Charleston Southern University Athletics
Big South Conference Championship
11/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Charleston Southern junior Jessie Dotson recorded an impressive 25th place showing to lead the Bucs at the 2014 Big South Conference Cross Country Championships on a blustery Saturday morning at Gardner-Webb University. CSU finished ninth as a team with 248 points, while High Point edged Liberty to take home the team title.
High Point finished with 67 total points to narrowly beat out Liberty for the Big South crown. Radford was a close third. CSU finished ahead of Longwood and Presbyterian to take ninth, paced by Dotson's effort. Liberty senior Jacy Christiansen won the individual championship with a time of 17:37.64.
Dotson capped an outstanding junior campaign by crossing the finish line in 19:24.93. She was coming off her best performance of the season at the College of Charleston Invitational. Dotson, who holds a 3.23 GPA as a communications and English major, also earned a spot on the Big South's 2014 All-Academic Team.
CSU sophomore Hannah Palm was the other top finisher for assistant coach for distance and jumps Sirena Williams and company, placing 57th with a time of 20:44.46. Classmate Madison Burkholder also narrowly came in under the 21-minute mark in the difficult conditions that included snow flurries. Kaitlyn Keene and Emily Lyons finished 63rd and 65th for the Bucs, respectively.
The Big South Conference Women's Cross Country Award winners are listed below.
2014 Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year
Jacy Christiansen, Liberty
2014 Women's Cross Country Freshman of the Year
Joan Maritim, Campbell
2014 Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year
Jenna Wrieden, High Point
2014 Women's Cross Country All-Conference Team
Jacy Christiansen, Liberty
Joan Maritim, Campbell
Letitia Saayman, Coastal Carolina
Teresa Williamson, Radford
Kyla Van Graan, Coastal Carolina
Aynslee Van Graan, Coastal Carolina
Michelle Kauffman, Campbell
Katie Hickey, Radford
Natalia Ocasio, High Point
Kelly Hayes, High Point
Erin Dalton, UNC Asheville
Sarah Heisner, UNC Asheville
2014 Women's Cross Country All-Academic Team
Michelle Kauffman, Campbell
Jessie Dotson, Charleston Southern
Kyla van Graan, Coastal Carolina
Jenna Ford, Gardner-Webb
Julia Zautcke, High Point
Jacy Christiansen, Liberty
Gracie Piekarski, Longwood
Gabriele Lesieur, Presbyterian College
Teresa Williamson, Radford
Adrian Etheridge, UNC Asheville
Sarah DeVaux, Winthrop
2014 Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Teresa Williamson, Radford
