Best Finish in Program History

Saturday, October 30

Lexington, Va.

10:00 AM

Mercer University

Southern Conference Championships

10/30/2021 6:19:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Women finished 9th, Men finished 3rd

By: Nicole Dennis

Lexington, Va. – The Mercer cross country teams competed in the Southern Conference Championships, finishing in the highest ranking in program history. While the women finished tenth overall, the men recorded a third place finish for the first time ever. Connor Kaufman finished 14^th overall with a time of 26:10.2, earning himself an All-Conference Second Team selection, another first for the Mercer men's program.

"We have been on the cusp of great things all season," said Head Coach Josh Hayman. "Today was that day where we broke through. They believed today would be their day and made it happen. Very proud of the full team effort and especially Connor for his tenacious run to an All-Conference performance."

"Ladies didn't quite have their day but we know that we are capable of much more. Proud of Laney and her effort to narrowly miss All-Freshman SoCon team"

WOMEN'S RESULTS

PLACE	NAME		TIME
36		Laney Doster	20:36.1
48		Giulia Giorgi	21:07.4
54		Ashley McMahon	21:22.1
67		Annette Rodriguez	22:04.2
69		Penelope Jackson	22:21.5
70		Brianna Teegarden	22:24.9
71		Reece Robertson	22:59.4
73		Whitney Johnson	23:10.7

MEN'S RESULTS

PLACE	NAME		TIME
14		Connor Kaufman	26:10.2
16		Vladi Zander-Velloso	26:14.7
28		Reese Cato	26:59.9
31		Joshua Kraver	27:08.6
45		Jonathan Greene	27:48.2
62		Chris French	28:32.5
63		Sebasthian Rodriguez	28:36.3
74		Chinmay Dongari	29:24.3
76		Robert Zell	29:38.2

UP NEXT
The Bears will run at the NCAA Regionals on Friday, November. 12^th

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