FAIRBURN, Ga. — Freshman Allie Brown continues a dominant freshman season as she continued to lead the Georgia Southwestern State University women's cross country team at a highly competitive race this weekend, the ASICS Cross Country Invitational hosted by Alexander High School featured both a college and high school event. The college event was a packed crowd that featured 26 teams including multiple Division I programs and also many fellow Peach Belt Conference members. Brown, who finished 99th overall, paced the Lady Hurricanes by completing the 5K course in 20:11.6 which was her fastest time of the year so far. Junior Sarah Earley crossed the finish line second for GSW on Saturday with a time of 21:16.4, good for 142nd place out of a total of 236 runners. Madaline Toth rounded out GSW's top 3 finishers and took 203rd place with a time of 23:27.8. 

GSW finished the event ahead of two Peach Belt Conference members, Young Harris and Clayton State.

Samford won the event with four of the top eight runners giving them a cumalitive score of 36. Samford's team event win was dominant as they beat second-place finisher Florida State University by 49 overall points.. Georgia Tech runner Sarah Copeland finished first in the race with a time of 17:38.2.

ASICS Cross Country Invitational
Fairburn, Ga.
Oct. 2nd, 2021

GSW Individual Results
99. Allie Brown, 20:11.6
142. Sarah Earley, 21:16.4
203. Madaline Toth, 23:27.8
208. Angel Jarvis, 23:53.1
211. Megan Strickland, 24:10.8
225. Brianna Zupko, 26:05.0

Team Results
1. Samford (36 pts)
2. Florida State (84)
3. Georgia Tech (97)
4. Flagler (98)
5. Davidson (142)
6. Wofford (212)
7. North Georgia (225)
8. Western Carolina (237)
9. Augusta (253)
10. Carson-Newman (280)
11. Mercer (300)
12. Emory (310)
13. Columbus State (417)
14. Oxford College (421)
15. Georgia College (449)
16. Georgia Southern (499)
17. West Georgia (501)
18. Life (553)
19. Oglethorpe (554)
20. Spring Hill College (567)
21. Reinhardt (575)
22. Georgia Southwestern (661)
23. Berry (662)
24. Young Harris (686)
25. West Alabama (739)
26. Clayton State (755)