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Merrill, Smoak Finish 1-2 At Lander

GREENWOOD, S.C. - Jessica Merrill and Ashley Smoak finished 1-2 to lead the Anderson College women's team to the title in the 12th annual Lander/Connie Maxwell Invitational Saturday morning. Merrill finished the 5K course in 20:09 to beat Smoak by just one second. In AC's first two meets this season, Smoak has recorded two top-three finishes. Deanna Pepper (5th) and Kassi Lakes (10th) gave AC four runners in the top 10. Anderson tallied 26 points to beat host Lander by 34 points. Erskine was third with 110 points. In the men's meet, Anderson finished third. Truett-McConnell won the meet followed by USC Spartanburg in second place. AC's top finisher was Josiah Jones (7th).