CONWAY, S.C. – College of Charleston cross country returns to action Friday, Sept. 19 in Conway, S.C., to compete in the Chanticleer Challenge, hosted by Coastal Carolina. The women's 5k race goes off at 5:00 p.m. and the men's 8k is to follow at 5:45 p.m.
Other teams entered in the events are the Chanticleers, Claflin, Mount Olive, Richmond, South Carolina State, UNCW, USC Beaufort and Lees-McRae.
Friday's meet marks the second of four regular season meets for the Cougars.
The women will be racing a 5k for the second time this fall. The Cougar women had seven personal bests at the Covered Bridge Invitational in August for their first meet of the season. Savannah Stoutt led the way for Charleston finishing with a time of 18:20.9. Second to cross the line for the Cougars was Bella Hudson slashing nearly a minute from her previous personal best with a new time of 18:27.6. Cayden Crismon, Abby Mogg, Andie Harding, Aine Trapp, Lauren Resnick, and Katie O'Toole also ran personal best times in Boone, N.C.
Charleston's men race their first 8k of the season Friday in Conway. The men's team also raced at the Covered Bridge Invitational and it was freshman Will Buckley who crossed the line first for the Cougars. Buckley posted a time of 19:18.6 for a 6k while scoring 18 points for Charleston. Fellow first year Thomas Flaig came out hot right behind Buckley to finish second for Charleston with a time of 19:25.73 scoring 19 points. Finn Myatt and Rob DiMedio each saw personal bests in Boone.
Charleston's Participants (Women)
Lucy Alexander, Alyssa Boucher, Cayden Crismon, Kiley DeFusco, Andie Harding, Caroline Himstreet, Bella Hudson, Lydia Metz, Abby Mogg, Katie O'Toole, Cara Grace Phillips, Lauren Resnick, Savannah Stoutt, Aine Trapp, Gail Vaikutis
Charleston's Participants (Men)
Ben Ashmore, Roger Brown, Will Buckley, Declan Byrne, Andrew Catapano, Robert DiMedio, Andrew Fielding, Thomas Flaig, Tucker Green, Nathan Hallar, Riley Hugues, Adrian Miller, Evan Mitchell, Finn Myatt, Kyle Nitsche
Live results for the races can be found here.
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