SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Georgia Southern Cross Country returned to competition for the first time in nearly a month with a seventh place finish in the 2018 Upstate Invitational. Merabu Nagwandala led three Eagles who finished in the Top-50 of the 20-team race. Next up for Georgia Southern is a rescheduled Adidas Invitational on Friday evening, hosted by Winthrop.

QUOTABLES
Head Coach Kelly Carter
"Today was a great day for Eagle Cross Country. The team responded well after not being able to race two weeks ago due to Hurricane Florence. Today we went out and ran well on a great course on a great morning. We added another great building block as we build for the Sun Belt Championships next month. Our ladies competed wonderfully today, they really got after it, and I was very proud of their efforts."

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
18 - Merabu Nagwandala
33 - Sholonda Snell
49 - Erin Mullican
56 - Ellunde Montgomery
109 - Kaitlin Rocker

TEAM RESULTS
1 - Appalachian State
2 - Campbell
3 - Georgia State
4 - Milligan
5 - Mercer
6 - Wingate
7 - Georgia Southern           
8 - Winthrop
9 - Catawba
10 - USC Upstate
11 - Southern Virginia
12 - Southern Wesleyan
13 - The Citadel
14 - Wofford
15 - Gardner-Webb
16 - Columbia College
17 - USC Beaufort
18 - Newberry
19 - Converse
20 - Erskine

UP NEXT
Saturday's race opened a run of three-straight weekends of racing for the Eagles. In just six days, the Eagles will travel to Winthrop for a rescheduled Adidas Invitational which was washed out due to Hurricane Florence. The Eagles will run on the Winthrop Farm on Friday evening, October 5th. One week later, the Eagles will play host to the Eagle Invitational in Statesboro on October 15th.