Mars Hill Women's Cross Country with highest finish in ten years at the South Atlantic Conference Championship

NEWBERRY, S.C. - The Mars Hill women's cross country team had their highest finish in 10 years at the South Atlantic Conference Cross Country Championship by finishing a solid 7th of 13 teams. The race was hosted at The Farm in Newberry, South Carolina on Saturday morning over the 6k race distance. Hannah Frazer highlighted the race for the Lions with a new personal best time of 23:34 on the 6k race distance to place her as the 11th fastest Mars Hill University cross country runner of all-time over the 6k race distance. 

On a true hilly and tough cross country race course the Lady Lions were led up front by Hannah Frazer in 34th place in a new personal best time of 23:34 and Grace Adams in 40th with a new personal best time of 23:55. Following not far behind were freshmen Mary Malcolm and Natalee Powers in 51st and 52nd with times of 24:35 and 24:41 respectively. Rounding out the top five scoring runners was freshman Lola Korth in 57th place with a new personal best time of 25:23. 

Both Hannah Frazer and Grace Adams improved their positions on the all-time Mars Hill Women's Cross Country 6k Leaderboard as the 11th and 15th fastest runners in school history over the 6k distance while Mary Malcolm and Natalee Powers held their positions as the 18th and 22nd fastest runners in school history. 

Thoughts from Coach Benge:

"The women's team showed great improvement this year with their highest finish at the South Atlantic Conference Championship since 2014. Hannah Frazer had a breakthrough race to lead the team today to their highest finish in 10 years. If the race had gone a bit differently I know the ladies could have finished one spot higher, but with a solid day all around and three new personal best times on a tough course, the ladies will learn from this experience and take this momentum into regionals to finish our season strong!"  

To view the full list of times, please click here.

The Mars Hill women's cross country team next competes at the NCAA DII Southeast Regional on Saturday, November 9th. That race is being held at Milliken Research Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina and is set for a 11:15 a.m. start.