Women's Cross Country Takes Fifth, Men Seventh at SAC Championships

HARROGATE, TENN..- The Coker men's and women's cross country teams competed at the South Atlantic Conference championships on Saturday (Oct. 24).  

The women captured fifth place while the men took seventh place. In the women's race, Mercy Muhuhu paced the Cobras finishing in 21^st in 20:00.3. Shauntel Smullen followed close behind in 24^th with a time of 20:12.6. Senior Hannah Weibel finished 27^th in 20:21.5. Breanna Sullivan came back into the lineup and placed 38^th in 20:49.5. Lisa Foster locked up 44^th place in 21:03.8, while Vanessa Pina rounded out the Coker runners in 77^th place with a time of 22:52.5. 

Jacob Chebii led Coker placing 14^th in 26:28.6. Noah Cook placed 24^th finishing in 26:59.2. Brandon Mullins finished in 27:35.6 for 41^st place. Tom Sizeland followed in 48^th place in 27:49.5, while Razzel Kiplaget locked up 68^th place in 29:00.6. Luke Elliot (76^th, 29:58.6) and Adam White (77^th, 30:08.2) finished back to back, and Devin Lowry (83^rd, 31:43.3) rounded out Coker's runners.

The Cobras will run again on Saturday (Nov. 7) at the Southeast Regional in Monroe, N.C. The races are slated to start at 10:00 a.m.