MACON, Ga. - After finishing his first year campaign with Freshman of the Year honors last season, Sophomore Axel Dabe adds to his decorated career by finishing as the Peach Belt Conference Individual Champion this morning. The Flagler College men's cross country team finished as PBC Cross Country Championship Runner-Ups.

SAINTS FINISHERS
1.      Axel Dabe - 25:35.5
3.      Kaleb Hollins - 25:50.7
11.    Christopher Cull - 26:19.8
15.    Benjamin Youngs - 26:25.7
20.    Jack Waters - 26:46.1
21.    Andrew Munnik - 26:49.3
22.    Jake Bennett - 26:49.9
23.    Tomas Ribeiro - 26:51.9
25.    Bryce Dufrene - 26:54.3
34.    Luke Thomas - 27:33.1
35.    Kenneth Folkenroth - 27:33.3
39.    Cole Swesey - 27:49.2
53.    Zach Brainerd - 28:38.1
54.    Miles Nutt - 28:43.2

TURNING POINT
In their final PBC championship, Flagler accumulated 44 points from their top-seven finishers. Sitting ahead of the Saints is Augusta University who finished with 27 points. Finishing in a respectable third place was Georgia College & State University who accumulated 62 point. Holding a neck-to-neck race through the entire first 7k of the race, Sophomore Axel Dabe capitalized on Augusta University's Nasrudin Mohamed's fall off to earn a first place finish for the Saints. Elevating from his junior year, Kaleb Hollins finished with his fastest 8k and highest placement while competing at a conference championship. 

KEY STATS & NOTES

• Axel Dabe is the 2026 PBC Cross Country Individual Champion.
• Dabe is now the second Saint in program history to win the men's championship individually.
• Dabe, Hollins, Cull, Youngs all earned PBC All-Conference.
• Christopher Cull was one of three freshman to earn conference honors.
• Senior Ben Youngs earned points towards the team's finish for the first time in his career.
• Five of the seven Saints who scored points were underclassmen.

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