Florida State captures women’s team title, App State 3rd — but High Point’s Ickes takes individual honors in Covered Bridge Open

By David Rogers. BOONE, N.C. — While High Point senior Lindsey Ickes ran away with the individual title, the Florida State women stormed the field to capture 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th to take the team title on Sept. 3, in the annual running of the Covered Bridge Open Cross Country Meet hosted by Appalachian State University.

The App State women, led by a 10th place finish by junior Jasmine Donahue, were third in the team standings among the 13 colleges and universities participating. Out of 138 athletes running 5k course on the Don Kennedy Trails at State Farm Intramural Fields, App State athletes finished 10th (Donahue), 20th (Linnea Maynard), 29th (Karsyn Kane), 31st (Annie Amundsen), 39th (Reilly Barber), 41st and 42nd (Madison Christy and Lila Peters, respectively).

Team Scores (low scores are better, adding together— the individual places of the team’s top five athletes’ order of finish):

1. Florida State (20)
2. High Point (50)
3. Appalachian State (120)
4. Milligan (134)
5. Western Carolina (164)
6. Louisville (169)
7. Southern Indiana (182)
8. Tennessee Tech (195)
9. Lenoir-Rhyne (196)
10. Mercer (280)
11. Lees McRae (338)
12. West Florida (339)
13. UNC-Ashville (350)