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Merrill Leads AC Women To Victory At Erskine

DUE WEST, S.C. -- Senior Jessica Merrill claimed her second individual title of the season to lead the Anderson College women to a first-place finish in the 12-team Erskine Invitational Thursday afternoon. Merrill, a senior from Lorraine, Ohio, has recorded four top-five finishes in six meets this season. Merrill's winning time in the 5K event was 19:48. Teammate Ashley Smoak, who has five top-four finishes this season, finished second, just two seconds behind Merrill. Merrill won the Lander Invitational earlier this season and finished second in last Saturday's AC Invitational. In the men's meet, Josiah Jones finished 12th to lead Anderson to a sixth-place finish in the 14-team field. Truett-McConnell won the men's meet.