Bears to Travel to NCAA South Region Championship
11/10/2022 7:59:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's cross country teams will travel to Oklahoma this weekend for the NCAA South Region Championship.Â
MEET INFO
Name: NCAA South Region Championships
Date: Nov. 11
Race Time: 9:30 AM (Women), 10:30 (Men)
Course: Huntsville,AL
Course Map: 8K | 5K
Race Distances: 8K (Men), 5K (Women)
Meet Information: Homepage
Results: Here
The Lady Bears came home in 6th at the Southern Conference Championship, tying for a program-best finish in the conference.
On the women's side, the Bears were led by Giulia Giorgi who ran to a 29th-place finish in a time of 18:33 for a personal best performance. This was the first time Giorgia led the Bears in her career. The Bears averaged 18:55 over the 5,000-meter course good for 4th fastest in Mercer history.Â
The tight pack of scorers of Giorgi (29th), Laney Doster (31st, 18:43), Leah Pfaff (35th, 18:56), Bri Teegarden (36th, 19:02) Reese Robertson (45th, 19:24) led the lady Bears to tying their program-best finish of 6th place as a team.
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