Cross Country Places Ninth at Sun Belt Championships

Saturday, October 27

Mobile, Ala.

Georgia Southern University

Sun Belt Championships

Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern Athletics

10/27/2018 2:25:00 PM | Track & Field/XC

Merabu Nagwandala leads the Eagles with a 21st place finish

MOBILE, ALA. - Georgia Southern Cross Country placed ninth in the 2018 Sun Belt Championships, hosted by South Alabama. The Eagles were led by a 21st place finish from freshman Merabu Nagwandala. The Eagles were picked 10th in the preseason coaches' poll, besting that expectation by one place.

HEAD COACH KELLY CARTER
"We had a good showing today at the Sun Belt Championships, beating what the league's other coaches thought we would do going in to the season. I'm very proud of the way the ladies performed to make it a successful season so far. Now, our focus turns to NCAA Regionals in two weeks."

TEAM RESULTS
1 - Appalachian State (45)
2 - Texas State (46)
3 - Arkansas State (86)
4 - Georgia State (143)
5 - South Alabama (166)
6 - Coastal Carolina (179)
7 - Troy (184)
8 - Little Rock (186)
9 - Georgia Southern (214)
10 - UT Arlington (263)
11 - Louisiana (294)
12 - ULM (322)

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
21 - Merabu Nagwandala
36 - Sholonda Snell
45 - Erin Mullican
52 - Carley Braman
60 - Ellunde Montgomery
70 - Kaitlin Rocker

Georgia State placed fourth in Saturday's race, earning the Panthers a point in the 2018-19 Georgia Southern/Georgia State Rivalry Series. The point evens this season's competition at 1.5 points each.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will travel to Tallahassee in two weeks' time or the NCAA South Regional on Friday, November 9. Florida State University will play host to the event at the Apalachee Regional Park outside of Florida's capitol city.