Mercer University
SoCon Championships
Bears to Travel to SoCon Championship
10/28/2022 10:13:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
The Mercer cross country teams will travel to Johns Island, S.C. for the 2022 Cross Country Championship this weekend.
MACON, Ga. – The Bears are coming into the race off a historic regular season full of records shattered. The Bears look to improve upon their 3rd place finish for the men (a program record finish) and 9th place finish for the women from the 2021 championships last year hosted by VMI.Â
"We are bringing some great momentum into SoCon with both groups," said head coach Josh Hayman. "I am very proud of the hard work that we have been putting in and look forward to seeing it pay off this weekend."
MEET INFO
Name: 2022 SoCon Championship
Date: Oct. 30, 2022
Host: The Citadel
Result: Stats
Course: Johns Island County Park
Race Distances: 8K (men), 5K (women)
Race Time: 10:00AM (Men), 10:45AM (Women)
Course Maps: Men, Women
Meet Information: Homepage
Both teams look forward to this weekend after a very successful weekend at USC Upstate Invitational and previous success this season.The women averaged 18:50 the fastest time ever recorded at the Miliken course and 3rd fastest in school history. This is the Bears' first invitational win since the 2020 season.
The Bears came home to Macon with a team title, surpassing 14 teams including conference foes Western Carolina, The Citadel, and Wofford. The tight front pack of Bears of Laney Doster (18:40), Giulia Giorgi (18:43), Leah Pfaff (18:44), and Bri Teegarden (18:45) with a five-second spread sealed the deal for the team victory with Reese Robertson (19:17) closing out the scoring for the Bears for a team score of 48. All of the scorers ran personal record times over the rolling terrain.Â
The men averaged 25:28, their second fastest outing in school history (to the Live in Lou performance earlier this season). The average also was 49 seconds faster than the Bears' performance at this competition last year.
Earlier this season Vlad Zander-Velloso covered the E.P. Tom Sawyer Park 8000-meter course in an individual school record time of 24:41, a personal best performance by 40 seconds.Â
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