The Lady Rattlers cross country team took home the championship trophy at the 2nd Annual Bobby Lang Invitational this past Saturday at the Robert “Pete” Griffin Track. With legendary head coach Lang in attendance, the ladies blazed to a first place finish on the course that wound through the campus of FAMU.Clariccia Golden took home top honors in the 5K race that toured the beautiful campus of FAMU. Golden finished the run with a strong kick as she re-entered the Robert “Pete” Griffin Track Complex , and blazed the final 300 meters for a time of 19:24.72. That averaged out to just 6:14.9 per mile.
Golden was followed by Chandelic Jackson, who finished in 19:38.32. Jackson’s strong second place finish averaged 6:19.3 per mile. Albany State’s Brittany Carter finished third at 19:56.56 averaging 6:25.2 per mile. FAMU’s Shanay Mayes rounded out the top four competitors with a time of 20:15.15, averaging 6:31.2 per mile.
The additional Lady Rattler competitors were Stephaun Martinez (21:59.10/7:04.6), Ariel Allen (22:00.53/7:05.1), Keelyn Fleming (23:01..82/7:24.1) and Netali Chapple (23:12.56/7:28.3).
The Lady Rattlers’ overall time of 1:43:17.82, averaging 20:39.57, was enough to finish in first place as a team. They were followd by Albany State University (1:46:40.6/21:20.06), Bethune-Cookman University (1:57:51.36/23:34.28) and Edward Waters College (2:09:58.10/25:59.62).
This was the Lady Rattlers’ fourth tournament this season where they finished first. The solid recruiting class of coach Darlene Moore has yielded a competitive group of ladies. Freshmen Chandelic Jackson and Clariccia Golden have both captured two titles apiece.