CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Anderson men's cross country team claimed third place, while the women's squad posted a fourth-place finish at the Conference Carolinas Championships hosted by Queens University of Charlotte Friday afternoon at McAlpine Park. In the women's 5K race, Anderson sophomore Whitney Bishoff trimmed nearly a minute off last year's record-setting effort, recording yet another record time of 18:00 to win the individual title by 28 seconds. Bishoff jumped out to a 30-meter lead then extended her lead even further to finish faster than the next racer, Jessica Neville. With the title, Bishoff claimed Conference Runner of the Year honors for the second straight year. Bishoff's victory marks the second consecutive individual conference title for the Winder, Ga. native and marked the six straight year that Anderson has won the women's individual title. Freshman Emily Eckroth (20:33) narrowly missed earning all-conference accolades with her 17th place finish. Host Queens University placed four runners in the top 12 to win the team title with 50 points to edge last year's champion, Lees-McRae. Limestone was third with103 points, Anderson was fourth with 126 points, and Converse was fifth with 127 points. "It wasn't our best race on the women's side," Anderson head coach Randy Greer said. "But we knew it was going to be tough. Whitney ran another great race." In the men's 8K race, Anderson placed three runners in the top 25. Alex Jordan (25:57) finished seventh, earning second-team all-conference honors. Alex Pena (27:44) finished 21st, while Nigel Reynolds (27:46) placed just behind in 22nd. Queens took the top six spots en route to claiming the team title with a perfect 15 points. Lees-McRae was second with 79 points. Anderson was third with 114 points, and Mount Olive finished fourth with 116 points. Queens' Oscar Ogwaro led the field of 82 with a time of 24:18 on the 8,000-meter course. The 4:54 paced time matches the current best run at a Conference Carolinas Championship, a record set by former Queens runner Daniel Kanyaruhuru in 2007. "I was very please with the guys' effort," Greer added. "They ran exceptionally well. But we still have room for improvement. Alex ran a great race and held off some really strong runners." Women 1. Queens 2 3 6 12 27 = 50 Jessica Neville, Maraya Slatter, Holly Annas, Katie Snow, Sarah Khan 2. Lees-Mcrae 7 8 10 13 14 (15) (25) = 52 Kira Shoemaker, Carla Swart, April Harris, Hannah Henderson, Danielle Lindquist, Cinthia Lehner, Ashley May 3. Limestone 4 5 26 32 36 (52) (72) = 103 Courtney Rankin, Quanika Blackmon, Molly Reichwald, Jenny Altieri, Alex Gadea, Amanda Clausing, Ashton Sellers 4. Anderson 1 17 21 23 64 (65) = 126 Whitney Bishoff, Emily Eckroth, Chelsea Rogers, Lynne Flint, Amanda Johnson, Isabel Berry 5. Converse 18 19 22 30 38 (40) (49) = 127 Brittany Hogue, Samantha Nicholson, Carrie Jackson, Amy Bassett, Elizabeth High, Michelle Coloney, Amy Sue Guinn 6. Erskine 20 28 34 37 45 (50) (56) = 164 Katie Henderson, Kateryna Slyepstova, Katie Moore, Liz Loftis, Beck Fick, Sarah Money, Mandy Brandon 7. Pfieffer 9 24 33 54 58 (62) (67) = 178 Lindsey Phillips, Kaitlyn Mullis, Magen Abernathy, Yasmin Ingram, Rachel Biggerstaff, April Hinson, Chelsea Tysinger 8. Belmont Abbey 11 39 42 46 47 (60) (61) = 185 Emily Boggs, Monica Remmes, Kristin Mahoney, Chanelle Fleagle, Nadine Ntumba, Elizabeth O Malley, Bridget Conroy 9. Coker 16 35 43 44 55 (73) = 193 Sam Fletcher, Dana Daves, Aliese Gregory, Alex Ochoa, Amy Jones, Caitlyn Driscoll 10. Mount Olive 31 41 57 66 68 (69) (75) = 263 Melissa Moore, Nikkolette Lucas, Caitlin Pye, Rocio Alvarado, Angela Bailey, Tiondra Miller, Ashley Sawyer 11. St. Andrews 29 48 63 70 71 (76) (77) = 281 Alex King, Anna Egeln, Danielle Martin, Rebecca Maye, Lauren Crabb, Amy Tripson, Amanda Espinosa 12. Barton 51 53 59 74 78 (79) (80) = 315 Alexa Tovella, Brittany Cowan, Saybah Reed, Sandy Dickerson, Amber Fletcher, Jessica Hutcherson, Cynthia Burroughs Men 2009 Conference Carolinas Cross Country Results 1. Queens 1 2 3 4 5 (6) (10) = 15 Oscar Ogwaro, Futsum Mebrahtu, Simon Stuetzel, Nelson Mwangi, Matt Rowell, Alex Schilling, Brian Yates 2. Lees-Mcrae 11 15 16 17 20 (28) (29) = 79 Sondre Thorbergsen, Nate Trimble, Craig Simpkins, Michael Davis, Chris Holstein, Luke Anton, Connor Gray 3. Anderson 7 21 22 30 34 (53) = 114 Alex Jordan, Alex Pena, Nigel Reynolds, Jonathan Stephens, Matt Shaffer, Ryne Welch 4. Mount Olive 13 19 25 26 33 (38) (45) = 116 James Maloney, Kevin Ryan, Paul Hoffman, Ronnie Sturgill, Chris Menjares, Rashaad Nelson, Chris Etienne 5. Erskine 8 12 23 32 49 = 124 Adam Groblewski, Chas Culberson, Joseph Sell, Matt Diaz, Robert McCarthy 6. St. Andrews 14 24 37 40 42 (54) = 157 Doug Holt, James Walls, Jon Lecker, Tommy Wilson, James Lloyd, Brad McKee 7. Pfieffer 27 35 36 41 44 (50) (63) = 183 Matt Tyndall, Will Oliver, Daniel Barnhardt, Josh Roberts, Zack Allen, Zach Gray, Grady Gaston 8. Limestone 9 43 48 55 56 (58) (60) = 211 Justus Kirwa, Kevin Eagle, Tres Valentino, Garrett McCraw, Ken Bodamer, Greg Boston, Brian Makupson 9. Belmont Abbey 18 39 46 51 62 (66) (70) = 216 Joseph Lanser, Greg Shore, Martin Aucoin, Michael Laheta, Thomas Hoxie, Charles Dingee, Ian Moye 10. Barton 31 52 57 64 65 (69) = 269 Sammy Serem, Chris Mizelle, Chris Free, Phillip Averre, Chris Lassiter, Hunter Newcombe 11. Coker 47 59 61 67 68 = 302 Britian Tomlinson, Quinn Wenger, Austin McJunkins, Thad Sulek, Andrew Caputa