Cross Country Finishes 12th at NCAA South Regional Championship

Friday, November 15

Tallahassee, FL

8:30 a.m.

Southern Miss

NCAA South Regionals

Cross Country Finishes 12th at NCAA South Regional Championship

11/15/2019 12:59:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

Results

The Golden Eagles finished in 12th place in Tallahassee.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Golden Eagles of Southern Miss cross country came away from the NCAA DI South Regional Championships in 12th place after the 6k race on Friday morning.

Southern Miss had seven runners in the race hosted by Florida State at Apalachee Regional Park. Senior Sandra Szpott finished in 36th place overall but was the first Golden Eagle to cross the finish line, and did so in 21:06.8. Next was redshirt junior Emma Kate Holdbrooks, finishing in 58th place with a time of 21:31.4. Sophomore Lina May finished in 21:36.2, coming in 61st place. Kate Mattox was 76th with a time of 21:50.6. Monika Gebarzewska finished in 85th at 22:02.9. The freshman, Katelyn Cartwright, finished in 22:19.3 in 101st place. Regen McGee closed out the Golden Eagles lineup, finishing in 156th place and in 23:15.8.

The Golden Eagles finished with a total time of 1:48:07.80 and with an average of 21:37.56. They were bested by Florida State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Lipscomb, and Middle Tennessee, but finished ahead of South Alabama, Mississippi State, Belmont, Samford, UT-Martin, UAB, Memphis, Chattanooga, North Florida, South Florida, East Tennessee St., FIU, Florida Atlantic, Troy, and Alabama State.

Head Cross Country Coach Aaron Kindt
"I thought the girls ran really hard today. This was the same course as last year and girls were running 20–30 seconds faster across our top-5. Sandra didn't quite have the day she wanted for us at the front, but she has a lot to be proud of this season and even more to be excited about heading into track. Lina and Emma Kate were really strong again for us. EK was 30 seconds faster than last year and Lina over a minute faster than what she ran last time on this course. That shows you how far these two have come in the last year. Kate and Monika ran strong races, keeping the gaps close to give us a strong team finish. I'm proud of what this team was able to accomplish this fall. I'm very excited about this group heading into the indoor track season."

The NCAA Regionals closes out the 2019 cross country season for the Golden Eagles. Now, the team will join their track counterparts to prepare for the upcoming indoor track season in January.