WILMINGTON, N.C. - The Campbell University Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams notched their first wins of the season at the UNC Wilmington Invitational on Friday, September 10.

The men defeated UNC Wilmington in the 6k race with a score of 27, narrowly defeating UNCW by 3 points. It was just as tight in the 4k women's race as Campbell also edged UNCW by 3 points with a score of 26.

Leading the Campbell Men was senior, Terence Attema (Smithville Ontario), who followed up his second place performance last week, with a win. Attema finished with a time of 18:36, 31 seconds ahead of Wil Zahorodny of UNC Wilmington.

Sophomore, DeLohnni Nicol-Samuel (Brandon, Manitoba) finished 3^rd with a time of 19:20 for the Camels, 15 seconds ahead of his teammate, freshman, Morgan Timiney (Kalamazoo, Mich.), who finished 4^th.

Freshman, Chris Schulist (Holland, Mich.), also had a strong showing for Campbell, finishing 7^th with a time of 19:42. Herald Alvarez (Franklin Park, Ill.) finished 18^th in his collegiate debut with a time of 20:24.

Rachel Deline (Belleville, Ontario) led the way for the Campbell Women, finishing 7^th with a time of 15:00. The junior finished 52 seconds behind the winner of the race, Wesley Fraizier.

Freshmen Samantha Robbins (London, Ontario) and Ashley Matthews (Raleigh, N.C.) also had strong performances for the Camels. Robbins had a time of 15:08, two seconds ahead of Matthews, which was good enough for 9^th and 10^th place respectively.

Coming in 13^th for the Camels, was sophomore, Laura Verschuren (Guelph, Ontario), who had a time of 15:31. Junior, Monica Vargas (Greendale, Wis.), finished 16^th with a time of 15:48.

The Fighting Camels are in action again next Saturday, September 18 at the Asics-Winthrop Invitational in Rock Hill, S.C. Start time is scheduled for 9 a.m.