Otahkians place sixth in Vanderbilt meet

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Southeast Missouri State University's women's cross country team took sixth place among 25 teams in the 5K 2001 Vanderbilt Cross Country Invitational Saturday.

The men's team took 13th.

Leading the way for Southeast was Kari Pilcher with a time of 18:56. Kelly product Amy Arteme finished 21st in 19:28, followed by Kris Woolf (37th) in 20:10, Anna Verseman (43rd) in 20:19, Jessie Thompson (46th) in 20:20 and Jen Burke (48th) in 20:24.

Southeast's men, running an 8K, were led by Jackson graduate Blake Popp (43rd, 28:17.). Danny Copeland took 47th in 28:22, followed by Brian Whitehead (75th, 29:18), Jason Crawford (119th, 30:39) and Cape Central alumn Gabe Austin (130th, 30:57).