on Friday afternoon as the Bishops competed in the Peace Pacers 5K Tri-Meet held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Raleigh.  Running in her first collegiate meet, Tobias (pictured) turned in a program-best time of 24:13 and a record 5th-place finish among 18 runners. The Battling Bishops finished third overall with 60 points. Meredith took first place honors with 17 points, while Peace finished second with 58 points.

In addition to Tobias' performance, freshman Lacey Bradley recorded a solid time of 24:32 to finish 8th overall.  Bradley's time also eclipsed the previous non-dual record of 25:02 set during the 2006 season.  Tobias and Bradley are the first two Bishop runners to turn in sub-25:00 times since the program's inception.

Also competing for the Bishops were Juliana Richardson (26:31/13th), Katie Sadowski (31:14/16th), and Meghan Herd (36:41/18th).

Meredith ran away with top team honors as Joyce McLeod gained her first collegiate meet win with a time of 23:31.  The Angels, in fact, took the top four positions with McLeod, Audrey Darby, Lauren McDonald, and Katie Helms. 

The Battling Bishops return to action on October 4th when they travel to Greensboro to compete in the Hagan Stone Classic.  The meet is slated to begin at 9:30 a.m.