AUGUSTA, Ga. − For the third consecutive year Flagler College's Alex Bonus earned Peach Belt Conference All-Academic Men's Cross Country Team honors, released this afternoon (Oct. 27) by conference officials.

To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team's events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution. The Peach Belt Conference Sports Information Directors oversee and select the teams.

Bonus is a junior communication/sociology major at Flagler and he holds a 4.00 grade point average. He ran a season-best time of 27:40.15 in the 8K Peach Belt Conference Championships on Oct. 22. Bonus has competed in all five events this season.

Bonus, and the rest of the Flagler team, will compete in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional on Nov. 5 at Charlotte, N.C.