Cavaliers sweep Skiles Invitational

October 1, 2012

Sept. 29, 2012 (DAWSON) – Darton State College swept its 2012 Skiles Farm Invitational race, Saturday, in Dawson.

The Cavaliers had a near-perfect 17 total points over South Georgia College’s 43 in a dual meet for the collegiate men’s 8K.

The Lady Cavs scored 29 points to beat Georgia Southwestern State University (2^nd, 52 points), Chipola Community College (3^rd, 88 points), and South Georgia College (4^th, 90 points) in the women’s 5K race.

Darton’s Cody Mallchok again led the Cavs, covering the dusty, hilly course in 27:52. Darton freshman Jared Richmond has been closing the gap on Mallchok since August, and finished 2nd overall Saturday, running 28:14. Sophomores Hank Campbell and Nick Mascardo finished 3^rd and 4^th overall, and freshman Ean Crawford finished 7^th to sum up the Cavs’ score.

Freshmen Elena Oslund and Alexis Skiles again led the Lady Cavs. Oslund’s 21:29 was strong enough to finish 3^rd overall, while Skiles was a second behind her to finish 4^th with 21:30.

Sophomores Jeronda Stringfield and Hayden Clapper finished 7^th and 8^th, finishing in 21:43 and 21:59, respectively. Freshman Jaichelle Thomas ran 22:30 to finish 10^th.

Georgia Southwestern’s Jessi Young ran 20:41 to win individual honors in the 5K. Chipola’s Natalya Miller finished 2^nd overall with 20:45.

Darton leads the GCAA and it looks like a fourth consecutive conference sweep lies ahead in late October. Currently the women’s program is ranked No. 18 in the NJCAA. The men are ranked No. 19.