Women Claim Third, Men Take Seventh at AAC Championship

KNOXVILLE, TN- After a thrilling Friday morning of competing at the AAC Championships, the Columbia College Women's Cross Country team will send three athletes to the NAIA National Competition.

With a 17th-place finish out of 91 runners, Angeline Kravitz led the way for the Women's team and will head to the National meet. She will be joined by teammates Addison Martin and Carly Fuel. The duo of Martin and Fuel also earned All-Freshman team honors. Martin placed 23rd in 23:10 while Fuel was 21st in 23:00 flat.

Mina Shull was then 4th on the Koalas and 41st overall in 24:56 while Izabelle Trefts wrapped up the scoring for the Lady Koalas placing 48th in 25:39.

Freshman Jenna Couch also competed placing 56th in 26:35 while fellow first year Ameerah King was 63rd in 28:13. Sophomore Jenyfer Viguerras also competed and placed 84th in 36:15.

Kravitz also etched her name in school history, besting the previous record in the 6k by 11 seconds with a time of 22:41. The Women's team took third overall out of 12 schools with 122 points while Montreat was 2nd and Milligan first.

Freshman Cayden Chance paced the Koala Men's team in the 8K with a 29th-place finish in 26 minutes flat, good enough to land him on the All-Freshman team. As a squad, the Men claimed seventh place out of 13 schools. Sophomore Kayden Reeder was then right behind in 35th palce in 26:10 while junior Dorde Racic was 47th in 27:09. Fellow junior Patrick Timmerman was 50th in 27:26 while freshman Harold Nolan was then 54th in 27:37.

Also competing for the Koala men were freshman Xzavier Lacefield comin gin 74th out of 117 runners in 29:03 while freshman Evan McLeod and sophomore Kristian Sanchez were 78th and 79th in 29:23 and 29:25. Sophomore Damion Polite finished 82nd in 29:44 while sophomore Austin Major, Jr. was 89th in 30:36