Results
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Flagler College men's cross country team finished in eighth place at the Royals Challenge, which was held Friday evening.
Flagler tallied 303 points and was led by
Crisman Jones who finished in 51
st place with a career-best 8K time of 25:11.
"We ran well considering we were without one of our top runners in
Connor Norton," said
Brian Beil, Flagler head cross country coach. "Connor was stepped on and lost a shoe early in the race. He tried to continue with one bare foot, but that was doing too much damage to his foot and was pulled from the race."
The host school, and 17
th-ranked Queens University of Charlotte, topped the 43-team field with 58 points. The Royals had three runners finish in the top 13. The University of Mount Olive finished a close second with 62 points. Morehead State University (73), Lee University (133) and the University of Alabama-Huntsville (140) rounded out the top five.
The field featured two nationally-ranked programs in Division II, Queens and No. 15 Lee, as well as seven NCAA Division I teams. Seven of the 10 regionally ranked team from the southeast region competed in the race.
Heading the 396-man field was Christian Noble of Lee with a time of 23:27. He bested Morehead State's Justin Moakler by 20 seconds (23:47).
Anthony Colasanti (25:21) and
Trenton Liberty (25:22) finished in 62
nd and 64
th places, respectively.
Evan Fuller broke the tape at 25:28 and finished in 70
th place.
Justin Greene (25:41) rounded out the point scorers for Flagler with a 94
th place finish.
Aseli Adum posted a time of 26:13 while
Hunter Ingle finished at 26.43.
Anthony Whelan rounded out the Flagler contingent with a time of 26:56.
The men turn their attention to the postseason and the Peach Belt Conference Championship, which will be held Nov. 3 at Beech Island, South Carolina.
Team results: 1) Queens University of Charlotte 58; 2) Mount Olive 62; 3) Morehead State 73; 4) Lee 133; 5) Alabama-Huntsville 140; 6) Davidson 172; 7) Anderson (S.C.) 303;
8) Flagler 303; 9) Columbus State 328; 10) College of Charleston 338; 11) Lenoir-Rhyne 347; 12) Wingate 384; 13) Montevallo 408; 14) Charlotte 430; 15) Tusculum 437; 16) Catawba 444; 17) Lynn 454; 18) Union (Tenn.) 480; 19) Montreat 512; 20) Auburn-Montgomery 518; 21) USC Upstate 555; 22) Wofford 637; 23) Carson-Newman 658; 24) Lees-McRae 693; 25) Mars Hill 739; 26) SCAD Atlanta 754; 27) Benedict 782; 28) Methodist 886; 29) North Greenville 933; 30) USC Beaufort 942; 31) Clayton State 980; 32) Southern Wesleyan 1000; 33) Belmont Abbey 1049; 34) King 1061; 35) Limestone 1070; 36) Pfeiffer 1078; 37) Emory & Henry 1118; 38) Warren Wilson 1131; 39) Gardner-Webb 1187; 40) Emmanuel (Ga.) 1200; 41) Randolph 1206; 42) Averett 1289; 43) Johnson C. Smith 1353.
Top 10 finishers: 1) Christian Noble (Lee) 23:27; 2) Justin Moakler (MSU) 23:47; 3) Daniel Wallis (QUC) 23:52; 4) Trey Simons (MC) 23:53; 5) Luke Greer (C-N) 23:58; 6) Felix Wammetsberger (QUC) 24:03; 7) Tai Smith (UMO) 24:04; 8) Jacob Gonzalez (UMO) 24:14; 9) Luke Meade (FUR) 24:15; 10) Jereamy Hall (FLG) 24:16.
Flagler members: 51) Jones 24:11; 62) Colasanti 25:21; 64) Liberty 25:22; 70) Fuller 25:28; 94) Greene 25:41; 140) Adum 26:13; 185) Ingle 26:43; 207) Whelan 26:56.
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