Bulldog Cross Country Heading to SoCon Championships

Saturday, November 2

Johnson City, Tenn.

10 a.m.

The Citadel

2019 SoCon Cross Country Championships

Photo by: Milledge Austin/The Citadel

Bulldog Cross Country Heading to SoCon Championships

11/1/2019 10:30:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

2019 SoCon Cross Country Championships Central

CHARLESTON, S.C. –The Citadel men's and women's cross country teams will compete in the 2019 Southern Conference Cross Country Championships hosted by ETSU at Pine Oaks Golf Course in Johnson City, Tennessee on Saturday, Nov. 2.

The women's 5K race will begin at 10 a.m. with the men's 8K race following at 10:45 a.m. An awards ceremony, which will honor the top team and individual performances, will follow at the conclusion of the men's race.

Admission to the event is free. For complete results, photos, highlights and more from the championship, click HERE to visit the SoCon Cross Country Championships page.

LAST TIME OUT
Thirteen runners, including seven women and six men, set season or personal records for The Citadel men's and women's cross country teams Saturday morning at the 13^th Annual Sand Shark Invitational hosted by USC Beaufort. Both Bulldog teams finished first among NCAA Division I teams. The women's team finished third out of 19 teams overall across all divisions, while the men's team finished fourth out of 17 teams.

Senior Daniela Sanchez-Martinez, junior Amber Opp, and freshmen Heidi Fortin and Grace Wolfe all set personal records, while senior Jordan Neeley and juniors Casey Miller and Kenslee Padgett each set season personal records.

Opp led the way for the Bulldogs, finishing eighth overall, and second among NCAA Division I runners, with a time of 18:21.5.

Sophomores Lane Johnson and Andrew McNay, and freshmen Andrew Smith, Sam Sharnas and Billy Eggers all set personal records, while senior Eric Avalos recorded a season-best in the 8K.

Johnson led the way for the Bulldogs with a 26:56.8, finished 12^th overall and second in NCAA Division I.

COMING UP
The Bulldogs will next race in the 2019 NCAA Southeast Regionals hosted by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia on Friday, Nov. 15.

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