Cross Country Wraps 2018 Season at NCAA South Regional

Friday, November 9

Tallahassee, Fla.

8:30 a.m.

Georgia Southern University

NCAA South Regional

Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern Athletics

11/9/2018 12:16:00 PM | Track & Field/XC

Eagles open the Indoor Track & Field season on December 8 at Clemson

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. - Georgia Southern Cross Country put a bow on the 2018 Cross Country Season with a 29th place finish at the highly competitive NCAA South Regional. Freshman Merabu Nagwandala continued to lead the Eagles in the standings, placing 144th to lead the squad. The race was contested over 6000m at the Appalachee Regional Park outside of Tallahassee.

Seniors Sholonda Snell (154th place), Erin Mullican (177th place) and Ellunde Montgomery (194th place) ran their final collegiate cross country race on Friday morning. Snell picked up 20 places from the 2200m mark and the finish and 12 places in the final kilometer with a strong kick, which she covered in 3:49.3.

HEAD COACH KELLY CARTER
"Our team competed well today against an outstanding field in the NCAA South Regional. I'm very proud of the way the team competed. We have a lot of positives to build on as we shift our focus to the indoor season which starts very soon."

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
144 - Merabu Nagwandala
154 - Sholonda Snell
177 - Erin Mullican
194 - Ellunde Montgomery
203 - Kaitlin Rocker

UP NEXT
Indoor Track & Field season starts on December 8 when the Eagles will travel to Clemson for the Clemson Indoor Opener at the Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex.