The 2010 USC Aiken cross country schedule features one home event and eight meets in total, including the 2010 PBC Cross Country Championship and the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional.

USC Aiken commences its 2010 campaign on Friday, Sept. 3 at the Gamecock Invitational at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. The meet is scheduled to get underway at 7 p.m. USC Aiken placed second among all NCAA Division II squads at the 2009 Gamecock Invitational. Just a little over a week later after the Gamecock Invitational, USC Aiken will compete in the Berry College Invitational in Rome, Ga. on Saturday, Sept. 11. Action in the meet is set to get underway at 9 a.m. The Pacers will partici-pate in the Coastal Carolina Invitational the next weekend. The Friday meet will begin at 4 p.m. in Conway, S.C.

USC Aiken will return home next to play host to the First Annual Bridgestone-Pacer Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 25. The race will serve as USC Aiken’s first full meet at the Pacers’ top-of-the-line home course, Pacer Path. The Bridgestone-Pacer Invitational will feature six different divisions. The collegiate men and women will get things underway first with the 8K collegiate men’s meet set to start at 8 a.m. The women’s collegiate meet will begin shortly thereafter at 8:45 a.m. Immediately after the collegiate meets, high school teams from around the area will compete with girls and boys varsity and girls and boys junior varsity teams scheduled to participate in the First Annual Bridges-tone-Pacer Invitational.

The Pacers will have an open weekend next before opening up the month of October by running in the Jaguar Invitational in Augusta, Ga. The Augusta State event will get underway at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9.

USC Aiken will then run in its final regular season meet of the year on Saturday, Oct. 23 at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational. The meet is scheduled to get underway at 9:30 a.m.

The USC Aiken women’s cross-country team qualified for the 2009 NCAA Southeast Regionals. The Pacers finished in 19th as a team in a field of 23 teams. Nicole Maitland finished a team-best 32nd with a time of 25:28. The three-time All-Peach Belt Conference selection was one of two Pacers in the top 50 in the regional along with Jani Linde who finished 45th with a time of 25:54. USC Aiken qualified for the Southeast Regional by virtue of their eighth place finish at the 6k 2009 Peach Belt Conference Cross Country Championships. Maitland finished in 11th place individually, while Linde finished in 18th place.

Maitland was selected to the 2009 Peach Belt Conference Women’s Cross Country All-Academic team. Maitland is now a two-time winner of the award as she was also named to the PBC All-Aca-demic team after the 2008 season.

2010 Cross CountrySeason Outlook

Date Meet Site Time

Sept. 3 at Gamecock Invitational (South Carolina) Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m.

Sept. 11 at Berry College Invitational (Berry) Rome, Ga. 9 a.m.

Sept. 17 at Coastal Carolina Invitational (Coastal Carolina) Conway, S.C. 4 p.m.

Sept.25 Bridgestone-PacerInvitational Aiken,S.C. 8:30a.m.

Oct. 9 at Jaguar Invitational (Augusta State) Augusta, Ga. 9 a.m.

Oct. 23 at Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational (Lenoir-Rhyne) Newton, N.C. 9:30 a.m.

Nov. 6 at Peach Belt Conference Meet Augusta, Ga. 9 a.m.

Nov. 20 at NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Charlotte, N.C. 9 a.m.

Date Meet Site Result

Aug. 29 at Erskine Invitational (Erskine) Due West, S.C. 5th of 9

Sept. 4 at Gamecock Invitational (South Carolina) Columbia, S.C. 2nd of 5

Sept. 12 at Wingate Invitational (Wingate) Wingate, N.C. 4th of 10

Sept. 26 at Jaguar Invitational (Augusta State) Augusta, Ga. 4th of 5

Oct. 2 at Blue Hose Invitational (Presbyterian) Clinton, S.C. 4th of 6

Oct. 10 at Eagles Classic (Embry-Riddle) Daytona, Fla. 2nd of 2

Oct. 24 at PBC Championships Pembroke, N.C. 8th of 11

Nov. 7 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Wingate, N.C. 19th of 23

2009 TEAM RESULTS

2010 TEAM SCHEDULE

Mathilde GrenetSr.Doumont, France(Lycee George Sand)1st Year

Allison AmickFr. Columbia, S.C.(Ben Lippen)1st Year

Nicole MaitlandSr. Chapin, S.C.(Chapin)4th Year

Nikki ClarkFr.Charleston, S.C.(Wando)1st Year

Keely GillespieFr.North Augusta, S.C.(North Augusta)1st Year

Personal: Majoring in Nursing...Daughter of Betsy and Silas Amick...Captain of Cross Country and Track teams during 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons at Ben Lippen...Four-sport letterwinner (basketball and volleyball).

Personal: Majoring in Elementary Educa-tion...Daughter of Angie & John Maitland... 2-time All-State runner for Coach Legrand at Chapin HS...Two-time PBC All-Academic Team...Three-time PBC All-Conference runner.

Personal: Majoring in Biology...Daughter of Patti and Dave Clark...Graduated from Wando High School...Plans to become a veterinarian or a vet technician.

Personal: Majoring in Nursing...Daugther of Wanda and Ricky Gillespie...Three-sport letterwinner...Named All-Region in cross country five times...Chosen All-State in cross country in 2009...All-Region soccer (2009-10).

Personal: Majoring in Business Adminis-tration and Marketing...Daughter of Gerome and Cecillia Grenet...Member of USC Aiken tennis team for last four years...Ended career with 39 singles (eighth-most school history).

Meet the 2010 Pacers...

Lauren HodgeFr.Lexington, S.C.(Lexington)1st Year

Personal: Majoring in Accounting...Daugther of Theresa and David Hodge...Named Most Improved in Cross Country in 2009...MVP of JV Basketball team.

Location: Aiken, South CarolinaFounded/Enrollment: 1961/3,303Nickname: PacersColors: Cardinal, Navy, and WhiteNational Affiliation/Conference: NCAA Division II/Peach BeltChancellor: Dr. Thomas Hallman (The Citadel, 1969)Athletics Director: Randy Warrick (North Carolina, 1977)Head Coach: Larry Milner (South Carolina, 1978)Milner’s Email: xc@usca.eduPhone: 803-649-2370Head Athletic Trainer: Brandon Aiken (St. Andrews, 1997)Asst. AD for Communications/SID: Brian Hand (North Greenville, 2003)Hand’s Email: bhand@usca.eduAsst. SID : Milledge Austin (USCA, 2009)Emails: milledgea@usca.eduSID Phone: 803-641-3252SID Fax: 803-641-3759 Official Website: www.PacerSports.com

USC Aiken Quick Facts

Julia van VollenhovanFr.Chapin, S.C.(Chapin)

Personal: Majoring in Nursing...Daughter of Nancy and Bob van Vollenhoven...All-Re-gion in 2009...Received Chapin Attitude and Effort Award for Cross Country from Coach LeGrand in 2009.

What Is A Pacer?

Pacers and their cousins, Trotters, are horses bred and trained to race in harness or

sulky races. The driver sits on the sulky with the crop, or whip, in hand. A Pacer’s right front and back leg hit

the ground at the same time, alternating side to side. USC Aiken utilizes the Pacer as its mascot because it accurately symbolizes the community.

The city of Aiken, S.C. is a prominent winter train-

ing ground for racehorses. Every Spring, Aiken hosts the

“Aiken Triple Crown” with the Trials first, the Steeple-

chase next and then Polo on the final of three successive

weekends. The USC Aiken athletic department spon-sors the Polo portion of the

“Aiken Triple Crown.”

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