October 22, 2016

Women's Cross Country Places Eighth at Championships

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Junior Kaleigh Jackson earned an All-SAC Second Team nod and the Mars Hill women’s cross country team earned an eighth-place finish at the 2016 South Atlantic Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday, October 22 at the Clemson Sandhills Research Park.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Junior Kaleigh Jackson earned an All-SAC Second Team nod and the Mars Hill women's cross country team earned an eighth-place finish at the 2016 South Atlantic Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday, October 22 at the Clemson Sandhills Research Park.

Jackson crossed the line in 12^th place to pace the Lions on the morning, while teammates Rachel Strickland and Sydney Britt collected 48^th and 49^th places, respectively.

Queens won the women's championship with Wingate finishing second. Anderson, Catawba, and Carson-Newman rounded out the top-5, in that order. The Royals' Corinne Kule won the individual event.