Cross Country Takes 10th at Sun Belt Conference Championship

Saturday, November 2

Hampton, GA/Nash Farm Battlefield Park

10:00 AM

Georgia Southern University

Sun Belt Championship

Course Map Results

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11/2/2019 11:20:00 AM | Track & Field/XC

Results:

Georgia Southern travels to regionals Nov.15

By: Chris Little

HAMPTON – The Georgia Southern cross country team placed 10^th out of 12 Saturday morning at the Sun Belt Conference Championship at Nash Farm Battlefield Park with 258 points.

Merabu Nagwandala was the Eagles' top finisher at 14^th with a time of 18:05.9 in the 5K race.

Other scorers were Carley Braman in 47^th (19:16.8), Mattie Harris in 56^th (19:53.7), Ellunde Montgomery in 69^th (21:00.6) and Kaitlin Rocker in 72^nd (21:11.3)

Non-scoring runners included Adriana Ducharme in 74^th (21:24.1) and Mckenzie Cromer in 77^th (22:12.1).

The Eagles averaged a time of 19:27 in the meet. Arkansas State won the team title with 57 points.

With a sixth-place team finish, Georgia State earned a 2019-20 Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State Rivalry Series point and claimed the overall race winner in Lotte Meyberg (17:11.7). The Eagles still lead the series 2.0-1.0 due to both men's and women's soccer winning a game over the Panthers this season.

What coach Wesley Penberthy had to say:
"We came up a little short of our goals. I'm very proud of how we battled though the entire race. We will now focus on the regional meet."